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• Art, Literature and Writing

  Research subject

  Research on cultural creativity has been versatile, ranging from studies of worlds of art and (world)literatures to experimental forms of writing in different styles and genres.

  

• Digital and Multimodal Anthropology

  Research subject

  Digital anthropology covers studies of digitalisation in different cultural contexts and their global connections, as well as multimodal forms of anthropological knowledge production.

  

• Environmental and More than Human Anthropology

  Research subject

  Research at the department aims to contribute to the understanding of the interaction between society and the environment and examines the consequences of human actions.

  

• Global Development

  Research subject

  This implies an analysis of political and economic power structures at local, national and global levels, and the study of how hierarchical relations between different regions and social groups are upheld and challenged.

  

• Infrastructural Matters

  Research subject

  Here at the department research looks at infrastructures not only as finished objects but also dynamic and changeable ‘matter’ in constant need of maintenance and vulnerable to other active matters.

  

• Mobility and Migration

  Research subject

  Much of this research is characterized by influential methodological and conceptual developments focusing on diverse approaches such as autoethnography and migration brokerage and infrastructure.

  

• Organising Governance

  Research subject

  With increasing globalization and cultural complexity, governance takes novel forms. Studying how attempts to govern are organized informs us about how contemporary power is being reconfigured and challenged.

  

• Social Movements, Activism and Political Violence

  Research subject

  Through ethnography we depict the everyday lives of people and the cultural variations in relation to states, hegemonic market economy, and political conflicts. There are also studies of extreme forms of conflicts and violence.