It was the strangest morning. The news of one death had been followed by the news of several others.
Working with conflict and mediation; Research program on Victim-offender meetings
Hello, my name is Søren and I am currently working as a researcher on a research project about victim-offender meetings in the Danish police’s mediation program. I’ve been employed at the anthropology department at Aarhus University from May 2018 and have learned a lot since then!
The most dangerous picture I have ever taken: Reflections on heritage and politics in Egypt
By Katrine Mandrup Bach “Labash! I don’t know the word in English – I don’t think there is one. But the situation is very labash” Rawya said. I looked at her …
Doing Fieldwork at Home: Studying Health in Rural Kenya
As a student, doing fieldwork at home is one of the most puzzling yet gratifying undertakings. From an outsider’s perspective, your identity and sense of belonging presents unadulterated access to local knowledge sources. For insiders, the notion of ethnographic research by one of their own; sons, brother, uncle and/or cousin, is mind-boggling. Claims of identity and belonging presumes that, what you are looking into is obvious; can you not see? Have you not heard? Do you really need to interact at different levels yet all this is common knowledge? Are you a stranger to the prevailing circumstances of the locals? These questions and many more emerge as one tries to gain access to the field at home.