Blar i Department of Social Anthropology på dokumenttype "Journal article"
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Forord
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1968) -
Fra knogler til kosmologier - et interview med Fredrik Barth
(Journal article, 2004-03) -
Fracking Lancashire: The planning process, social harm and collective trauma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)To date there have been very few studies that have sought to investigate the crimes, harms and human rights violations associated with the process of ‘extreme energy’, whereby energy extraction methods grow more ‘unconventional’ ... -
From mice-eaten passports to fingerprint scanning: fluctuating state presence and 'entangled documents' along the Kyrgyz–Uzbek border
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article focuses on engagement with identity documents among the rural Uzbek population in the borderlands of Kyrgyzstan. By exploring the materiality of the documents and people’s concern with these material artefacts ... -
God will reward you: Muslim practices of caring for precarious migrants in the context of secular suspicion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In recent years, Muslims have become more visibly invested in humanitarian work in France. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Marseille, this article examines local initiatives to care for precarious others whose lives are ... -
Going to ‘Pentecost’: how to study Pentecostalism – in Melanesia, for example
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03)In this article, I question regional context as primary context in anthropological analyses. I argue that the idea of historical continuity in a geographical locality/region might prevent us from understanding not only ... -
Great expectations: Migrant parents and parent-school cooperation in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)One long-standing characteristic of schools in Norway is inclusive education as a primary goal. The last years, the Norwegian government has emphasised increased parent-school cooperation as a way to limit risks, i.e. of ... -
The Human Version 2.0: AI, Humanoids, and Immortality
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article investigates new ethnography on AI development relating to imaginaries of technoscientific forms of immortality. As a Think Piece in Analytics, it engages in a somewhat experimental comparative endeavor as I ... -
I stedet for myter
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 1984) -
The Instability of Values: Tradition, Autonomy and the Dynamics of Sociality in the Philippine Highlands
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)What can we learn about values and how they shape sociality by looking at a murder? In this article, I look closer at the different and conflicting values involved in the social events leading up to an accidental killing ... -
Introduction: Exceptionalism and necropolitical security dynamics in Olympic Rio de Janeiro
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)For more than a decade, urban development in Rio de Janeiro was driven by the urgency of preparations for mega-events such as the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. During these years, Brazilian authorities ... -
Is Corporate Social Responsibility Oiling the Neoliberal Carbon Economy?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This study focuses on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) work the Austrian energy company OMV pursued as it constructed a gas power plant on the shores of the Black Sea. I argue that neither social movement theory ... -
Just Out of Reach. Imminence, Meaning, and Political Ontology in Mozambique
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The leader of Mozambique’s Renamo party, Afonso Dhlakama, died on May 3, 2018. His death both necessitates an ethnographic, regionally comparative rethinking of the analytical approach to the dominant Mozambican political ... -
Kollaps, utkastelse, okkupasjon: migranters boligsituasjon i Marseille
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)I november 2018 førte kollapsen av to bygninger i Marseille til at 8 personer døde og en rekke innbyggere i et av byens mest multietniske sentrumsnabolag ble nødevakuert og tvangsflyttet. I november året etter tvangsevakuerte ... -
Kritisk realistisk antropologi - Eksemplifisering av et ikke-konflatorisk perspektiv
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)The article illustrates the analytical utility of the perspective of critical realism as applied to a debate on the quality of public eldercare in Norway. Inspired by the philosopher Roy Bhaskar, I argue for an anthropology ... -
Learning danger: Cultural difference and the limits of trust in dangerous fieldworks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Reflecting on personal experiences from conducting fieldwork in Iraqi and Turkish Kurdistan between 2015 and 2017, the article supplements existing literature on how to navigate dangerous fieldwork by considering the limits ... -
A lesser human? Utopian registers of urban reconfiguration in Maputo, Mozambique
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-24)In the age of climate change, human life’s pliability is also re‐shaping anthropological debates. For debates centring on the urban domain, questions revolve around flexibility, adaptability and resilience, while in work ... -
‘Like Playing a Game Where You Don't Know the Rules’: Investing Meaning in Intercultural Cash Transactions Between Tourists and Trobriand Islanders
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-20)When tourists visit cultural tourism destinations, the primary form of interaction between visitors and local residents is in the exchange of money for material objects and performances. While purchase of cultural commodities ... -
“Like playing a game where you don’t know the rules”: Investing meaning in intercultural cash transactions between tourists and Trobriand Islanders
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-20)When tourists visit cultural tourism destinations, the primary form of interaction between visitors and local residents is in the exchange of money for material objects and performances. While purchase of cultural commodities ... -
Liminality and the asylum process in Switzerland
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06)The process of turning asylum seekers into refugees involves a complex management and bureaucratic machinery that often creates prolonged periods of uncertainty (social, legal and economic) as people are reclassified and ...