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Jan Ketil Simonsen

Jan Ketil Simonsen

Professor
Department of Social Anthropology

jan.ketil.simonsen@ntnu.no
+4773596342 Bygg 7, Rom 7474, Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1
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About

I am a Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology. I hold an MPhil and a PhD in anthropology from the University of Oslo. I have conducted longitudinal fieldwork in Zambia on Mambwe-speaking people, in both rural and urban areas. My main interest is social and cultural change among Mambwe migrants in Lusaka, focusing on ritual performances, kinship and mutual aid. In Zambia, I am affiliated with the Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia. I have also done commissioned research and evaluations in Zambia and Botswana on urban development, the educational sector, and the health sector. At present, I also conduct fieldwork in Extremadura, Spain on the industrialisation of Iberian ham production and the sustainability of forest pastures. I have also a long-standing interest in visual anthropology and ethnographic film and is a long-time member of the Nordic Anthropological Film Association.

Currently, I teach ethnographic method, and social theory on migration. I also arrange seminars in academic writing for students at all levels. I am a past head of the Department, and a past co-editor of the Norwegian Journal of Anthropology. 

 

Competencies

  • Anthropology of religion
  • Ethnographic Film
  • Ethnographic fieldwork
  • Kinship
  • Migration studies
  • Mobility
  • Rituals
  • Social Networks
  • Symbols
  • Urbanization

Publications

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2023

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Syvertsen, Astrid. (2023) The Problem of Dialogue in Online Teaching and Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Teaching Anthropology (TA)
    Academic article
  • Myhre, Knut Christian; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Canás Bottos, Lorenzo. (2023) Krisemaksimering ved NTNU?. Universitetsavisa
    Feature article
  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) Beyond Words: Children’s Drawings, the Socio-Spatial Environment and Experience. Intervention Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2022

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Crawford, Peter Ian. (2022) La Apertura Del Jamón (Película etnográfica). 41st NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival
    Other presentation

2021

  • Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) Desde el punto de vista de los nativos en etnografía multiespecies. PUBLICAR. En Antropología y Ciencias Sociales.
    Short communication
  • Amundsen, Nina Helen; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) To Be or Not to Be – The Question of Capital. Young Adults Negotiating a Sense of Belonging in a Norwegian National Space. Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Kjørholt, Anne Trine; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) Pure as the Angels, Wise as the Dead. The Culture of Infancy in Zambia . Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) «Hvem skal ta vare på oss nå?» Aldring, overlevelse og tvetydighet i en fattig bydel i Lusaka, Zambia. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article

2020

  • Jøsok, Fride; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2020) Kosmopolitiske fellesskap i skulen? Barn og vaksnes handtering av kulturell variasjon på ein norsk barneskule. Institutt for Sosialantropologi, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Lysheim, Therese Fjorden; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2020) Feiring og fellesskap: En studie av gruppedannelse og tilhørighet innenfor en landsbyfestival i Spania. Institutt for Sosialantropologi NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Koksvik, Gitte. (2020) For fellesskapets beste: Moralske forpliktelser, innblanding og etiske dilemmaer på feltarbeid. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article

2019

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2019) Skogsbeitets konge, 100% naturlig og menneskets respektfulle hånd Om industrialiseringen av iberisk svinekjøtt og kulturelle konfigureringer av grisen og eikeskogsbeitene i sørvestlige Spania. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article

2018

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Larsen, Kjersti; Engebrigtsen, Ada I.. (2018) Movement and Connectivity: Configurations of Belonging. Peter Lang Publishing Group Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Kinship and Mobility in Urban Zambia (and Beyond). Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Larsen, Kjersti; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Engebrigtsen, Ada I.. (2018) Introduction. Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Broback, Erlend H.; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Skotsk nasjonal identitet. Bruk av stereotyper i hverdagen. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Follestad, Karoline Ryslett; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) «But I Don't Want to Touch the Cow Poop!» A Study of the Generational Differences in the Interpretation of Rites of Passages among the Newars of Kathmandu Valley. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Arne Martin Klausen: En bibliografi. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article

