Bergen Anthropology Day 2025

Bergen Anthropology Day er et årlig arrangement for antropologimiljøet i Bergen, og organiseres av Institutt for sosialantropologi og Chr. Michelsens Institutt. 

Arrangementet søker å samle antropologistudenter, akademikere og forskere som jobber ved Bergens mange forskningsinstitusjoner. Ettermiddagen gir et innblikk i de forskjellige antropologiske forskningsmiljøene, internasjonale samarbeid, samt pågående og nye prosjekter. Alle interesserte er hjertelig velkomne. Lunsj blir servert. 

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).