News archive for Department of Social Anthropology

Conversations on Dependency Theory (21.06.2017)

PhD Candidate Maria Dyveke Styve has co-edited a newly released e-book that explores the relevance of dependency theory today. Read more and access the e-book here.

Disputation at the Department of Social Anthropology (14.06.2017)

On 16 June Thor Erik Sortland from the Department of Social Anthropology defended his thesis.

PACIFIC PARTNERS: UiB's Jarl Giske (left) and USP's Rajesh Chandra launching a unique joint marine chair at the UN Ocean Conference in New York, thus strengthening the ties between the two universities.

Bergen and Fiji expand partnership (08.06.2017)

The University of Bergen and the University of the South Pacific announced the establishment of a joint marine chair at a reception during the UN Ocean Conference.

The Global Anthropology of Climate Change (06.06.2017)

Climate change is said to be the greatest global challenge of our time, but it is also a contested topic. How do we talk about these issues - from everyday life to the meetings of policy makers - and what are the consequences? Join the course SANT285 if you want to engage in discussions about climate change in a post-factual world.

From the performance Moana: the Rising of the Sea at Oseana Art Centre in Os, south of Bergen, in 2015.

UiB expands collaboration in the Pacific (01.06.2017)

At the United Nations Ocean Conference in the first week of June 2017, anthropologist Edvard Hviding established new partnerships between Norway and the Pacific island nations in marine and climate research.