Department of Social Anthropology
Recent Submissions
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Velferdsstatens nådeløse optimisme
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Dette er en introduksjonsartikkel til et spesialnummer som diskuterer hvordan vi kan forstå migranters prekære arbeids- og livsforhold i den norske velferdsstaten. Vi argumenterer for at de etnografiske bidragene viser det ... -
Automation and Extraction. Shifting (In)Visibilities at New Technological Frontiers: An Introduction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Coined as Industry 4.0, innovations in automation are portrayed as heralding a new era of change and possibility amid the climate crisis and resource depletion. As research fields, however, the domain of automation and ... -
Placing (the absences of) West African sardinellas in Senegal on the animal geographies map
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Starting from the vantage point that animal geographies remain primarily concerned with present animals, what might we learn from an attentiveness to the absence(s) of animals in the context of human-nonhuman relations as ... -
Unearthing care: Rooting alternative agricultural practices in Norway and Costa Rica
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This article contributes to the growing literature on human-soil relations by exploring how care for agricultural soils unfolds among farmers who engage with alternative agricultural practices across different productions ... -
“Why Does Nav Find Internships That Do Not Lead to Employment?” Precarious Work Experiences Among Migrant Women in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Denne artikkelen er basert på etnografisk feltarbeid blant kvinner med migrasjonsbakgrunn bosatt i en storby i Norge. Gjennom deltagende observasjon, samt dybdeintervjuer med åtte kvinner, undersøker jeg hvordan arbeidslinjen ... -
The neoliberal welfare state and its discontents. Slow violence against irregular migrants in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Welfare rights in Norway, as in other European nation-states, are increasingly used as techniques of control and management of irregular migration. Proliferation of borders is generated by dispersal of welfare rights, ... -
On Sharks Unseen: Oceanic Non-Encounters and Multispecies Ethnography
(Journal article, 2024)Basking sharks are the planet’s second-largest fish, and in the summer they feed on plankton in the Sea of the Hebrides, in Scotland. Once hunted for the oil contained in their livers, basking sharks are now a protected ... -
Value at the End of the Cycle: On Frontlines and Regimes
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Introduction: Wolf, Europe and people without history: Forty years on
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Europe and the people without history (EPWH), published in 1982, challenged anthropology's focus on localism, synchronism, and culturalism, providing a meticulous exposition of multiscalar social relationships in motion. ... -
Tilly Reversed? Another Cycle of Labor and Socialism is Possible
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)As labor in the capitalist system practically tripled to some three billion workers, solidary organizations of labor simultaneously dwindled in relative size and power. This is true globally but also for the historical ... -
«Alle vet at Norge er best»: Kampen mot prekære og utnyttende arbeidsforhold i det norske arbeidslivet og velferdssamfunnet
(Journal article, 2024)En norsk arbeidslivsmodell og omfattende velferdsordninger er med på å sikre et trygt arbeidsliv og støtte for mennesker som faller utenfor arbeidslivet. Likevel peker forskere på økende forekomst av prekære arbeidsforhold, ... -
Systemic Barriers and Unfairness: Access to Justice in Zimbabwe and Beyond
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Citizens in plural legal and cultural former colonies like Zimbabwe do not have effective access to justice. This is because the formal justice system is marred with obstacles that either prevent people from entering and ... -
Maturing Machines: Technological Development and Situated Practices of Socialization Onboard Liquified Natural Gas (lng) Carriers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)I analyze human-machine interactions onboard liquified natural gas (lng) carriers focusing on machines that are technologically advanced parts of automated systems. Such machines are initially designed and constructed by ... -
Mountains of Modernity : Romantic Pursuits of Happiness in the Anthropocene
(Doctoral thesis, 2025-03-19)Denne doktorgradsavhandlingen undersøker det skiftende forholdet mellom modernitet og fjellandskap i Vesten, med fokus på hvordan romantiske forestillinger om lykke og det gode liv uttrykkes gjennom et mangfold av ... -
Extremism as Immanence and Process: The Trump Transmutation
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The Pursuit of an Appropriate Dispute Resolution Philosophy for Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) is rooted in Africa. However, this is not reflected in scholarship and practice. The last few decades have witnessed the supposed introduction of ADR in Africa, masquerading as an ...
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