Part of the Making a Warrior project of the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo, the Great Viking Survey is seeking the attitudes towards and perceptions of Vikings. Researchers hope to find out how information about the Vikings is shaped and spread. Those wishing to participate in the survey have until mid-May 2025 to do so. The survey is limited to people who are 18 or older.
Making a Warrior Project Goals
The Making a Warrior project involves scholars from the Nordic region who examine Viking “warriorhood” and its perceptions throughout history. They work under the supposition that the perception of the Viking violence, aggression, and raiding is outsized to the realities of what it would take ideologically for a society to support such violence and warfare. The project is working on reappraising and redefining Viking warriorhood. The Making a Warrior project seeks to place Vikings in a wider context of their culture by studying how the ideas of warfare and daily life worked to support each other. Cultural heritage and public interest are a part of the project’s study.
Project Setup
The project has divided its scope into four work packages. The first looks at what a warrior is and how warriors related to others in society. The second examines the hierarchy of warrior groups and how it was used to consolidate power. The third takes into account personhood, gendered identities, and how warriorhood affected those aspects of life. The fourth work package looks at the dissemination of information and how it affects academic projects as popular opinion and interest exert pressure on scholarly studies. NordForsk has funded the Making a Warrior Project with just under 7.5 million Norwegian Krone (about $663,000).
Asgard Alaska encourages you to let your voice be heard in this survey. It is short, Ivar took about 12 minutes to finish it.
Source: https://www.khm.uio.no/english/research/projects/making-a-warrior/index.html
