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 her 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 (2025)
​
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article in Museum Anthropology: 1-13.​​
​
Photo of the Rose Hill Foundation Conservatory in the Huntington Botanical Gardens by V. Nielsen (2024).
Kolonitiden til forhandling - Gentænkning af Pitt Rivers Museums etnografiske samlinger (2024)
​
Single-authored journal article in Magasinet MUSEUM: National Identitet: 26-29.​​
​
Photo of the Haida Star House Pole from Haida Gwaii, on display at the Pitt Rivers Museum, by V. Nielsen (2022).
"Offentligheden er vendt tilbage" – Kunstudstillinger til debat på Sydafrikas nationalgalleri (2024)
​
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article in Tidsskriftet Antropologi: Ytringer 89 ed. by L.C. Anbert, C. Hasse and G.B. Nielsen: 129-152.​​
​
Photo of the Iziko SANG by Vibe Nielsen (2016).
Krav om anerkendelse på Sydafrikas museer og vidensinstitutioner (2024)
​
Single-authored journal article in Baggrund: Sydafrika efter Apartheid.​​
​
Photo of the Rhodes Memorial in Cape Town by V. Nielsen (2018).
The Colonial Roots of Botany – Legacies of Empire in the Botanic Gardens of Oxford and Kew (2023)
​
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article in Museum Management and Curatorship vol. 38 issue 6: 696-712.​
​
Photo by Vibe Nielsen (2023) of the Danny Gate (1632-33) and Magdalen Tower (1509) seen from the Oxford Botanic Garden.
Diversifying Public Commemorations in Cape Town and Copenhagen (2023)
​
Single-authored peer-reviewed book chapter 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 (2023)
Single-authored peer-reviewed book chapter 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 (2023)
Single-authored peer-reviewed book chapter 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 (2023)
Peer-reviewed anthology ed. by O. Salemink, A.S. Corrêa, J. Sejrup and V. Nielsen, Routledge.
’What’s in a name?’ Gentænkning af genstandstekster på Pitt Rivers Museum (2022)
Peer-reviewed journal article written 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 (2022)
Co-authored peer-reviewed introduction 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 (2022)
​
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article in special issue of the Danish journal Kulturstudier 13 (2): 161-184.
​
Photo by Vibe Nielsen (2023) of the Palm House (1848) in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew.
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 (2022)
​
Single-authored peer-reviewed book review essay in tenth year anniversary edition of Museum Worlds: Advances in Research no. 10: 230-234.
Kunstbegrebets Koloniale Klassifikationer til Forhandling på Museer i Sydafrika (2021)
​
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article in the Danish journal Kulturstudier no. 1: 89-112.
​
Photo from the Standard Bank Gallery-exhibition Air: Inspiration – Expiration in Johannesburg by V. Nielsen (2016).
In the absence of Rhodes: decolonizing South African universities (2021)
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article in Ethnic and Racial Studies vol. 43 issue 3: 396-414.
Hvis Stemmer? Da Kolonitiden for alvor kom på museum (2020)
Single-authored journal article in Baggrund.
​
Photo from Voices from the Colonies by J. Lee (2018) reproduced in agreement with the National Museum of Denmark (ES-376083).
Demanding Recognition: Curatorial Challenges in the Exhibition of Art from South Africa (2019)
PhD thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
Museale formidlinger af fortiden som kolonimagt på danske og britiske museer (2017)
Single-authored peer-reviewed journal article in the Danish journal Slagmark no. 75: 81-94.
Coloured drawing of the plantation Bethlehem on St. Croix, photographed by R. Fortuna. Reproduced in agreement with the National Museum of Denmark (2507/1968).
Er kvinder særlig skikkede til lovgivningsvirksomhed? 100-året for kvinders valgret (2016)
Co-authored peer-reviewed book chapter with M. Byriel-Thygesen and R. Tjørnehøj in Nationalmuseets Arbejdsmark published by the National Museum of Denmark: 274-287.
Banner from the Danish Women's Society (1897), photographed by A. Mikkelsen. Reproduced in agreement with the National Museum of Denmark (2154/1972).
En fortid som kolonimagt (2016)
Single-authored journal article in Danske Museer: 6-9.
Photo of ivory tusk with engraving of Danish slave ship by P. Danstrøm (2006) reproduced in agreement with the National Museum of Denmark (213/2001).
Museale Formidlinger af Fortiden som Kolonimagt: En komparativ analyse af, hvordan danske og britiske museer formidler den internationale kolonihandel og dens nutidige konsekvenser (2015)
MA thesis, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen.