Publications
Vibe Nielsen has published the findings of her research in English, French and Danish, in academic, peer-reviewed journals and anthologies for academic and broader audiences alike. In 2023, she co-edited and contributed to the Routledge-anthology Global Art in Local Art Worlds: Changing Hierarchies of Value, which is available to download Open Access.
Other highlights include the peer-reviewed journal articles Public Presentations of Plants: Colonial Legacies and Indigenous Perspectives in the Botanical Gardens of The Huntington (2025), The Colonial Roots of Botany - Legacies of Empire in the Botanic Gardens of Oxford and Kew (2023) and In the Absence of Rhodes - Decolonizing South African Universities (2021).
Public Presentations of Plants: Colonial Legacies and Indigenous Perspectives in the Botanical Gardens of The Huntington
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Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article by V. Nielsen (2025) in Museum Anthropology vol. 48 issue 2: 1-13.​​
Kolonitiden til forhandling - Gentænkning af Pitt Rivers Museums etnografiske samlinger
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Single-authored journal article by V. Nielsen (2024) in Magasinet MUSEUM: National Identitet: 26-29.​​​
"Offentligheden er vendt tilbage" – Kunstudstillinger til debat på Sydafrikas nationalgalleri
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Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article by V. Nielsen (2024) in Tidsskriftet Antropologi: Ytringer 89 ed. by L.C. Anbert, C. Hasse and G.B. Nielsen: 129-152.​​​
Krav om anerkendelse på Sydafrikas museer og vidensinstitutioner
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Single-authored journal article by V. Nielsen (2024) in Baggrund: Sydafrika efter Apartheid.​​​
The Colonial Roots of Botany – Legacies of Empire in the Botanic Gardens of Oxford and Kew
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Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article by V. Nielsen (2023) in Museum Management and Curatorship vol. 38 issue 6: 696-712.​​
Diversifying Public Commemorations in Cape Town and Copenhagen
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Single-authored peer-reviewed book chapter by V. Nielsen (2023) in the anthology De-Commemoration: Removing Statues and Renaming Places ed. by S. Gensburger and J. Wüstenberg, Berghahn Books.​
Ajouter et soustraire : décoloniser les espaces urbains au Cap et à Copenhague
Single-authored peer-reviewed book chapter by V. Nielsen (2023) in the French anthology Dé-commémoration : Quand le monde déboulonne des statues et renomme des rues ed. by S. Gensburger and J. Wüstenberg, Éditions Fayard.​
Ambivalent Art at the Tip of a Continent: The Zeitz MOCAA and its quest for global recognition
Single-authored peer-reviewed book chapter by V. Nielsen (2023) in the anthology Global Art in Local Art Worlds: Changing Hierarchies of Value ed. by O. Salemink, A.S. Corrêa, J. Sejrup and V. Nielsen. Routledge: 77-99. ​​
Global Art in Local Art Worlds: Changing Hierarchies of Value
Peer-reviewed anthology ed. by O. Salemink, A.S. Corrêa, J. Sejrup and V. Nielsen (2023), Routledge.
’What’s in a name?’ Gentænkning af genstandstekster på Pitt Rivers Museum
Peer-reviewed journal article written by V. Nielsen (2022) in conversation with M. Thompson-Odlum in special issue of the Danish journal Jordens Folk: Samling på Verden 57 no. 2 ed. by K.M. Bach, M. Gabriel, U.H. Johnsen, V. Nielsen and C.M.S. Pallesen: 83-93.
Nye roller for gamle ting: Etnografiske samlingers samtidsrelevans i en verden i forandring
Co-authored peer-reviewed introduction by K.M. Bach, M. Gabriel, U.H. Johnsen, V. Nielsen and C.M.S. Pallesen (2022) in special issue of the Danish anthropological journal Jordens Folk: Samling på Verden 57 no. 2 ed. by K.M. Bach, M. Gabriel, U.H. Johnsen, V. Nielsen and C.M.S. Pallesen: 2-10.​
Botanikkens Koloniale Rødder – Kulturhistorisk formidling af plantesamlinger i Storbritanniens botaniske haver
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Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article by V. Nielsen (2022) in special issue of the Danish journal Kulturstudier 13 (2): 161-184.​
How to Practice Decoloniality in Museums: A review of Practicing Decoloniality in Museums – A Guide with Global Examples by Csilla E. Ariese and Magdalena Wróblewska
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Single-authored peer-reviewed book review essay by V. Nielsen (2022) in tenth year anniversary edition of Museum Worlds: Advances in Research no. 10: 230-234.
Kunstbegrebets Koloniale Klassifikationer til Forhandling på Museer i Sydafrika
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Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article by V. Nielsen (2021) in the Danish journal Kulturstudier no. 1: 89-112.​​
In the absence of Rhodes: decolonizing South African universities
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article by V. Nielsen (2021) in Ethnic and Racial Studies vol. 43 issue 3: 396-414.
Hvis Stemmer? Da Kolonitiden for alvor kom på museum
Single-authored journal article by V. Nielsen (2020) in Baggrund.
Demanding Recognition: Curatorial Challenges in the Exhibition of Art from South Africa
PhD thesis by V. Nielsen (2019), Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
Museale formidlinger af fortiden som kolonimagt på danske og britiske museer
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article by V. Nielsen (2017) in the Danish journal Slagmark no. 75: 81-94.
Er kvinder særlig skikkede til lovgivningsvirksomhed? 100-året for kvinders valgret
Co-authored peer-reviewed book chapter by M. Byriel-Thygesen, V. Nielsen and R. Tjørnehøj (2016) in Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark published by the National Museum of Denmark: 274-287.
En fortid som kolonimagt
Single-authored journal article by V. Nielsen (2016) in Danske Museer: 6-9.
Museale Formidlinger af Fortiden som Kolonimagt: En komparativ analyse af, hvordan danske og britiske museer formidler den internationale kolonihandel og dens nutidige konsekvenser
MA thesis by V. Nielsen (2015), Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen.