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Hans Hadders

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Hans Hadders

Associate Professor
Department of Public Health and Nursing
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

hans.hadders@ntnu.no
+4773412206 +4799397747 Øya helsehus, Øya
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Hans Hadders is associate professor at Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at NTNU. He has a background in nursing and his PhD is in social anthropology. During the eighties Hadders spent six years at the Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan (West Bengal) studying North Indian Music. He has done research on the mortuary rituals performed by the Jadopatias in the Santal villages of Bengal and Jharkhand, India. Besides his focus on mortuary rituals and standardisation of death in India and within the Norwegian health care, his field of specialisation is medical anthropology. Hadders is involved in the collaboration with Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences; Dhulikhel Hospital and Kathmandu Medical College; Sinamangal Hospital in Nepal.

Competencies

  • Death rituals
  • Ethnographic method
  • Global Health
  • Medical Anthropology
  • Nursing
  • Qualitative research
  • Terminal care

Research

  • The Cemetery Research Group

Forskernettverket Døden: Emosjoner, relasjoner og kultur (DERK)

DERK er et tverrfaglig nettverk for forskere i Norden som deler interessen av å utforske, og utvikle forståelse av, ulike aspekter ved døden

Publications

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2024

  • Hadders, Hans Per Åke. (2024) COVID-19 corpse management in Nepal: handling the deceased at Pashupati electric crematorium during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mortality
    Academic article

2022

  • Hadders, Hans. (2022) Temple eye banking: cornea donation practice at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal. Mortality
    Academic article

2021

  • Hadders, Hans; Nugteren, Albertina; Poudel, Rojisha. (2021) Ke garne? (What can one do?). An exploration of how people ‘on the ground’ perceived the incomplete improvised mortuary rituals at Pashupatinath after the earthquake in Nepal, 2015. Peeters Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Hadders, Hans. (2021) Hindu urn burial in Norway: an option for the future?. Mortality
    Academic article

2018

  • Paulsen, Bård; Johnsen, Roar; Hadders, Hans. (2018) Nurses' experience with relatives of patients receiving end-of-life-care in nursing homes and at home – a questionnaire based explorative study. Nursing Open
    Academic article

2017

  • Hadders, Hans. (2017) Establishment of electric crematorium in Nepal: continuity, changes and challenges. Mortality
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Hadders, Hans Per Åke. (2024) COVID-19 corpse management in Nepal: handling the deceased at Pashupati electric crematorium during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mortality
    Academic article
  • Hadders, Hans. (2022) Temple eye banking: cornea donation practice at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal. Mortality
    Academic article
  • Hadders, Hans. (2021) Hindu urn burial in Norway: an option for the future?. Mortality
    Academic article
  • Paulsen, Bård; Johnsen, Roar; Hadders, Hans. (2018) Nurses' experience with relatives of patients receiving end-of-life-care in nursing homes and at home – a questionnaire based explorative study. Nursing Open
    Academic article
  • Hadders, Hans. (2017) Establishment of electric crematorium in Nepal: continuity, changes and challenges. Mortality
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Hadders, Hans; Nugteren, Albertina; Poudel, Rojisha. (2021) Ke garne? (What can one do?). An exploration of how people ‘on the ground’ perceived the incomplete improvised mortuary rituals at Pashupatinath after the earthquake in Nepal, 2015. Peeters Publishers
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Outreach

2025

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans Per Åke. (2025) Temple eye banking: the multiple ontologies of cornea necro donation at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal. Linjeforeningen Antropologi NTNU Antropologidagene , Trondheim 2025-04-02 - 2025-04-03

2024

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans Per Åke. (2024) The gift of the eye: the multiple ontologies of cornea necro donation at Pashupati crematorium in Nepal. The Department of Sociology INTERNATIONAL DEATH AND GRIEF CONFERENCE: Reckoning for the Dead and Death , Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNIoE), Delhi NCR 2024-01-17 - 2024-01-19
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans Per Åke. (2024) Hornhinne donasjon ved palliativ avdeling . DERK - Døden: Emosjoner, relasjoner og kultur DERK - seminar i regi av forskernettverket Døden: Emosjoner, relasjoner og kultur (DERK) , Oslo 2024-09-12 - 2024-09-12
  • Lecture
    Hadders, Hans Per Åke. (2024) Kulturforståelse og Kultursensitivitet . NSF og NTNU Fagdag i Migrasjonshelse , Trondheim 2024-11-05 - 2024-11-05

2019

  • Lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2019) Døden i det flerkulturelle samfunn . Rådet for legeetikk, Norsk nevrologisk forening, NOROD Når er man død? 2019-05-21 - 2019-05-21

