Research

Research at the Department of Social Anthropology (SAI) is globally oriented, systematically comparative, anchored in extensive field work and thematically quite varied.
 

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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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Research events

21 Aug.
Departmental seminar: Andrea Muehlebach
2:15 PM, Blindern, Eilert Sundt's house, Sixth floor meeting room
11 Sep.
Departmental seminar: Saiba Varma
2:15 PM, Blindern, Eilert Sundt's house, Sixth floor meeting room
18 Sep.
Departmental seminar: Mei Zhan
2:15 PM, Blindern, Eilert Sundt's house, Sixth floor meeting room
09 Oct.
Departmental seminar: Naor Ben-Yehoyada
2:15 PM, lindern, Eilert Sundt's house, Sixth floor meeting room
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