2017

  • Totland, Emil Ihlebæk; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2017) Distribution and Distrust – A case-study of the community conservation of Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Schwartz, Hege; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2017) Normalisering, Risiko og Skyld blant Ressurssterke Cannabisbrukere. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Wenaas, Camilla Hagen; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2017) “I am not a man but I am not a woman either, I am not quite sure what I am”: Om iscenesettelse og overskridelse av kjønnskategorier i Uganda. NTNU
    Masters thesis

2015

  • Kjølseth, Jahn Ivar Holsbø; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) "Welcome to the show" – A study of 'framing' of comedy shows in London. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Children’s Drawings in Ethnographic Explorations: Analysis and Interpretations. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Om å jage og pleie ånder: Nyliberalisme, spirituell helbredelse og konkurrerende kunnskapstradisjoner i Zambia . Scandinavian Academic Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2014

  • Ødegård, Kamilla; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) Tidligere straffedømte og tilbakeføringsprosessens utfordringer. Sosialantropologisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Thun, Linn Silje Opdahl; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) Being Rwandan in Quebec - The Influence of Rwandan Politics on Identity Formation, Social Relations and Organisation in the Diaspora. Sosialantropologisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Yttrehus, Silje T.; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) Reisens dynamikk - Et studie av artesanos som neonomader. Sosialantropologisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Jirata, Tadesse Jaleta; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) The Roles of Oromo-Speaking Children in the Storytelling Tradition in Ethiopia. Research in African Literatures
    Academic article

2013

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Stien, Kari Mjaavatn. (2013) Kamwala Shopping World – Competition and Cooperation among Zambian and Chinese Traders in Lusaka. Sosialantropologisk Institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Karlsvik, Annette Lill; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2013) Med midlertidig fortøyning i Norge. Mobilitet, identitet og translokalitet blant høykvalifiserte arbeidsmigranter. NTNU
    Masters thesis

2012

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Serpell, Robert. (2012) Foreword.
    Foreword

2010

  • Iversen, Gunnar; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Beyond the visual. Sound and image in ethnographic and documentary film. Intervention Press Proceedings from NAFA (1)
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) The Revival of the Mambwe-Lungu First-Fruits Ceremony in Zambia. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Ephemeral images in the Chisungu female initiation ritual. Intervention Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Iversen, Gunnar; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Introduction. Intervention Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2009

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Flikke, Rune. (2009) Motstandskamp og fag: Et intervju med Axel Sommerfelt. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Interview Journal

2008

  • Olsen, Karoline Sandnes; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2008) Spirit and Medium in Abrong Traditional Religion: A study of a Komvuo at Work in Côte d'Ivoire. Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Rønningen, Lise Marie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2008) Field Arrivals: Exerts in Experimental Ethnography. Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Masters thesis

2007

  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Children and bereavement: Experiences of orphanhood in contemporary Zamiba. Sosialantropologisk institutt, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Skrove, Alf; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Maasaier ved det Indiske hav: Arbeidsmigrasjonen av maasaier til turistindustrien på Zanzibar. NTNU
    Thesis at a second degree level

2006

  • Solem, Aina E.; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) En introduksjon til healerens verden: På sprituell søken i Trondheimsområdet. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Røvik, Ann Wenche Ferstad; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) På kveldshøgda. Hverdag og identitet i alderdommen. NTNU
    Masters thesis

2005

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2005) We paint the story of our culture. Sosialantropologisk institutt ved hfagsstudent Maria Øien
    Thesis at a second degree level

2003

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Ngome, Enock. (2003) Equity in the Distribution of Resources for Reproductive Health in Botswana. University of Botswana & Diakonhjemmet University College
    Report
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Utdanningssektoren i Zambia: En forundersøkelse med fokus på høyere utdanning. Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (SAIH)
    Report
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Children, AIDS, and Communal Coping Strategies: Papers presented for a research workshop at University of Fort Hare 18-22 March 2002. Diakonhjemmet University College Report Series (5/2003)
    Report

1997

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (1997) Erfaring og Leksikalisering: Om det teoretiske grunnlaget for meningsdannelse. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article

1996

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Talle, Aud. (1996) Øst-Afrika og det sørlige Sentral-Afrika. Gyldendal Akademisk
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

1992

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Crawford, Peter I.. (1992) Ethnographic Film, Aesthetics and Narrative Traditions - Proceedings from NAFA II. Intervention Press Intervention Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Journal publications

