Ståle Wig

Academic interests
Economic anthropology, ethics, labor, markets, the state, money, social change, volunteering, aid work
Regional focus: Cuba, Southern Africa, Lesotho
Courses taught
ANTH4610 - Work, Capital and Business
SOSANT 1300 - Economic anthropology
SOSANT1200 - Politisk antropologi
MNKOM 3000/4000 - Formidling og vitenskapsjournalistikk
Background
Ph.D in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo (2020). Thesis: "Into the light. Rifts and relations in Cuba's market transformation".
MA in Social Anthropology, Univeristy of Oslo (2013). Thesis: “Awareness, morality and agency in development: New Lessons from Lesotho.” (Shortlisted for the MA Thesis Award, Norsk Forening for Utviklingsforskning)
The Research School, Centre for Development and the Environment, UiO
Author, Kagge publishers (2013, 2022)
Publications
Book manuscript (in progress). "The battle for the market. Life and labor in Cuba's new economy."
Wig, Ståle. (2021). "Imagined individuality: Cultivating separated personhood in Cuba and beyond." Focaal - Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. 90
Martin, Keir, Sylvia Yanagisako and Ståle Wig (2021). "Battlegrounds of dependence: Reconfiguring labor, kinship and relational obligation." Focaal - Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. 90: 1-10.
Wig, Ståle, and Nefissa Naguib. (2021). "The poetics of Deep Reading: A Field Guide to Getting Lost in a Book." Teaching Tools. Fieldsights, February 23.
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Martin, Keir James Cecil; Wig, Ståle & Yanagisako, Sylvia (2021). Battlegrounds of dependence. Reconfiguring labor, kinship and relational obligation. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. ISSN 0920-1297. 2021(90), p. 1–10. doi: 10.3167/fcl.2021.900101. Full text in Research Archive
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Wig, Ståle (2021). Imagined individuality: Cultivating separated personhood in Cuba and beyond. Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology. ISSN 0920-1297. 2021(90), p. 58–69. doi: 10.3167/fcl.2021.900106. Full text in Research Archive
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Wig, Ståle (2016). The dawn of something unknown. Forum for Development Studies. ISSN 0803-9410. 43(3), p. 511–520. doi: 10.1080/08039410.2016.1226270. Full text in Research Archive
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Wig, Ståle & Svensen, Henrik (2016). Trøbbel i tårnet - Om hvorfor akademia må tenke nytt om forskningsformidling. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. 32(3), p. 195–208. doi: 10.18261/issn.1891-1781-2016-03-03.
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Wig, Ståle (2016). The Purchase of Volunteerism - Uses & Meanings of Money in Lesothoʹs Development Sector. In Prince, Ruth & Brown, Hannah (Ed.), Volunteer Economies. The Politics and Ethics of Voluntary Labour in Africa. James Currey Publishers. ISSN 9781847011398. p. 75–95.
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Wig, Ståle (2022). Our ancestors worked less and had better lives. What are we doing wrong? Mail and Guardian newspaper.
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Borchgrevink, Axel & Wig, Ståle (2021). Loving or leaving the revolution: Discontent and government legitimacy in Cuba.
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Wig, Ståle & Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2021). Små steder, Store spørsmål: Hva er likheten mellom et menneske og en vulkan? [Radio]. Universitetsplassen. Show summary
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Wig, Ståle & Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2021). Små steder, Store spørsmål: Penger, gull og gud. [Radio]. Universitetsplassen. Show summary
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Wig, Ståle & Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2021). Små steder, Store spørsmål: Skal vi ta en kaffe? [Radio]. Universitetsplassen. Show summary
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Wig, Ståle & Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2021). Små steder, Store spørsmål: Et samfunn på syre. [Radio]. Universitetsplassen.
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Wig, Ståle & Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2021). Små steder, Store spørsmål: Hvilken klasse tilhører du? [Radio]. Universitetsplassen.
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Wig, Ståle & Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2021). Små steder, Store spørsmål: Hvordan formidling av forskning ble spenningslitteratur. [Radio]. Universitetsplassen.
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Wig, Ståle & Naguib, Nefissa (2021). The poetics of deep reading: A field guide to getting lost in a book. Fieldsights.
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Wig, Ståle (2020). Har vi et tøft arbeidsliv i Norge? [Radio]. NRK Ekko.
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Wig, Ståle (2020). Forsker kaller det «arbeidslivets tragiske tommelfingerregel»: Jo viktigere jobben din er, jo mindre sannsynlig er det at du har høy lønn. [Journal]. Fri Fagbevegelse.
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Wig, Ståle (2020). The applause for society’s vital workforce rings hollow. Give them a raise instead. Open Democracy. ISSN 1476-5888.
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Wig, Ståle (2013). Betalte frivillige - og andre provokasjoner blant bistandsarbeidere i Lesotho. Betwixt & Between. ISSN 1504-2618.
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Wig, Ståle & Eckbo, Norith (2013). Formidlingsrevolusjonen. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.