Department seminar in honor of Professor Olaf Smedal
The Department of Social Anthropology is happy to announce the upcoming seminar in honor of Professor Olaf Smedal. The event is a celebration of Smedal’s rich and varied contribution to social anthropology.
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About the seminar
This seminar is celebrating Smedal’s rich and varied contribution to social anthropology. His authorship covers forty years of continuous writing and ranges from his magister degree in 1988 on the Orang Lom of Bangka Island, published as Order and Difference in 1989, to his many articles on kinship, aesthetics, and house organization among the Ngadha of Flores, through such favorites among teachers and students as his contributions to Mellom himmel og jord (2000) and Blod - tykkere enn vann? (2001), abundant entries in encyclopedias, and his important engagement in general debates on such varied topics as power, ritual, sacrifice, the gift, and hierarchy.
Program and speakers
- Noen glimt fra Olafs forfatterskap. Bjørn Bertelsen, Annelin Eriksen and Knut Rio
- Antropologens blyghet (Intervju med Kenneth Bo Nielsen)
- Å slekte Olaf Smedal. Runar Døving
- Student - venn - kollega. Mitt liv med Olaf Smedal. Signe Howell
- Å filme hus-ritualer på Flores med Olaf. Rolf Scott
- TBA. Bruce Kapferer
Refreshments, speeches and greetings from colleagues.