bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
DET FREMMEDE HJEM: Bosniske flygtninges illusioner om hjemlandet
Authors: Stefansson Anders Holm 
Published: September 2021

This article explores a range of illusions
about refugee return, both from the
perspective of political institutions and
refugees themselves. The political repatriation
discourse in Western European
host countries is based upon illusory conceptions
of people’s rootedness in specific
territories and of return as an unproblematic
re-establishment of the preflight conditions.
Whereas refugee diasporas widely share this
nostalgic celebration of the “return to the
past”, for Bosnian refugees in Denmark the
idealization of their homeland and “the myth
of return”, rather than leading to the actual
return to the country of origin, serve as a
source of meaning, hope for normality, and
community in exile. For the refugees who,
voluntarily or involuntarily, do return to
Bosnia-Hercegovina “home-coming” is an
experience of disillusionment due to various
war-related transformations of the Bosnian
society, difficult socio-economic conditions
found upon return, and discrimination and
resentment from the remaining population.
The returnees feel like strangers in their own
country, and this in turn gives rise to longing
for emigration and romanticized images of
their past refugee life abroad.
AF UPRAKTISKE GRUNDE: Om samlinger blandt danske musikfans
Authors: Vaaben Nana 
Published: September 2021

The article is a study of music fans and
primarily concerns the objects collected by
these people. Two main arguments run through
the analysis. First of all, the collections are
considered as results of a human eagerness to
categorize and systematize, and, as such, one
can see this accountn as an exemplification
of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ thought in a modern
Western setting: Things are not known
because they are relevant – they become
relevant because they are known; as soon
as a possible acquisition is discovered by
a fan, comes the urge to obtain it. Such
conclusions, more-over, are much in line
with Baudrillard’s writings on collections,
in which system-atisation and striving for
completing a known series are the basic
motives for collecting. There are things,
however, which are difficult to explain by
reference to the urge for completeness, for
example, those things which have previously
been used, or merely touched, by a particular
singer. The second and prominent part of the
article’s argument explores, therefore, other
theo-retical possiblities for understanding the
music fans’ collections. Classical theories of
magic and theories of play and frames are
combined to show how fans seek to gain
allegorical control – not of themselves, as
is suggested by Baudrillard – but of a social
relation that has been bodily felt through
listening to music. The fans and collectors
define their use of symbols in ways that
resemble the classical anthropologies of
magical practice within a frame of play.
Furthemore, an analysis of autographs will
show that, while allegorical micro universes
and the rules and systems within them are
much valued by fans, many also seek to
obtain proof that the felt relation to a given
singer actually exists outside the frame of
play. The autograph can thereby be considered
a gift, and the cultural rules guiding
the interpretation of this gift are not confined
to a universe of play. The autographs are
interpreted according to well-established
cultural ideas of gifts as expressions of
emotions. One regards the autograph as a gift
and, especially, as a veritable sign that the fan
exists in the conscious world of the singer. It
is argued that, for the music fan, collecting
is not merely an attempt to gain control of
the self through striving for completeness,
but an attempt to gain control of a particular
social relation which is difficult to handle,
making it necessary to jump back and forth
between play and “reality” and between the
corresponding ways of using symbols within
these different contexts.
FIKSE OG TRIKSE, ORDNE OG MIKSE! Etnografisk Kongosamling i tre epoker
Authors: Wæhle Esben 
Published: September 2021

While doing fieldwork in the Democratic
Republic Congo (1982-83) the author
assembled a collection of objects from the Efe
(Mbuti Pygmy) and neighbouring Lese Dese
cultivators of the rain forest. This collection
was to contribute to the permanent African
exhibition of the Ethnographic Museum of
the University of Oslo, Norway. Secondly,
it was directed primarily at objects which
reflected the daily life of the inhabitants of
the area so as to contrast to the collections
of weapons, religious objects and emblems
of power made by Norwegians in the epoch
of the Congo Freestate and the early Belgian
Congo (1885-1918). If given the chance to
collect in this region again, the author would
delve into the fascinating and humorous
strategies applied by the bricoleurs of the
large cities of the Congo. The two existent
and the hypothetical collection may not
be so different after all. Seen in a historic
perspective, all collections attest to material
and social strategies for survival and to
strategies for making life beautiful and
pleasant. Congolese producers have had
various sources of inspiration and broad
frames of reference for their invention and
production of material culture.
DEN SIAMESISKE SAMLING I EBELTOFT
Authors: Funder Torkil 
Published: September 2021