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Syvertsen, Astrid. (2023) The Problem of Dialogue in Online Teaching and Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Teaching Anthropology (TA)
    Academic article
  • Myhre, Knut Christian; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Canás Bottos, Lorenzo. (2023) Krisemaksimering ved NTNU?. Universitetsavisa
    Feature article
  • Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) Desde el punto de vista de los nativos en etnografía multiespecies. PUBLICAR. En Antropología y Ciencias Sociales.
    Short communication
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) «Hvem skal ta vare på oss nå?» Aldring, overlevelse og tvetydighet i en fattig bydel i Lusaka, Zambia. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Koksvik, Gitte. (2020) For fellesskapets beste: Moralske forpliktelser, innblanding og etiske dilemmaer på feltarbeid. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2019) Skogsbeitets konge, 100% naturlig og menneskets respektfulle hånd Om industrialiseringen av iberisk svinekjøtt og kulturelle konfigureringer av grisen og eikeskogsbeitene i sørvestlige Spania. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Arne Martin Klausen: En bibliografi. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Jirata, Tadesse Jaleta; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) The Roles of Oromo-Speaking Children in the Storytelling Tradition in Ethiopia. Research in African Literatures
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Flikke, Rune. (2009) Motstandskamp og fag: Et intervju med Axel Sommerfelt. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Interview Journal
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (1997) Erfaring og Leksikalisering: Om det teoretiske grunnlaget for meningsdannelse. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift
    Academic article

Books

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Larsen, Kjersti; Engebrigtsen, Ada I.. (2018) Movement and Connectivity: Configurations of Belonging. Peter Lang Publishing Group Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Iversen, Gunnar; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Beyond the visual. Sound and image in ethnographic and documentary film. Intervention Press Proceedings from NAFA (1)
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Crawford, Peter I.. (1992) Ethnographic Film, Aesthetics and Narrative Traditions - Proceedings from NAFA II. Intervention Press Intervention Press
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) Beyond Words: Children’s Drawings, the Socio-Spatial Environment and Experience. Intervention Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Kinship and Mobility in Urban Zambia (and Beyond). Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Larsen, Kjersti; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Engebrigtsen, Ada I.. (2018) Introduction. Peter Lang Publishing Group
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Children’s Drawings in Ethnographic Explorations: Analysis and Interpretations. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Om å jage og pleie ånder: Nyliberalisme, spirituell helbredelse og konkurrerende kunnskapstradisjoner i Zambia . Scandinavian Academic Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Serpell, Robert. (2012) Foreword.
    Foreword
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) The Revival of the Mambwe-Lungu First-Fruits Ceremony in Zambia. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Ephemeral images in the Chisungu female initiation ritual. Intervention Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Iversen, Gunnar; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Introduction. Intervention Press
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Talle, Aud. (1996) Øst-Afrika og det sørlige Sentral-Afrika. Gyldendal Akademisk
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Amundsen, Nina Helen; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) To Be or Not to Be – The Question of Capital. Young Adults Negotiating a Sense of Belonging in a Norwegian National Space. Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Kjørholt, Anne Trine; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) Pure as the Angels, Wise as the Dead. The Culture of Infancy in Zambia . Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Jøsok, Fride; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2020) Kosmopolitiske fellesskap i skulen? Barn og vaksnes handtering av kulturell variasjon på ein norsk barneskule. Institutt for Sosialantropologi, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Lysheim, Therese Fjorden; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2020) Feiring og fellesskap: En studie av gruppedannelse og tilhørighet innenfor en landsbyfestival i Spania. Institutt for Sosialantropologi NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Broback, Erlend H.; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Skotsk nasjonal identitet. Bruk av stereotyper i hverdagen. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Follestad, Karoline Ryslett; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) «But I Don't Want to Touch the Cow Poop!» A Study of the Generational Differences in the Interpretation of Rites of Passages among the Newars of Kathmandu Valley. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Totland, Emil Ihlebæk; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2017) Distribution and Distrust – A case-study of the community conservation of Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Schwartz, Hege; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2017) Normalisering, Risiko og Skyld blant Ressurssterke Cannabisbrukere. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Wenaas, Camilla Hagen; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2017) “I am not a man but I am not a woman either, I am not quite sure what I am”: Om iscenesettelse og overskridelse av kjønnskategorier i Uganda. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Kjølseth, Jahn Ivar Holsbø; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) "Welcome to the show" – A study of 'framing' of comedy shows in London. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Ødegård, Kamilla; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) Tidligere straffedømte og tilbakeføringsprosessens utfordringer. Sosialantropologisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Thun, Linn Silje Opdahl; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) Being Rwandan in Quebec - The Influence of Rwandan Politics on Identity Formation, Social Relations and Organisation in the Diaspora. Sosialantropologisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Yttrehus, Silje T.; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) Reisens dynamikk - Et studie av artesanos som neonomader. Sosialantropologisk institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Stien, Kari Mjaavatn. (2013) Kamwala Shopping World – Competition and Cooperation among Zambian and Chinese Traders in Lusaka. Sosialantropologisk Institutt
    Masters thesis
  • Karlsvik, Annette Lill; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2013) Med midlertidig fortøyning i Norge. Mobilitet, identitet og translokalitet blant høykvalifiserte arbeidsmigranter. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Olsen, Karoline Sandnes; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2008) Spirit and Medium in Abrong Traditional Religion: A study of a Komvuo at Work in Côte d'Ivoire. Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Rønningen, Lise Marie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2008) Field Arrivals: Exerts in Experimental Ethnography. Department of Social Anthropology, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Children and bereavement: Experiences of orphanhood in contemporary Zamiba. Sosialantropologisk institutt, NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Skrove, Alf; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Maasaier ved det Indiske hav: Arbeidsmigrasjonen av maasaier til turistindustrien på Zanzibar. NTNU
    Thesis at a second degree level
  • Solem, Aina E.; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) En introduksjon til healerens verden: På sprituell søken i Trondheimsområdet. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Røvik, Ann Wenche Ferstad; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) På kveldshøgda. Hverdag og identitet i alderdommen. NTNU
    Masters thesis
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2005) We paint the story of our culture. Sosialantropologisk institutt ved hfagsstudent Maria Øien
    Thesis at a second degree level
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Ngome, Enock. (2003) Equity in the Distribution of Resources for Reproductive Health in Botswana. University of Botswana & Diakonhjemmet University College
    Report
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Utdanningssektoren i Zambia: En forundersøkelse med fokus på høyere utdanning. Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (SAIH)
    Report
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Children, AIDS, and Communal Coping Strategies: Papers presented for a research workshop at University of Fort Hare 18-22 March 2002. Diakonhjemmet University College Report Series (5/2003)
    Report

