Department of Social Anthropology

Department of Social Anthropology

Research

Global and comparative perspective toward the diversity of social and cultural forms of the contemporary world.

Publications

Find our researchers publications in the DIVA database.

Remaking Detroit

PhD student Simon Johansson's research project draws on case studies conducted in Detroit, United States.

Welcome to our seminars

Read more about our different seminars at the department.

Contact us

Here you can find general contact information for the department

News

2023-03-21

Department of Social Anthropology

Elin Linder winner of photo award

Elin Linder, PhD student at the department of Social Anthropology has won this year's SAFN Anthropology Day Photo Contest

Climate and Environment Culture and Media Economy and Society Plants, Animals and Nature Society, Democracy and Welfare

2022-12-18

Department of Social Anthropology

Podcast on Myanmar with Tomas Cole

Tomas Cole and Kristina Simion discuss the violence that has spread across Myanmar since the 2021 coup.

2022-12-05

Department of Social Anthropology

Digital book reviews receive award

GAD New Directions Award 2022 to Rasmus Rodineliussen, PhD candidate at the department and Emilia Groupp for their work with the Anthropology Book Forum

2022-12-05

Vad hände när tusentals svenskar flyttade till Brasilien vid förra sekelskiftet?

Svenskar som begav sig till Brasilien vid sekelskiftet 1900 kom från en situation som påminner om den som många av dagens fattiga länder står inför. Och liksom migranter av idag var de beroende av nätverk och kontakter för sin bosättning. En ny studie i Rig Kulturhistorisk tidskrift kastar ljus på en dold migration.

Svenska nybyggare i Rio Grande do Sul i Brasilien runt år 1900

Historia, arkeologi och kulturarv Internationella relationer och migration

Calendar

27

March

Seminar

A day in the life at a migration clinic

Jonathan Krämer, PhD candidate at the department, will discuss his fieldwork in Lombok, Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A day in the life at a migration clinic

Jonathan Krämer, PhD candidate at the department, will discuss his fieldwork in Lombok, Indonesia and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

29

March

Seminar

80 percent seminar with Rasmus Rodineliussen

Rasmus Rodineliussen will present a draft of his thesis Underwater Worlds: an Ethnography of Waste and Marine Life.

80 percent seminar with Rasmus Rodineliussen

Rasmus Rodineliussen will present a draft of his thesis Underwater Worlds: an Ethnography of Waste and Marine Life.

3

April

Workshop

Auto-Emancipation: Economy, Truth and The Vehicle of Politics

Please join for a workshop with Juan del Nido and Peter Lagerqvist on automobility and politics in Argentina and Israel/Palestine.

Auto-Emancipation: Economy, Truth and The Vehicle of Politics

Please join for a workshop with Juan del Nido and Peter Lagerqvist on automobility and politics in Argentina and Israel/Palestine.

27 April

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29 April

Conference

SANT 2023

The yearly conference of the Swedish Anthropological Association

SANT 2023

The yearly conference of the Swedish Anthropological Association