Rasmus Havmøller did the Siamese
Collection during the twenty years he was
a forester in Siam. In 1940, after returning
to his native Ebeltoft, Havmøller donated his
collection to the local museum. The objects
were displayed according to his wishes
and remain in much the same arrangement
today after a recent conservation of all 6-800
items. The article argues that the collection’s
musealogical interest is to be found in the
character of the presentation of the objects. In
three small rooms, filled to the brim, we meet
objects gathered by one person according to
his interests. Hunting trophies, specimens
in spirits, utensils, ceramics, stone tools
etc., mostly from Siam. The moment the
gathered objects left Siam they obtained a
quality of completion, became a whole, so to
speak, with no additions possible. This was
the number of statements or testimonies of
a foreign reality that chance and personality
had brought together: A true collection.
Accordingly, all objects are presented as
individuals of equal im-portance. Most are
provided with a factual, very brief text:
“Gold from Bang Sapan, northern Siam”,
“536 Gecco. Very common in houses, living
from insects. This specimen of medium
size”, “Fruit from the rain forest”. One meets
the objects as single and free individuals,
which speak only of themselves. Wider
contexts like Siam, or the ingenuity of the
biological world, or the life of an employee
during colonial times must be perceived
by the visitors themselves. This way of
presenting objects stands in great contrast to
many present day exhibitions. These often
consist of objects brought together from
many different sources in order to represent
an academic category which is common to
them. Such constructions hold numerous
rewards perhaps for communicating cultural
history, but in disregarding the original
context, setting, and aura of the participating
exhibits, they leave out important primary
information and remain useful, but artificial.
The object and its original background thus
may become a prisoner of the carefully lit and
coloured showcase in which it is displayed,
as well as becoming a hostage of the
educational, lengthy text that accompanies it.
To apply the simple, unconsciously adopted
principles of the 1940-displays in Ebeltoft –
one object, one text, simple appearance, no
sermons – to a modern exhibition is possible
of course, but it may meet with numerous
difficulties. Major limits are omitting what
is technically possible, and not narrating all
that one knows, reserving this knowledge
for the catalogue. Thus, the exhibit under
discussion allows the objects to appear as
they were while found, collected, and still
around us as parts of a whole, but basically
as particulars.
AT SAMLE ELLER IKKE AT SAMLE
Authors: Gilberg Rolf 
Published: September 2021

Some people collect because they cannot
stop doing so; it is a kind of disease.
Other people collect because they have
been requested to do so. The pathological
collector collects more for the sport of it than
for the results. Therefore, the (p) collector
will make stringent rules for the sport, so
it will not be too easy for newcomers. But
collecting is not enough; the collection has
to be organized in a proper way. The result
of the requested (r) collection depends on the
collector’s background and understanding
of the matter at hand. The cultural, historic
value of a collection can be measured by the
amount of information that is added to the
objects in the collection. A collection with
little or no information on the objects has
really low value seen from a cultural, historic
point of view. But a p-collector may overlook
that fact as long as the objects fulfil the
collector’s criteria for making additions to
the collection.
KVARKER, LEPTONER OG DEN OVERFLØDIGE SAMLING: Jagten på en teori for alting – og ingenting
Authors: Paaske Jens 
Published: September 2021