2013

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2013) Cremation in Norway: changes and challenges. Sosiologisk institutt, NTNU, Trondheim 9th Annual Norwegian Health Sociology Conference , Trondheim 2013-04-23 - 2013-04-24

2012

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2012) Hindu cremations in Norwegian crematoria: challenges and changes. Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Mortality, death and dying: philosophical and social perspectives , Helsinki 2012-08-22 - 2012-08-24
  • Poster
    Hadders, Hans; Paulsen, Bente; Fougner, Vigdis. (2012) Post mortem care in a palliative medical unit: Relatives’ participation in leave-taking events. European Association of Palliative Care The 7th World Research Congress of the EAPC , Trondheim 2012-06-07 - 2012-06-09

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans; hambro Alnæs, anne. (2010) Enacting death: contested and contestable practices in the ICU. Norsk Antropologisk Forenings Årskonferanse , Trondheim, Norge 2010-05-07 - 2010-05-09

2009

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2009) Sjukhusdöden; rutin eller ritual?. Kristianstads Museum utenTitteltekst , Øya Helsehus, Trondheim 2009-04-05 - 2009-04-05

2008

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2008) Måter sykepleiere behandler døden og den døde kroppen på: distanse og nærhet. Høgskolen i Sør-Trønderlag (Hist) Vidareutdanning i kreftsykepleie , Trondheim 2008-05-26 -
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2008) Dealing with the dead patient: Nurses and post-mortem care. Høgskolen i Nord-Trønderlag (HiNT) Ritual and Health 2008-05-02 - 2008-05-03
  • Poster
    Hadders, Hans. (2008) Standardisering av sykehusdøden. En klinisk affære?. Fagdag ved St. Olavs Hospital , Øya Helsehus, Trondheim 2008-11-13 - 2008-11-13

2007

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2007) Picture Recitations of the Jadopatias in North India. Nordic Anthropological Film Association Sound and Image. 27th Annual Conference In Visual Anthropology , Trondheim 2007-06-14 - 2007-06-16

2006

  • Interview
    Hadders, Hans. (2006) Døden på sjukehuset. Forskerforum 1/2006 Forskerforum 1/2006 [Internet] 2006-03-01
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2006) Liv och död på intensiven. Kwakiutl, linjeforeningen for sosialantropologi ved NTNU Medidinsk antropologi, Antropologi i praksis , Suhm-huset, Trondheim 2006-04-24 - 2006-04-24
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2006) Technology, care and ritual: relatives’ presence in connection with a death at the intensive care unit. Antropologer i praksis, Sosialantropologisk institutt, NTNU Participation in Practice , Trondheim 2006-01-20 - 2006-01-20
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2006) ”Iscenesettelse” av døden på intensivavdelingen. Sosialantropologisk institutt, NTNU Norsk Antropologisk Forenings Årskonferanse 2006: Homo Faber, Redskapsbrukeren , Trondheim 2006-05-19 - 2006-05-21
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2006) Liv og død på intensiven. Sosialantropologisk institutt, NTNU Medisinsk antropologi & Antropologi i praksis. Seminar for sos-ant-studenter , Sum-huset, Trondheim 2006-04-24 - 2006-04-24

2005

  • Interview
    Hadders, Hans. (2005) En verdig død?. Gemini 22/2005 Gemini 22/2005 [Internet] 2005-10-01
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2005) Post-mortem care and the dignity of the dead patient at the intensive care unit. University of Bath 7th International Conference. The Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal , University of Bath, Bath, UK 2005-09-15 - 2005-09-18
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2005) Palliative care and the dignity of the dead patient at the intensive care unit. Sosialantropologisk institutt, NTNU Suffering and Narration. Scandinavian workshop in social Anthropology , Trondheim 2005-01-14 - 2005-01-14
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2005) Multivalent procedural manuals and institutionalised death. Medicalized routine or humanized ritual?. NTNU "Globalization, indentity and standardization" , Trondheim (Dragvoll) 2005-03-11 - 2005-03-12
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2005) Moving Identities: The Jadopatia, the Santals and the Myth of Creation. University of Sussex, School of Hunanities, School of Social Reinterpreting Adivasi (Indigenous Peoples) Movements in South Asia , Brighton 2005-03-21 - 2005-03-23

