Frode F. Jacobsen, Associate Professor, Section for Nursing Science

Below I have given a brief summary of my professional background and main research interests. If you share my interest in any of these topics, why not send me a mail?

POSITION: Associate professor at the Section for nursing science, Department of public health and primary health care, University of Bergen Part-time Associate professor at Betanien University College of nursing, Bergen Coordinating the international research network "Local knowledge and local water management in the Andes", funded by the Norwegian Research Council, University of Bergen and Trond Mohn since October 2004 RESEARCH INTERESTS: Elderly care Health professionals Social and cultural aspects of health and sickness Local knowledge systems Islamic studies

SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS: Doctoral thesis: 1997: Dr. polit. in Social anthropology: "Narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge: Exploring theories of sickness and misfortune amongst the Hadandowa Beja, Northern Sudan". Books (referred): 1998: Theories of sickness and misfortune among the Handandowa Beja. Narratives as points of entry into Beja cultural knowledge. London & New York: Routledge/Kegan Paul International. 2005: Cultural discontinuity as an organizational resource: Nursing in a Norwegian nursing home. NLA-Forlaget, Bergen. 2007: Hadrami Arabs in Present-day Indonesia. London & New York Routledge/Kegan Paul International. Accepted for publication 21.sept. 2007. Edited book (referred): 2006: Frode F. Jacobsen & John McNeish (eds.): From where life flows: Local water management and local knowledge in the Andes.Trondheim: Tapir Academic Publishing 2007: Solveig Hauge & Frode F. Jacobsen (eds.): Institusjon og hjemlighet i eldreomsorgen/Between institutition and home in elderly care (preliminary title). Oslo: Cappelen Academic Publishing (accepted for publication 23rd of June 2007). Articles (peer reviewed): 1997: "Noen betraktninger omkring duft, smitte og objekters iboende essens. (Some reflections on odor, contagion and objects' inherent essences)" Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift 3-4, Vol.8, 1997. 1998: "Interpretations of sickness and misfortune among Beja pastoralists". Anthropology and Medicine. August 1998, Vol. 5, No.2. 1998: "Den øko-logiske hjerne": inntak til studiet av kultur, tenkning og mening" (The ecological brain: an entrance into the study of culture, thinking and meaning), Norsk Antropologisk Tidskrift 1, vol. 9, 1998. 1999: "Barns hverdagsliv og sosialisering på vietnamesisk og norsk: nyere bidrag fra spennende faglige grenseland" (Children's everyday life and socialization in Norway and Vietnam). Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift 1, Vol. 10, s.63-71. 2000: "Hvor konkrete er de, og hvor abstrakte er vi? Et forsøk på av-eksotifisering av vestlig tenkning" (How concrete are they, and how abstract are we? An attempt at de-exotification of Western thinking). Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift 4, Vol.11, 2000 2007: "Marriages, ethnic identity and sub-ethnic social stratification among Hadhrami Arab societies in central and eastern Indonesia ". Asian Journal of Social Science No 4-5, Vol.35, 2007 2007: "Introduction" (To "Hadhramis in the Indian Ocean", special issue). Asian Journal of Social Science No 4-5, Vol.35, 2007 Chapters in books: 2002: "Nordmenn og det norske i den store verden" (Norwegians and Norwegianness in the larger world). In T. Bergem, H. Bringeland & J. S. Jacobsen (eds.): På rette stigar. Artiklar om etikk, kultur og oppseding (Articles on ethics, culture and upbringing). Bergen: NLA-forlaget. 2004: "Mellom Guds allmakt og menneskers karisma. Et fokus på to muslimske samfunn; arabiske handsfolk i Indonesia og beja-nomader i Nord-Sudan." (Between God's omnipotence and human charisma: A focus on two Muslim communities; Arab traders in Indonesia and Beja nomads in Northern Sudan) In Svein Rise (ed.): For Guds skyld? Om etikk og livssynsforankring (For God's sake? On ethics and worldviews). Tapir Academic Publishing, Trondheim, 2004 2004: "Sykehjem - et hjem for deg og en arbeidsplass for meg?" (Nursing homes - a home for you and a working place for me?) In Jon V. Hugaas, Jan K. Hummelvoll og Hans M. Solli (eds.): Helse og helhet. Etiske og tverrfaglige perspektiver på helsefaglig teori og praksis (Ethnical and cross-disciplinary perspectives on theory and practices within the care disciplines). UniPub, Oslo, 2004. 2006: "Two stories about development on Peninsula Santa Elena, Ecuador". In: Frode F. Jacobsen & John McNeish (eds.): From where life flows: Local water management and local knowledge in the Andes.Trondheim: Tapir Academic Publishing, pp. 75-86. 2006: "From where life flows: Local water management strategies in the Andes and beyond". John McNeish & Frode F. Jacobsen. In Frode F. Jacobsen & John McNeish (eds.): From where life flows: Local water management and local knowledge in the Andes. Trondheim: Tapir Academic Publishing, pp. 7-34. 2007: "Dos historias acerca del Desarrollo en la Península Santa Elena, Ecuador". In Popeau, F. & Gonzalez, C. A. (eds.). 2007. El acceso al agua en los Andes: retos de ayer y de hoy. La Paz, Bolivia: Institut Français d'études Andines (IFEA). 2007: "Empowerment og styringsformer i pleie- og omsorgsarbeid." (Empowerment and forms of governance in care work) In Eva Gjengedal and Berit R. Hanestad (eds.): Å leve med kronisk sykdom: En varig kursendring (Living with chronical illness). Oslo: Cappelens Academic Publishing. New edition. 2007: "Muslim healers in a Hindu context: A focus on a Hadhrami Arab healing group in Bali." In Eldar Bråten (ed): Migrants and entrepreneurs in insular Southeast Asia. To be published by LIT Verlag, Hamburg, Autumn 2007. 2007: "Rom for omsorg, rom for makt" (Spatializing care, spatializing power). In print. To be published in Gjengedal, Eva, Schiøtz, Aina & Blystad, Astrid (eds.): Arkitektur og helse (Architecture and health). Oslo: Cappelen Academic Publishing 2007

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