The article views collections as non-random
accumulations, i.e. objects with interrelations
and a well hidden, unifying theme.
In the greatest of all collections, referred to
loosely as the universe, such interrelations
make up the “laws of nature” of which we
have already unravelled so many. The theme
under which it was all put together, however,
has still to be revealed. After briefly outlining
the evolution in physics from Democritos’
atomic theory to the 19th century advent of
the periodic table of the elements, the article
continues with a descent into the finer details
of matter, ending up at the quarks and leptons
which constitute the matter particles of the
so-called standard model of elementary
particles. The collection of all matter hitherto
observed in the universe has repeatedly been
subjected to a reduction based on the rationale
that seemingly different objects are identified
merely as different manifestations of the
same object. A simpler, yet representative
collection is established once the emerging
structures of the collection at hand have
been properly resolved. It is the nature of
this sobering reductionist process which is
the topic in which the discussion draws upon
a selection of examples from the ancient, as
well as the more contemporary, history of
physics.
I DEN GODE SAGS TJENESTE? Om antropologi, stofbrugere og lodrette forbindelser
Authors: Jöhncke Steffen 
Published: September 2021

A point of departure is taken in a study of
drug users’ experiences with methadone
treatment at four municipal institutions in
Copenhagen and, more particularly, in the
reactions to the study report within the Social
Services Department that commissioned the
study. Scepticism towards the report did not
concern the harsh criticisms which users
expressed, but the anthropologist’s attempt to
relate problems of treatment to a systematic
ambivalence about the therapeutic use of
methadone found in the attitudes of treatment
staff, administrators, local politicians, and
national health authorities. The description
of such vertical connections was considered
“irrelevant”. This point is taken into a broader
discussion of the position of ethnography in
policy studies and applied anthropology, in
terms of the local “politics of knowledge”
that each ethnographic study is part of. On
the one hand, applied anthropology must
involve social criticism to be worthwhile and
useful, on the other hand, more radical forms
of criticisms that incorporate a view of social
inequalities are not necessarily welcome.
This, of course, should be no surprise, it is
more problematic when social theory itself
seems to discourage such a broader view. An
article by Anthony Giddens about anthropological
theory is taken as an example of
the understanding that in order to inform and
improve policies, ethnography should adhere
to the production of knowledge about social
groups. Against this approach it is argued
that such knowledge does not guarantee good
policy in the eyes of the target groups. Rather
on the contrary: know-ledge about them is
equally a part of the conditions of possibility
of policing and control. On this background,
a critique is raised of the claims made in
ethnographies of drug users that they provide
more positive representations of this social
group: Ethnographies of drug users also help
maintain the view that it is indeed the users
who are in need of scrutiny, rather than the
social and political conditions – the vertical
connections – that shape their conditions of
life. Finally, it is argued that the engagement
of anthropologists in social critique and
action should be seen as a consequence of
their practical involvement in and knowledge
of people’s lives, rather than stemming
from any particular normative position within
anthropology as an academic discipline.
FORKLÆDTE PENGE: En diskussion af brugerbetaling i en gratis nicaraguansk folkeskole
Authors: Jørgensen Clara Rübner 
Published: September 2021

On the basis of data collected during fieldwork in the city of León, Nicaragua, this
article discusses the paradox of many Nicaraguan parents describing their children’s
school as being free of charge despite the fact that they are frequently asked to pay for
it. The article shows that, in spite of the constitutional definition of education as free
and equal for all Nicaraguans, parents are often asked for economic contributions. By
analysing the values surrounding the school I suggest that values of responsibility and
solidarity influence the way that parents conceptualize their school expenditures and,
in relation to this, confirm the status of the school as free. Furthermore, the article
describes how Nicaraguan parents often compare the school to their home and describe
the relation between teacher and students by using family terms. Inspired by the theory
of the American sociologist James Carrier, I argue that this comparison, in addition to
the values of responsibility and solidarity, further influences the way Nicaraguan parents
and children experience their economic contributions. Finally, I argue that even though
the users of the school describe it as free of charge, it remains necessary to recognize
its economic aspects, since a lack of recognition can turn out to have important individual
and social consequences for the people involved, especially, for the most economically
marginalized families.
TILLYKKE LÉVI-STRAUSS – OG TAK!
Authors: Fock Niels 
Published: September 2021

Jeg vil i dag ikke tale om Lévi-Strauss som Hero! Hellere vil jeg snakke om ham
som min Hero, som den, der i min sidste studietid bragte lys og ånd til faget og
gjorde mig til antropolog, hvor jeg førhen blot havde været etnograf.
PÅ SIKKER GRUND: Genhusning efter tsunamien i Tamil Nadu
Authors: Hastrup Frida 
Published: September 2021