UTSTILLING

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Crawford, Peter Ian. (2022) La Apertura Del Jamón (Película etnográfica). 41st NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival
    Other presentation

Teaching

Courses

  • SANT1022 - Ethnographic Method
  • SANT2022 - Migration, settlement and mobility

Media

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) A Triangle of Pigs, Oaks, and Men: The Emergence of the Iberian Pig in Modern Spain. Finnish Anthropological Society Relations and beyond: conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society 2023-03-21 - 2023-03-24
  • Academic lecture
    Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) Un triángulo de cerdos, encinas y humanos. La emergencia del cerdo ibérico en la España moderna. Asociación de Antropología del Estado Español Congreso Internacional de Antropología, Spanish anthrpological association , A Coruña 2023-09-05 - 2023-09-08

2022

  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Chen, Shuhua. (2022) Encounters between Barth and Rapport's methodological individualism. Department of social anthropology, NTNU Department seminar , Trondheim 2022-11-21 - 2022-11-21
  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2022) Personopplysningsloven, unntak og datalagring. Norsk Antropologisk Forening Fagdag 2022-12-02 - 2022-12-02
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2022) From nature to culture and back: The identity politics of Iberian ham and cultural notions of the dehesa forest pastures in Spain. Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews Departmental Seminar Series , St Andrews 2022-04-29 - 2022-04-29
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2022) Nigel goes to Trondheim: On the emancipation of a local methodological individualism. Department of Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews Emeritus Seminar Nigel Rapport at St Andrews, Lower College Hall , St Andrews 2022-04-12 - 2022-04-12
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2022) Fieldwork Methods over Time and Traditions. University of St Andrews, U of Edinburgh, and U of Aberdeen Scottish Programme of Advanced Training for Social Anthropology PhD Students , The Burn, Glenesk 2022-04-18 - 2022-04-22

