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Harald Aspen

Harald Aspen

Professor
Department of Social Anthropology
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

harald.aspen@ntnu.no
+4773596434 Bygg 7, 7453c, Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1
About Publications Teaching

About

Competencies

  • African Religion
  • African culture
  • Countryside
  • Disapora
  • Environment and Development
  • Ethnicity
  • Living conditions
  • Migration
  • Poverty
  • Religion and Identity
  • Rural Studies
  • Social inequalities
  • Syncretism

Publications

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2020

  • Aspen, Harald. (2020) First encounters with industrial work: Kombolcha Industrial Park. Annales d'Éthiopie
    Academic article
  • Aspen, Harald; Woldeyesus, Bedemariam. (2020) Priceless land: valuation and compensation of expropriated farmland in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Journal of Eastern African Studies
    Academic article

2019

  • Aspen, Harald. (2019) Rural Land and Urban Aspirations: Future Orientation in a Time of Change. James Currey Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (2019) Rich and Poor: Land and Wealth in Mäqét, North Wälo. James Currey Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (2019) Conclusion. James Currey Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2018

  • Aspen, Harald. (2018) Introduksjon til Montevarese. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Book review
  • Aspen, Harald. (2018) Die Amhara. Harrassowitz Verlag
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Klemm, Peri; Aspen, Harald. (2018) Hausbau. Harrassowitz Verlag
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Fyhn, Håkon; Aspen, Harald; Larsen, Anne Kathrine. (2018) Edges of Global Transformation: Ethnographies of Uncertainty. Lexington Books Lexington Books
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Fyhn, Håkon; Aspen, Harald; Larsen, Anne Kathrine. (2018) Neoliberalism and the Ethnographies of Uncertainty. Lexington Books
    Chapter
  • Aspen, Harald. (2018) State, Peasant Society and Modernization in Ethiopia. Lexington Books
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Fyhn, Håkon; Aspen, Harald; Larsen, Anne Kathrine. (2018) Conclusion. Lexington Books
    Other

2017

  • Aspen, Harald; Klemm, Peri. (2017) Houses. LIT Verlag
    Chapter
  • Aspen, Harald. (2017) Amhara. LIT Verlag
    Chapter

2015

  • Aspen, Harald; Ravn, Malin Noem; Røyrvik, Emil André. (2015) Det skapende mennesket : Antropologiske dialoger om tegn, ting og tolkning. Scandinavian Academic Press Scandinavian Academic Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2011

  • Aspen, Harald. (2011) Sicurezza alimentare e livelihood dei contadini nel Wälo/Food Security and Peasant Livelihoods in Wälo. Afriche e Orienti
    Academic article

2010

  • Aspen, Harald; Teferra, Birhanu; Bekele, Shiferaw; Ege, Svein. (2010) Research in Ethiopian Studies: Selected papers of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Trondheim July 2007, Aethiopistische Forschungen Vol. 72. Harrassowitz Verlag Harrassowitz Verlag
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Aspen, Harald. (2010) Chapter Nine. 'Home' is the Family Compound in Banjul: Aku Diaspora, Property and Identity. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald; Ege, Svein. (2010) Peasant Livelihoods in North Wälo, Ethiopia. A survey of key indicators in Tiweha, Dänkäna and Debeko qäbälé, Mäqét wäräda. Department of Social Anthropology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
    Report
  • Mekonnen, Berihun Mebratie; Aspen, Harald. (2010) Early Marriage and the Campaign against It in Ethiopia. Harrassowitz Verlag
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2009

  • Ege, Svein; Aspen, Harald; Teferra, Birhanu; Bekele, Shiferaw. (2009) Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (Vol. 1-4). Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Mekonnen, Berihun Mebratie; Aspen, Harald. (2009) Early Marriage and the Campaign against It in Ethiopia.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2007

  • Ege, Svein; Aspen, Harald; Teferra, Birhanu; Bekele, Shiferaw. (2007) 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES 16): Programme. Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Report

