Bergen Anthropology Day 2025
On Thursday, 25 September, the Chr. Michelsen Institute and the Department of Social Anthropology invite all interested parties to Bergen Anthropology Day.
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Bergen Anthropology Day is an annual event for the anthropology community in Bergen, organised by the Department of Social Anthropology and the Chr. Michelsen Institute.
The event aims to bring together anthropology students, academics and researchers working at Bergen's many research institutions. The afternoon provides an insight into the various anthropological research communities, international collaborations, as well as ongoing and new projects. All interested parties are warmly welcome. Lunch will be served.
PROGRAMME – BERGEN ANTHROPOLOGY DAY 2025
09:30 – 10:45 Part 1
Geir Henning Presterudstuen, Head of Department, UiB & Heidi Mogstad, Senior Researcher, CMI
-Welcome to Bergen Anthropology Day
Tom Bratrud, Associate Professor, UiB
-Rurality 2.0: Redefining Urban-Rural Divides in the Mountains of Norway
Selma Øilo Tenold, Teaching Assistant, UiB & Research Assistant, CMI
-“Machistas in Reform”: Men’s Promotion of New Masculine Identities in the Uruguayan Gender Landscape
Kari Anne Dragsland, Researcher, UiB
-Contested Knowledge and Legal Reasoning in Asylum Appeals: Preliminary Insights from Fieldwork in German Administrative Courts
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:45 Part 2
Heidi Mogstad (Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift), Christine Jacobsen (Norsk Antropologisk Forening), Knut Rio (Kulturhistorisk Museum, UiB)
-Initiatives in Norwegian Anthropology
Marte Sandvik Haaland, Associate Professor, UiB
-Reproductive Interfaces: Politics, Power and Care in Second Trimester Abortions
Eva Johais, Post Doctoral Researcher, CMI
-#WARS - The politics of war participation in the digital age
Mona Frank, Public Health Advisor & Project Manager, Skeiv Verden
-“Border Regimes in Practice: Tracing the EU’s New Asylum Pact from Brussels to the Frontlines”
12:45 – 13:45 Complimentary Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Part 3 - Panel Discussion in Tårnsalen, Naturhistorisk Museum: Skillet mellom Natur og Kultur
Participants: Ane E. Bjune (BIO), Lise Øvreås (BIO), Tor Eldevik (Geofysisk Institutt), Rasmus Slaattelid (Senter for Vitenskapsteori), Sören Koch (Juridisk Fakultet)
Chair: Knut Rio, Professor, UiB
More information about panel discussion here
All anthropologists and all interested in anthropology are welcome. For information, contact Geir Henning Presterudstuen (geir.presterudstuen@uib.no).