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Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology

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New Doctors

Congratulations to our new doctors in cultural anthropology Nika Rasmussen and Kristian Sandbekk Norsted. After arduous work they had the unusual end to studies and research with defenses of their dissertations via zoom. But both proved their brilliance in front of digital crowds.

Nika is now Dr. Rasmussen after successfully defending her dissertation "Embodied Citizenship in the making - Bolivian youth at the crossroads of social hierarchies". Kristian Dr. Sandbekk Norsted after successfully defending his dissertation "Subjects of Feminism: The Production and Practice of Anxiety in A Swedish Activist Community".

Best Student Podcasts 2020

Students who are enrolled in the courses Ethnography and Multiculturalism and Swedish Society and Everyday Life at the department produce podcasts as part of their degree project. A jury from the department selects the top three from each course. The winners from 2020 are (in alphabetical order):

Ethnography and Multiculturalism (7,5 ECTS) 2020 master
Tanushree Rao: “Covid 19 and the Categorization of Immigrants in Sweden”
Tatsuya Tabuchi: “In a Refugee’s Shoes in Japan”
Anna Tarnovskaya: “Do You Feel Russian or Swedish? – Reflections on National Identity Constructions”

Swedish Society and Everyday Life (15 ECTS) 2020 first cycle
Monica Casillas Campo: “Understanding the Swedish Lagom”
Amber Dey: “Interviewing Swedish Folkloristic Beasts”
Karel Franz Pechanec: “The Meaning of Commuting between Gotland and the Mainland”