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New project about container ships and labour

Most commodities in circulation on this planet are transported on container ships. But what do we know about the ships, the people who build them, work on them, and take them apart?

The bunad: More than a garment

Can anyone wear a bunad? Is it a real bunad if it is made in China? Is it a symbol of origin and roots or a nationalistic symbol? Thomas Hylland Eriksen explains the Norwegian obsession with this tradional garment.

Warns against explosive changes

Ever-increasing rapid changes create powerlessness, resentment and opportunities. Through the Overheating project, Thomas Hylland Eriksen and his colleagues have studied how globalisation is changing our homes, workplaces and plans.

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Arnd Schneider talks in Genua (Italy) about the public role of art and anthropology. June 18, 2019
PhD student wins Bronze Medal for Best Masters by research dissertation Oct. 14, 2018
Statement on HAU from the Department board Sep. 25, 2018
New English master's programme Sep. 18, 2018

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Marx Dies in America Apr. 9, 2019 1:58 PM
Between Uneven Hermeneutics and Alterity: The Dialogical Principle in the Art – Anthropology Encounter Nov. 13, 2018 3:12 PM

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PhD Research Fellow in Social Anthropology
Department: Department of Social Anthropology
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Languages: English
Deadline: Thursday, June 20, 2019

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