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) “Who is going to look after us now?” Ageing, survival, and ambiguity in a poor township in Lusaka, Zambia. Department of social anthropology, NTNU Instituttseminaret 2021-12-06 - 2021-12-06
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Syvertsen, Astrid. (2021) Digital lectures and restless learning conditions. EASA-Teaching Anthropology Network Teaching and Learning Anthropology during the Pandemic. Dilemmas, Challenges and Opportunities , WWW 2021-03-17 - 2021-03-17

2020

  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2020) Personvernregler skaper antropologiproblemer. Magasinet Forskningsetikk (3)20, Desember 2020, 20-21. . https://www.forskningsetikk.no/globalassets/dokumenter/2-bla https://www.forskningsetikk.no/globalassets/dokumenter/2-bla [Business/trade/industry journal] 2020-12-16
  • Programme participation
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2020) Moon symbolism among Mambwe-speaking people University of the Underground The multiverse programme: Moon bar . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT3karVV9Wg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT3karVV9Wg [Internet] 2020-12-07
  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2020) The Nelly Boum Show for Worldwide FM. https://worldwidefm.net/series/the-nelly-boum-show/ https://worldwidefm.net/series/the-nelly-boum-show/ [Radio] 2020-10-04

2019

  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2019) Forskningsetikk: GPDR og deltakende observasjon . Norsk Antropologisk Forening Sosialantropologiske Norsk antropologisk forenings fagdag 2019: Framtidens antropologi , Oslo 2019-08-23 - 2019-08-23
  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2019) Panel 3: The editor – what kind of articles are surviving the review . NTNU Forskningsutvalget SU-fakultetet Publiseringsseminar for Ph.d.-kandidater ved SU-fakultetet , Trondheim 2019-06-03 - 2019-06-03
  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Meland, Svein Inge. (2019) How a black pig created an entire industry. Norwegian SciTech News Norwegian SciTech News [Business/trade/industry journal] 2019-05-09
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2019) Prospects for vernacular cosmopolitan networks. Insttiutt for Sosialantropologi, NTNU The Biennial Trondheim Colloquium in Social Anthropology: Cosmopolitan Networks , Trondheim 2019-10-21 - 2019-10-22
  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2019) Is ethnographic material legal? On legalizing ethnographic field research, ethical dilemmas and epistemological hypochondria. Insttiutt for Sosialantropologi, NTNU Faglig Lunch , Trondheim 2019-09-25 - 2019-09-25
  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Meland, Svein Inge. (2019) Hvorfor er spansk spekeskinke så svinedyr?. Forskning.no Forskning.no [Journal] 2019-03-05
  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Meland, Svein Inge. (2019) Hvordan en svart gris skapte en hel industri. Gemini.no Gemini.no [Journal] 2019-03-05
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2019) Kvinnelige overgangsritualer i Zambia. Trondheim Dialogsenter Trondheim Kommune Women Conversation Club Trondheim , Trondheim 2019-05-10 - 2019-05-10
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2019) The pigs’ paradise: The industrialisation of Iberian pork and the cultural reconfiguration of the oak grove pastures in South-Western Spain. Insttiutt for Sosialantropologi, NTNU Instituttseminaret , Trondheim 2019-09-16 - 2019-09-16

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Crawford, Peter Ian; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo. (2018) Reimagining Pata Negra. The future of a food icon. Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University Staying - Moving – Settling: 15th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists , Stockholm 2018-08-14 - 2018-08-17
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Crawford, Peter Ian; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo. (2018) The cultural significance of the Iberian so-called blackfoot pig, the pata negra. The Hungarian University, Federation of Cluj-Napoca, NAFA The 38th NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival , Cluj 2018-09-11 - 2018-09-11
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Discusant: Film as Ethnography: Stories from the Danube Delta. Special Local Screening: Film and Anthropology in Cluj.Documentaries Produced after 1989 by Filmmakers Affiliated with Academia . The Hungarian University, Federation of Cluj-Napoca, NAFA The 38th NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival , Cluj 2018-09-15 - 2018-09-15
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Crawford, Peter Ian. (2018) Pigs, people, and land: The politics of food identity in south-western Spain. NTNU KULT og NTNU VM NTNU Sustainability seminar: The History and Culture of Environments (HCE) , Trondheim 2018-10-19 - 2018-10-19
  • Academic lecture
    Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Crawford, Peter Ian. (2018) From Acorns to Ham. Notes on the production of Iberico "Pata Negra" Pigs. Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU Kult Lunch Seminars , Dragvol 2018-03-15 -