This article explores the various meanings ascribed to destroyed, repaired and
newly constructed houses in the South Indian fi shing village of Tharangambadi
which was heavily affected by the tsunami disaster in December 2004. The article
focuses on re-housing both as implemented by authorities and as understood by
the survivors, thereby investigating divergent notions of danger and safety. The
overall argument is that re-housing as a spatial practice is a much more comprehensive
process than the mere shift of locality from a disaster-prone area to a
safe area. By looking at practices of re-housing and the ways in which both old
and new houses are engaged with and appropriated, it becomes clear that what is
at stake for the survivors in Tharangambadi is a general attempt at establishing
a sense of control over the physical surroundings, the trust in which was temporarily
ruined by the tsunami. The article shows how in a disaster-affected region
the sense of inhabiting a safe ground is dependent on something other and more
than solid walls.
Keywords: Catastrophy, security, hominess, materiality.
Uddannelse og opposition: Marginalisering og manglende medborgerskab i den farvede township Manenberg
Authors: Waltorp Karen 
Published: September 2021

Karen Waltorp: Education & Opposition. Marginalization and Lack of Citizenship in the Coloured Township of Manenberg Young and old alike speak of education as an ideal in the coloured township Manenberg in South Africa. In practice, though, 70 percent of the young men and women do not graduate from high school, and only a small number of those who do graduate study further. Education is a widely recognized form of “symbolic capital”, but among subcultures that are in opposition to the established community, education does not necessarily result as symbolic capital. The absence of a feeling of citizenship among young men and women acts to constrain them in their educational endeavours through subtle interplay of social, political and economic barriers in the specific South African complex of race, ethnicity and class. Through a juxtaposition of the concepts “street culture”, “counter-school culture” and “intimate culture” this article analyzes the dynamic of the specific opposition to education that exists in Manenberg, where alternative value systems are negotiated through social praxis. The alternative value systems of the local “intimate culture” and “street culture”, are not constructed in a vacuum, but reflect a specific historical oppression, categorization and a marginalized political and economic situation in the new South Africa. The lack of sense of citizenship across all generations and a “counter-school culture” among youth, originating in the “street culture” and “intimate culture”, create a dynamic that leaves limited space for maneuvering for young men and women. The article discusses this on the basis of two polar opposites: the young ex-gang member Desmond and the potential role model Mariam. Keywords: Education, opposition, marginalization, “counter-school culture”, “intimate culture”, South Africa.
Klima som sila. Lokale klimateorier i Diskobugten
Authors: Bjørst Lill Rastad 
Published: September 2021

Ud fra empirisk materiale diskuterer artiklen lokale klimateorier, det grønlandske begreb sila samt den grønlandske forsker H.C. Petersens lokalt accepterede klima- teori. De lokale fortolkninger af klimaets forandringer adskiller sig fra og sætter spørgsmålstegn ved de naturvidenskabelige klimateorier. Hvad der i vestlige klima- diskurser anses som en katastrofe, placeres i et helt andet agens- og risikolandskab i Diskobugten, hvor forfatteren har lavet sit etnografiske feltarbejde.Søgeord: klimaforandringer, Grønland, natur-kultur, politik, risiko, sila.English: Climate as Sila. Local Climate Theories from the Disko Bay AreaLocal climate theories are discussed on the basis of empirical material from Greenland and related to the Greenlandic concept of sila as well as the climate theories put forward by the Greenlandic researcher H.C Petersen. These theories differ from and question the climate theories promoted by the natural sciences. In the Disko Bay area, where the author conducted ethnographic fieldwork, the idea of catastrophe is especially placed in a landscape of risk and agency that is quite different from that found in Western climate discourses. Keywords: Climate change, Greenland, nature-culture, politics, risks, sila
DEN TAVSE VENSTREFLØJSPOLITIK
Authors: Dyrberg Torben Bech 
Published: September 2021