2006

  • Aspen, Harald. (2006) Informal Credit in Rural Wällo. Harrassowitz Verlag
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2003

  • Aspen, Harald. (2003) Faces of Poverty: Life in Gäta, Wälo. FSS Studies on Poverty
    Non-fiction book
  • Ege, Svein Einar; Aspen, Harald. (2003) On the Brink of Famine: Ch'orisa, Qalu, 2002. NTNU, Sosialantropologisk institutt
    Report

2002

  • Aspen, Harald. (2002) "Models of Democracy - Perceptions of Power. Government and Peasantry in Ethiopia".
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2001

  • Aspen, Harald. (2001) Amhara traditions of knowledge : spirit mediums and their clients. Harrassowitz Verlag Aethiopistische Forschungen (58)
    Academic monograph

1999

  • Aspen, Harald. (1999) Poverty and Resources: Ethiopian Rural Realities. Working Papers on Ethiopian Development (13)
    Non-fiction book
  • Aspen, Harald. (1999) Poverty measurement and assessment - anthropological perspectives.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

1995

  • Aspen, Harald; Dahl-Jørgensen, Carla; Erring, Bjørn Bauck; Larsen, Anne Kathrine. (1995) THE FAMILY Anthropological Approaches. Festschrift to Professor. Tapir Publishers
    Non-fiction book
  • Aspen, Harald; Kello, Abdulhamid B.. (1995) The programme Peasant Production and Development in Ethiopia (PPDE): Achievements and experiences 1988-1995. The University of Trondheim, Centre for Environment and Development
    Report
  • Aspen, Harald. (1995) The 1995 National and Regional Elections in Ethiopia: Local Perspectives. The University of Trondheim, Centre for Environment and Development
    Report
  • Aspen, Harald. (1995) The ecology of rural Amhara marriage and divorce.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

1994

  • Aspen, Harald; Brøgger, Jan. (1994) Spirits, mediums and human worlds. The Amhara peasants of North Ethiopian highlands and their traditions of knowledge. Univ. of Trondheim, Dept. of Social Anthropology
    Doctoral dissertation

1986

  • Aspen, Harald. (1986) Ghost corporations - the Gambian Akus' responses to dethronement. University of Trondheim, Dept. of Social Anthropology
    Magister thesis

Journal publications

  • Aspen, Harald. (2020) First encounters with industrial work: Kombolcha Industrial Park. Annales d'Éthiopie
    Academic article
  • Aspen, Harald; Woldeyesus, Bedemariam. (2020) Priceless land: valuation and compensation of expropriated farmland in the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Journal of Eastern African Studies
    Academic article
  • Aspen, Harald. (2018) Introduksjon til Montevarese. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Book review
  • Aspen, Harald. (2011) Sicurezza alimentare e livelihood dei contadini nel Wälo/Food Security and Peasant Livelihoods in Wälo. Afriche e Orienti
    Academic article

Books

  • Fyhn, Håkon; Aspen, Harald; Larsen, Anne Kathrine. (2018) Edges of Global Transformation: Ethnographies of Uncertainty. Lexington Books Lexington Books
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Aspen, Harald; Ravn, Malin Noem; Røyrvik, Emil André. (2015) Det skapende mennesket : Antropologiske dialoger om tegn, ting og tolkning. Scandinavian Academic Press Scandinavian Academic Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Aspen, Harald; Teferra, Birhanu; Bekele, Shiferaw; Ege, Svein. (2010) Research in Ethiopian Studies: Selected papers of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Trondheim July 2007, Aethiopistische Forschungen Vol. 72. Harrassowitz Verlag Harrassowitz Verlag
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Ege, Svein; Aspen, Harald; Teferra, Birhanu; Bekele, Shiferaw. (2009) Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (Vol. 1-4). Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Aspen, Harald. (2003) Faces of Poverty: Life in Gäta, Wälo. FSS Studies on Poverty
    Non-fiction book
  • Aspen, Harald. (2001) Amhara traditions of knowledge : spirit mediums and their clients. Harrassowitz Verlag Aethiopistische Forschungen (58)
    Academic monograph
  • Aspen, Harald. (1999) Poverty and Resources: Ethiopian Rural Realities. Working Papers on Ethiopian Development (13)
    Non-fiction book
  • Aspen, Harald; Dahl-Jørgensen, Carla; Erring, Bjørn Bauck; Larsen, Anne Kathrine. (1995) THE FAMILY Anthropological Approaches. Festschrift to Professor. Tapir Publishers
    Non-fiction book

