News about Anthropology

How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Huge Power-to-X investments in new hydrogen-based fuels shall propel the green transition in Denmark towards 2050. But how do we prevent local conflicts over new production plants?

Creative Peacebuilding and Resistance in Indonesia

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler contributed as guest editor and author to a special issue of The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology with the article 'Creative Peacebuilding and Resistance in Indonesia'. Official…

The Force of Love

The Force of Love: Type II Diabetes in Vietnam as Tentatively Transformative Experience Professor Tine Gammeltoft contritubed to ETHOS - Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology with the article 'The Force…

New intervention to strengthen efforts against diabetes in Vietnam

As one of four new Danida-supported projects involving researchers from the Department of Anthropology, a collaborative health anthropological project addresses diabetes among pregnant women in Vietnam.

Research project will crack the code behind green neighbourhood communities

With support from THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS, new research anchored at the Department of Anthropology will examine how to create green neighbouring communities in housing associations.

Thomas Hylland Eriksen: We are living in an overheated world

The Norwegian social anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen has been proclaimed Honorary Doctor at UCPH. At the heart of his research is the 'overheated globalisation', which he explains here.

Living with chronic disease: Three questions that still need answering

We still lack knowledge on how best to help patients with chronic diseases. Ayo Wahlberg, who just completed a large-scale study on the everyday lives of people living with chronic disease, calls for new initiatives.

Viral Loads

Viral Loads illustrates how the COVID-19 pandemic, and responses to it, lay bare and load onto people’s lived realities in countries around the world.

Viral Loads

Viral Loads illustrates how the COVID-19 pandemic, and responses to it, lay bare and load onto people’s lived realities in countries around the world.

A view from anthropology: Should anthropologists fear the data machines?

Researchers and students at anthropology have just published a joint paper in the journal Big Data & Society. The paper is online first, and will eventually become part of a special issue on "Machine Anthropology",…

Heritagizing Asian cities: space, memory and vernacular heritage practices

Edited by Oscar Salemink and Marina Svensson, theme issue of International Journal of Heritage Studies 27(8), 2021

Heritagizing Asian cities: space, memory and vernacular heritage practices

The IJHS is the main outlet for what is called “critical heritage studies” and has under the editorship of Professor Laurajane Smith become one of the most prestigious journals in heritage studies.

Heritagizing Asian cities: space, memory and vernacular heritage practices

Oscar Salemink and Marina Svensson are coeditors of a theme issue of the International Journal of Heritage Studies 27(8) titled "Heritagizing Asian Cities: Space, memory, and vernacular heritage practices".

Sacred but not holy: Awe, spectacle, and the heritage gaze in Danish religious heritage contexts

Professor Oscar Salemink, PhD fellow Rasmus Rask Poulsen and PhD fellow Sofie Isager Ahl published an open access article titled “Sacred but not holy: Awe, spectacle, and the heritage gaze in Danish religious heritage…

The Face of ‘The Other’: Biometric Facial Recognition

The Face of ‘The Other’: Biometric Facial Recognition, Imposters, and the Art of Outplaying Them Associate Professor Kristina Grünenberg has contributed to the book The Imposter as Social Theory - Thinking with…

Climate Change Never Travels Alone: Oceanian Stories

Cecilie Rubow contributing with the chapter 'Climate Change Never Travels Alone: Ocenian Stories' in the book 'Understanding Climate Change through Religious Lifeworlds'

Spectral kinship: Understanding how Vietnamese women endure domestic distress

Professor Tine Gammeltoft has contributed to the Journal of the American Ethnological Society 'American Ethnologist' with the article ‘Spectral kinship: Understanding how Vietnamese women endure domestic distress’.…

We need to rethink the healthcare sector

The conference on chronic conditions at the UCPH revealed a growing interest in the everyday lives of chronic patients. The job is now to make improved quality of life a matter of priority, says Ayo Wahlberg, one of the…

The University of Copenhagen gathers medical anthropologists for a conference on chronic conditions

With close to 500 participants, the Chronic Living conference on 4-6 March will be one of the largest medical anthropological events on record.

Biotech company funds research project on diversity

In collaboration with Genmab, a new anthropological postdoc project at the Department of Anthropology will now explore and help develop the company's efforts to ensure a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Project will create new narratives about open landscapes

With support from THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS, a major research project will address land use change in Danish agricultural sector by working with local narratives about the open landscape.

New diagnostic model to help speed up treatment of children with cancer

Researchers at Rigshospitalet and the Department of Anthropology have developed a new diagnostic model that explains the often complex process of diagnosing children with cancer.

‘Anthro Walks’ will compensate for COVID-19 restrictions

All students at the Department of Anthropology will get the opportunity to participate in weekly walks with informal academic conversations.

New study to examine lifestyle among Danes with increased cancer risk

A collaboration between Hvidovre Hospital and the Department of Anthropology will uncover how people who are predisposed to hereditary bowel cancer relate to recommendations on cancer-preventive health behaviour.