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Norwegian Anthropology Day at the Royal Anthropological Institute
Friday 30 October 2015
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Venue: The British Academy, Carlton House Terrace (off The Mall)
09:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:15 Opening remarks by Prof. Edvard Hviding, Univ. of Bergen
10:15鈥�13:00 PRESENTATIONS (25 minutes each including short Q & A)
10:15-10:40 Social anthropology in Norway: a nutshell history (Prof. Olaf H. Smedal, Univ. of Bergen)
10:40-11:05 The fieldwork tradition (Prof. Signe Howell, Univ. of Oslo)
11:05-11:30 No Direction Home? Anthropological constructions of familiarity, and some experiences from Norway (Prof. Halvard Vike, Univ. of Oslo)
Coffee/tea break 11:30-11:45
11:45-12.10 Anthropology, Development, and North-South Cooperation (Dr. Gunnar S酶rb酶, CMI)
12:10-12:35 The unbearable lightness of being a public anthropologist in Norway (Prof. Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Univ. of Oslo)
12:35-13:00 Disagreement, illuminations and mystery: a brief ethnography of Norwegian anthropology today (Dr. Synn酶ve K.N. Bendixsen, Univ. of Bergen)
13:00-14:00 Lunch (on site)
14:00鈥�17:00 PANEL DISCUSSION (5-7 min. each, followed by internal and plenary discussion; integrated coffee & tea break)
Moderators: Prof. Annelin Eriksen and Prof. Christine M. Jacobsen, Univ. of Bergen
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Prof. Penny Harvey, Univ. of Manchester
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Prof. Unni Wikan, Univ. of Oslo
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Prof. Sidsel Saugestad, Arctic Univ. of Norway
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Dr. Martin Thomassen, Norwegian Univ. of Science & Technology
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Prof. Marit Melhuus, Univ. of Oslo
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Prof. Vigdis Broch-Due, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Academy of Science and Letters
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Mr. Tord Austdal, PhD candidate, Univ. of Bergen
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Ms. Kaja Berg Hjukse, MA student, Univ. Of Oslo
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Ms. Annicken Lundg氓rd, Save the Children
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Dr. Jan Peter Laurens Loovers, Univ. of Aberdeen
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 Prof. Ingjerd Ho毛m, Univ. of Oslo
17:00 Closing discussant: Prof. Marilyn Strathern, Univ. of Cambridge