Part of book/report

  • Aspen, Harald. (2019) Rural Land and Urban Aspirations: Future Orientation in a Time of Change. James Currey Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (2019) Rich and Poor: Land and Wealth in Mäqét, North Wälo. James Currey Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (2019) Conclusion. James Currey Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (2018) Die Amhara. Harrassowitz Verlag
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Klemm, Peri; Aspen, Harald. (2018) Hausbau. Harrassowitz Verlag
    Popular scientific chapter/article
  • Fyhn, Håkon; Aspen, Harald; Larsen, Anne Kathrine. (2018) Neoliberalism and the Ethnographies of Uncertainty. Lexington Books
    Chapter
  • Aspen, Harald. (2018) State, Peasant Society and Modernization in Ethiopia. Lexington Books
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Fyhn, Håkon; Aspen, Harald; Larsen, Anne Kathrine. (2018) Conclusion. Lexington Books
    Other
  • Aspen, Harald; Klemm, Peri. (2017) Houses. LIT Verlag
    Chapter
  • Aspen, Harald. (2017) Amhara. LIT Verlag
    Chapter
  • Aspen, Harald. (2010) Chapter Nine. 'Home' is the Family Compound in Banjul: Aku Diaspora, Property and Identity. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mekonnen, Berihun Mebratie; Aspen, Harald. (2010) Early Marriage and the Campaign against It in Ethiopia. Harrassowitz Verlag
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Mekonnen, Berihun Mebratie; Aspen, Harald. (2009) Early Marriage and the Campaign against It in Ethiopia.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (2006) Informal Credit in Rural Wällo. Harrassowitz Verlag
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (2002) "Models of Democracy - Perceptions of Power. Government and Peasantry in Ethiopia".
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (1999) Poverty measurement and assessment - anthropological perspectives.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (1995) The ecology of rural Amhara marriage and divorce.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Aspen, Harald. (1986) Ghost corporations - the Gambian Akus' responses to dethronement. University of Trondheim, Dept. of Social Anthropology
    Magister thesis

Report

  • Aspen, Harald; Ege, Svein. (2010) Peasant Livelihoods in North Wälo, Ethiopia. A survey of key indicators in Tiweha, Dänkäna and Debeko qäbälé, Mäqét wäräda. Department of Social Anthropology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
    Report
  • Ege, Svein; Aspen, Harald; Teferra, Birhanu; Bekele, Shiferaw. (2007) 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES 16): Programme. Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Report
  • Ege, Svein Einar; Aspen, Harald. (2003) On the Brink of Famine: Ch'orisa, Qalu, 2002. NTNU, Sosialantropologisk institutt
    Report
  • Aspen, Harald; Kello, Abdulhamid B.. (1995) The programme Peasant Production and Development in Ethiopia (PPDE): Achievements and experiences 1988-1995. The University of Trondheim, Centre for Environment and Development
    Report
  • Aspen, Harald. (1995) The 1995 National and Regional Elections in Ethiopia: Local Perspectives. The University of Trondheim, Centre for Environment and Development
    Report
  • Aspen, Harald; Brøgger, Jan. (1994) Spirits, mediums and human worlds. The Amhara peasants of North Ethiopian highlands and their traditions of knowledge. Univ. of Trondheim, Dept. of Social Anthropology
    Doctoral dissertation

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Courses

  • SANT8006 - PhD Course in Ethnographic Method
  • SANT8004 - PhD Course in Ethnographic Method
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