2004

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2004) Vilken betydelse har vår uppfattning av den dødes værensstatus för hur vi förstår sorg och de sörgande?. St. Olavs Hospital/NTNU Jubileumskonferanse. Seksjon lindrende behandling 10 år , Trondheim 2004-11-04 - 2004-11-06
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2004) Avskedsritualers betydelse på den palliativa vårdavdelningen. Nordisk Forening for Palliativ Vård 7. Nordiske Kongress for Palliativ Vård , Århus 2004-05-26 - 2004-05-29
  • Poster
    Hadders, Hans; Hagen, Vigdis; Torvik, Karin; Petersvik, Bjørg. (2004) Rutiner og ritualer ved livets slutt:Pårørendes deltakelse i forbindelse med dødsfall ved Seksjon lindrende behandling, Kreftavdelingen, St Olavs Hospital. Seksjon lindrende behandling; St. Olavs Hospital/NTNU Jubileumskonferanse. Seksjon lindrende behandling 10 år , Trondheim 2004-11-04 - 2004-11-06
  • Poster
    Hadders, Hans; Torvik, Karin; Hagen, Vigdis; Petersvik, Bjørg. (2004) Routines and Rituals at the time of death.Relative�s participation in leave-taking events. International Society for Nurses of Cancer Care 13th International Conference on Cancer Nursing , Sidney 2004-08-09 - 2004-08-12
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2004) Musikaliskt fältarbete, resonans och musikens många omstridda ontologier. Musikkvetenskapeligt institutt, NTNU , Trondheim 2004-03-15 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2004) Kultur; en forklaring eller forkludring?. Verden inn på sykehuset , St. Olavs Hospital, Kurs i regi av Intensivsykepleiere i Sør-Trønderla 2004-03-23 -

2003

  • Programme participation
    Hadders, Hans. (2003) Faglig innlegg i samband med utstillingen "Far Vel". Tv-Norge, Nyheter Tv-trøndelag Tv-Norge, Nyheter Tv-trøndelag [TV] 2003-10-06
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2003) Between the living and the dead; Nursing care of dead bodies. Norsk Antropologisk Forenings årskonferanse, 2003: "Antropologisk merkevare" , Tromsø 2003-05-11 -
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2003) Smerte og kultur. Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag, AHS, Videreutdanning i smerte og smertebehandling , Trondheim, Ranheimsveien 2003-10-14 -
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2003) Smerte i et krysskulturelt perspektiv. Nidaros-kongressen , Trondheim, Sverresborg 2003-10-24 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2003) Between the living and the dead. Forskningsforum på Kreftavdelingen ved St. Olavs hospital , Trondheim 2003-10-29 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2003) Mellan levande och döda; ritualer omkring döden i olika samfunn. Trøndelag folkemuseum, Sverresborg , Trondheim, Sverresborg 2003-10-13 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2003) Faglig innlegg i forbindelse med visning av utstillingen "Far Vel". Nidaros-kongressen , Trondheim, Sverresborg folkemuseum 2003-10-22 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2003) Mellan levande och döda: Registrering av rutiner ved dødsfall. FSK-konferanse (forum for sykepleie i kreftomsorgen) , Tromsø 2003-09-06 -

2002

  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2002) Life, death and creation: The Jadopatia and the Karam Binti. NOFSA- konferanse, Religions in South-Asia , Oslo, UiO, Blindern 2002-08-24 -

2001

  • Poster
    Hadders, Hans. (2001) Evaluering av rutiner ved dødsfall. FSKs jublieumskonferanse. Balansekunst , Royal Garden Hotel, Trondheim 2001-09-26 -
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2001) Kultur og smerte. Videreutdanning smerte og smertebehandling, HIST , Trondheim 2001-09-11 -
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2001) Life, Death and Creation; The Jadopatias working among the Santal. Death Rituals and Belonging in a Globalized World , Maison des Sciences de l´Homme, CNRS, Paris 2001-10-26 -
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2001) Improvisasjon i nordindisk musikk. Musikkvitenskapelig institutt, NTNU , NTNU, Trondheim 2001-11-29 -

2000

  • Poster
    Hadders, Hans. (2000) Evaluering av rutiner ved dødsfall. Mittnorsk fagforum , RIT, Trondheim 2000-05-26 -
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2000) "Between tribe and caste; The Jadopatias of Bengal". 16th European Modern South Asian Studies Conference , Edinburgh, Scotland 2000-09-09 - 2000-09-11
  • Academic lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (2000) "Om feltarbeid og feltarbeidteknikk". KVALIS, NTNU,RIT , Trondheim 2000-05-24 -

1999

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (1999) Fremmedkulturelle pasienter - variasjoner i smerteopplevelse og medikamentbehov?. RIT- Postoperativ smertebehandling , Trondheim 1999-11-15 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (1999) Holdninger til menneske, helse, sykdom og død i ulike kulturer. Seksjon lindrende behandling, Kreft, RIT , RIT, Trondhiem 1999-09-08 -

1996

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Hadders, Hans. (1996) Musikk, mystisisme og medisin. Lørdagsuniversitetet, NTNU , Suhm-huset, Trondheim 1996-03-23 -

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