I de sidste par årtier har venstrefløjspolitik været præget af desorientering. Den
universalistiske kritik af kapitalisme og imperialisme er vigende og er blevet afløst
af multikulturalismens relativistiske kritik af modernitet og Vesten. I kølvandet på
disse tendenser har man kunnet iagttage en implicit alliance mellem venstrefløj og
islamister, i kraft af at de står over for samme fjende, dvs. systemet og en nationalistisk
højrefløj. Det er ven/fjende-skematikken, der strukturerer venstreorientering,
fordi det er den mest markante måde at dyrke sin modstandsidentitet på. Når det
er det, der tæller, bliver politiske værdier mindre vigtige, og det har indebåret, at
venstreorienterede har nedtonet kritikken af det, de plejede at se som reaktionært.
Resultatet har været udbredt tavshed, når fjendens fjender, inklusive undertrykte
religiøse/etniske minoriteter, siger og gør noget, man ellers ville kritisere. I tilgift
har det været magtpåliggende for venstrefløjen at gøre politiske modstandere
tavse ved at censurere ytringsfrihed, hvilket især har været tydeligt i forbindelse
med karikaturkrisen og diskussioner om racismeparagraffen. Tavshedens politik
– at være tavs og at gøre tavs – er blevet legitimeret ved at forskyde spørgsmålet
om ytringsfrihed fra en politisk ret til moralsk indlevelse, ved at moralisere og
antagonisere det politiske klima i godt/ondt, hvilket stigmatiserer fjenden, og ved
at gå ind for selvcensur (ytringspli) og føre retssager mod dem, der overskrider
grænserne for politisk korrekthed. Artiklen undersøger disse forhold ved at se
på, hvordan venstrefløjspersoner har argumenteret i offentlige medier. Det er
disse frem for akademiske tekster, der er genstandsfeltet, fordi det giver et bedre
indblik i, hvordan man orienterer sig, og dermed et bedre indblik i tendenser i
den politiske kultur.
Søgeord: karikaturkrisen, moralisere, racisme, tavshed, ven/fjende, venstrefløj
Tanker om tale, tab og det usagte: Samtaler om at miste mellem slægtninge til palæstinensiske martyrer og fanger i israelske fængsler
Authors: Segal Lotte Buch 
Published: September 2021

Artiklen omhandler, hvad der fremhæves, udelades og måske endda forties i palæ- stinensiske kvinders samtaler om konsekvenserne af den israelsk-palæstinensiske konflikt. Samtalerne omhandler, hvordan dette opleves af enker eller mødre til mænd, der er døde eller fængslede i den palæstinensiske modstandskamp mod den israelske militære besættelse af Vestbredden. Artiklen er forankret i en række etnografiske feltarbejder på Vestbredden mellem 2004 og 2011. Den undersøger, hvordan følelser konfigureres og italesættes af palæstinensiske kvinder, der er slægtninge til de mænd, der ofte omtales som helte. Artiklens sigte er at kaste lys over, hvilke følelser der kan og ikke kan rummes i samtaler om tab, for derved at få indsigt i de former for affekt, der kun kan antydes i den fortsatte kamp for palæstinensisk selvstændighed. Søgeord: tab, sprog, intimitet, affekt This article investigates what is underlined, enunciated or perhaps left out of con- versations about the effects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict upon social relations and intimacy in the occupied Palestinian territories. My emphasis is how this is experienced by Palestinian women who are widows and mothers of the so-called martyrs as well as wives of men who are incarcerated in Israel due to political activism. Ethnographically the article is anchored in a series of fieldworks between 2004 and 2011 carried out with an emphasis on the configuration of affect around the struggle for a Palestinian state and the human costs of that struggle. The analytical aim of the article, then, is to decipher the ways in which feelings of loss are verbalised and configured across personal and political spheres around the women who are related to the so-called heroic men, deceased or detained due to their political engagement. The objective is to elucidate the feelings that can be contained in talk about loss with the aim of a broader discussion of those forms of affect that necessarily have to remain unspoken in order to support the ongoing struggle for Palestinian statehood. Keywords: Loss, language, intimacy, affect