News about Anthropology

Making Resources in Northern Uganda

Susan Reynolds Whyte has edited a Special Issue of the Journal of Peace and Security Studies.

New article: "Mediating Market Moralities"

DISTRACT-affiliated Eva Iris Otto just published the article “Mediating Market Moralities“ in the journal Social Analysis. The article considers how actors within digital markets creatively navigate moral ambiguities in…

Rikke Haugegaard publishes book chapter on military capacity building

CGC researcher Rikke Haugegaard has released the chapter “Kapacitetsopbygning af Ghana Navy Special Boat Squadron: SOF Stabilisering i Guineabugten” i bogen Militære Stabiliseringsindsatser. En introduktion til koncept,…

Henrik Vigh publishes new research article on the European opioid crisis

Henrik Vigh, head of the CGC, has recently published an article in the medical journal ASA Monitor, together with Nanna Reiter and Eske Kvanner Aasvang. The article, entitled "The European Opioid Crisis," addresses the…

Between recolonisation and decolonisation: Documenta 15 and the political decontextualisation of art

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has together with Alexander Supartono published the article ‘Between recolonisation and decolonisation: Documenta 15 and the political decontextualisation of art’.

“I am not a victim of anything”: minors identified as victims of human trafficking in Italy

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby has contributed the book chapter ‘“I am not a victim of anything”: minors identifiedas victims of human trafficking in Italy’ to the edited volume Sex Work and Language.

Fighting for visibility: online sex work and social media

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby has, together with Emma Nitz, published the article ‘Fighting for visibility: online sex work and social media’ in Tidsskriftet Antropologi (in Danish).

Trine Mygind Korsby and Henrik Vigh publish article on ‘Our other Others’

CGC researchers Trine Mygind Korsby and Henrik Vigh have published the article "Our other Others: on perpetration, morality, and ethnographic unease" in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. The article…

Trine Mygind Korsby participates in roundtable on the rights of sex workers

Last month CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby participated in a roundtable discussion on the improvement of the rights of sex workers, arranged by the Mayor of Employment and Integration of Copenhagen, Louise Theilade…

Trine Mygind Korsby publishes book chapter on fieldwork among transnational thieves in Romania

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has contributed the book chapter ‘Stealing and redacting: fieldwork among transnational thieves in Eastern Romania’ to the book Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State,…

Digital Sociality across Public and Private Spheres

Professor Karen Waltorp and Professor Tom Bratrud from the University of Bergen are the editors of a special issue of the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (Volume 33, Issue 2)

Living a Cancer Surveillance Life

Professor Ayo Wahlberg has together with Julie I. P. Gislinge, Anna Byrjalsen, Klara V. Naver, Helle V. Clausen, Pernille Ravn, Kresten R. Petersen and Karin Wadt co-written the article 'Living a Cancer Surveillance…

Ayo Wahlberg appointed to the Danish Council on Ethics

Professor Ayo Wahlberg has been appointed as a new member of the Danish Council on Ethics. With ethical issues arising from cheaper and more advanced genetic technologies, there is plenty to discuss.

Atreyee Sen appointed professor in the Department of Anthropology

From 1 February, Atreyee Sen has been appointed professor in the Department of Anthropology.

School-based social and educational support for siblings of children with cancer

Ph.D. student Minna Devantier and Professor Ayo Wahlberg has together with a team of researchers specialized in childhood cancer published an article.

Conceptualizing crisis brokerage: brokering crisis or brokers in crisis

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has together with Nadeeka Arambewela-Colley and Kathrin Knodel published the article ‘Conceptualizing crisis brokerage: brokering crisis or brokers in crisis’ in the journal Cultural…

CGC researcher, Rikke Haugegaard, publishes new article

CGC researcher Rikke Haugegaard has recently published an article in the 10th volume of the academic journal Conflict and Society. Haugegaard’s article is titled “The Power of Water: How Naval Special Warfare Operators…

Our other Others: on perpetration, morality, and ethnographic unease

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby and Professor Henrik Vigh have published the article ‘Our other Others: on perpetration, morality, and ethnographic unease’ in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

"Weapons of Mass Distraction?" Conference held in November

On the 14th and 15th November 2024 DISTRACT hosted the conference "Weapons of Mass Distraction?"

Remembering Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962-2024)

The news of Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s death hit his anthropological colleagues at the University of Copenhagen very hard.

Research seminar on Digital (mis)trust

On Friday the 29th of November five scholars (including DISTRACT researcher Kristoffer Albris) presented their work and thoughts on digital (mis)trust at the launch of a new special issue entitled Digital (Mis)trust:…

Stealing and redacting: fieldwork among transnational thieves in Eastern Romania

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby has contributed the chapter ‘Stealing and redacting: fieldwork among transnational thieves in Eastern Romania’ to the book Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State.

How does compassion for animals develop and take root?

Looking at Tibetans and Indians who provide care for stray animals in northern India, a new anthropological project will explore how people develop a compassion-based ethics through their encounters with animals.

Emilie Munch Gregersen presents at Digital Tech Summit 2024

On October 30th DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen presented at the Digital Tech Summit, where she pitched the digital fieldnote app Ethnote designed for collecting, sharing, and analyzing qualitative data. …