Nettsider med emneord «Anthropology»

Publisert 25. nov. 2014 10:27

The recent Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea has spurred a range of responses from all over the world. Some of these responses exemplify the ongoing stereotyping of Africa and Africans. Public discourse, unfortunately, still has the tendency of addressing Africa as a country, a war ridden space full of sadness and its inhabitants as savage and helpless. But stereotypes are not limited to these images of misery.

Glowing globe in a bed of vegetation.
Publisert 14. okt. 2021 10:21

The course invites the participants to develop an ecologically informed approach to anthropology, where the political is studied mainly through its effects.

Publisert 12. des. 2018 20:25

Presenters and abstracts. 

Publisert 12. des. 2018 20:10

Registration is now open for the international conference 'GLOBAL TRACES: Art Practice, Ethnography, Contested Heritage',  at the University of Oslo, 7- 8 February 2019.

Gravemaskin i indisk landskap
Publisert 3. des. 2020 11:04

Rapid economic growth is driving up demand for real estate in India. New research reveals the techniques Indian authorities are using to transfer land from poor farmers to rich investors.

Penny Harvey in front of brick wall
Publisert 9. jan. 2020 12:18

Through her position as Professor II at the Department of Social Anthropology, Penny Harvey has tried to put people intellectually in touch with each other.

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Publisert 12. jan. 2022 21:31

On December 8thResBod and COMPARE organized the STS Methods Lab with the topic ‘Resistant bodies – in science and culture’. The lab was organized as a panel conversation on the challenges, approaches, and concepts of immunology ‘before and now’. The invited panelists were anthropologist Emily Martin from NYU and biologists and immunologists Kjetill Sigurd Jakobsen, Finn-Eirik Johansen and Shou-Wang Qiao from the COMPARE project based at the University of Oslo. 

Publisert 6. apr. 2021 14:41
Containers at the recycling station.
Publisert 31. aug. 2021 13:19

Sarah Mahoney is among the few anthropology students who have gone on fieldwork as normal during the pandemic. “The village is quite self-sufficient therefore I did not feel the impact of covid as much as in the city,” she says.