Department seminars autumn 2010

Friday, September 10, 13.15-15.00 Note date!
Dr. Knut Nustad, NUPI & Norwegian University of Life Sciences:
"Performing natures and land in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa."

Thursday, September 23, 13.15-15.00
Dr. Graeme Were, University College London:
"From surfaces to affordances: Materials and knowledge in a Pacific society."

Thursday, October 7, 13.15-15.00
Dr. Toon Van Meijl, Centre for Pacific and Asian Studies at University of Nijmegen:
"Doing indigenous epistemology: Internal debates about inside knowledge in Maori society."

Thursday, October 14, Canceled
Dr. Richard Rottenburg, Marthin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg:
"Is experimentalization a new figuration of politics and science in African contexts?"

Thursday, October 21, 13.15-15.00
Dr. Lamont Lindstrom, University of Tulsa:
"Settling and Unsettling Disputes: A view from the village"

Thursday, October 28, 13.15-15.00
Dr. Alla Sokolova, Center for Jewish Studies at European University in St. Petersburg:
"The former Jewish ‘shetls’ in Ukraine; a study in architectural anthropology."

Thursday, November 4, 13.15-15.00
Dr. Ingjerd Hoëm, University of Oslo:
"Languages of governance in conflict: A case from Tokelau."

Thursday, November 11, 13.15-15.00
Dr. Christine Jacobsen, IMER/University of Bergen
"Islamic traditions and Muslim youth in Norway."

Tuesday, November 23, 13.15-15. Note the day!
Dr.  Bettina Ng'weno, University of California Davis
Title to be announced

Thursday, December 2, 13.15-15.00
Dr. Vassos Argyrou, Reader in Social Anthropology, University of Hull:
"The rehabilitation of nature in European culture: A new eurocentrism?"

The seminar series is organized by Cato Berg, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen, Ketil Fosshagen, Anette Fagertun, and Tord Austdal. Please contact tord.austdal@sosantr.uib.no to receive further updates and announcements.

Unless otherwise stated, all seminars are held at the Department's Seminar Room, floor 8, Meltzers hus, Fosswinckels gate. 6. Following the presentation, there will be an informal encounter in the Department's Corner Room where drinks will be served.

All are welcome!