2017

  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Cañás Bottos, Lorenzo. (2017) People, pigs, and land. NTNU Departmental Seminar , Dragvoll 2017-05-22 -
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2017) Branding pork: Re-imagining the dehesa forest pastures. Department of Anthropology, Aarhus University The Visual Anthropology of Food , Aarhus 2017-08-22 - 2017-08-25

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2016) Returns to the earth wombs: Notions of spatial and temporal movements in a cosmology of shifting cultivators . Norwegian Network for the Anthropology of Mobilities The Potential Value of Mobility as an Analytical and Methodological Perspectiv , Trondheim 2016-10-31 - 2016-11-02
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2016) Chisungu girl’s initiation rituals and Uwinga marriage rituals among Mambwe-speaking people of Zambia. Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies, Department of Social Anth Department Seminar , St Andrews 2016-05-27 - 2016-05-27
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2016) Introduction to panel debate: Ethical challenges of using photos and videos on the Internet. University Museum of Bergen Nordic Anthropological Film Association Conference and Festival 2016 , Bergen 2016-09-19 - 2016-09-24

2015

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) For fellesskapets beste: Moralske forpliktelser, interveneringer, og etiske dilemmaer på feltarbeid. NTNU, Samfunnsforsknings AS, NAF Norsk Antropologisk Årskonferanse , Trondheim 2015-05-08 - 2015-05-10
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Audrey Richards’ mobile feltpraksis. NTNU, Samfunnsforsknings AS, NAF Norsk Antropologisk Årskonferanse 2015 , Trondheim 2015-05-08 - 2015-05-10
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Om å jage og pleie ånder: Nyliberalisme, spirituell helbredelse og konkurrerende kunnskapstradisjoner i Zambia . NTNU, Samfunnsforsknings AS, NAF Norsk Antropologisk Årskonferanse 2015 , Trondheim 2015-05-05 - 2015-05-10
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Uwinga: Mambwe Marriage Rituals and their Urban Transformations. University of Zambia INESOR Seminar Series , Lusaka 2015-12-03 -
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) The Value of Children’s Drawings in Ethnographic Explorations. University of Ljubljana CREOLE Intensive Programme 2015 - ALTERNATIVES: Anthropological Knowledge for Changing World , Piran 2015-05-31 - 2015-06-11

2014

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) Ethical challenges filming rituals: Perspectives from anthropology. Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo Reassembling Democracy: Ritual as Cultural Resource (REDO) workshop 3 , Oslo 2014-05-26 - 2014-05-26
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2014) Publishing ethnographic films electronically and publication credit systems, a view from Norway. Nordic Anthropological Film Association The 34th NAFA Film Festival and Symposium , University Centre of the Westfjords, Ísafjörður 2014-06-04 - 2014-06-08

2013

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Stien, Kari Mjaavatn. (2013) Market saturation and mobility: A case study of responses to the entrance of Chinese traders and goods at a market in Lusaka, Zambia. Norwegian Network of the Anthropology of Mobilities The Biennial Trondheim Colloquium in Social Anthropology , Trondheim 2013-12-02 - 2013-12-03
  • Academic lecture
    Holtedahl, Lisbet; Ginsburg, Faye; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Djesa, Rachel Issa. (2013) Presentation, filmscreening and discussion: "A Castle in Africa, A Muslim industrialist in Northern Cameroon". Norsk Antropologisk Forening Representasjoner , Universitetet i Tromsø 2013-05-03 - 2013-05-06
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2013) Kinship and mobility in urban Zambia. Norwegian Network of the Anthropology of Mobilities The Biennial Trondheim Colloquium in Social Anthropology , Trondheim 2013-12-02 - 2013-12-03
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2013) Comments to Graham Harvey's “The dynamic interplay between ritual and performance at Riddu Riddu and at the Origins festival”. Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo Reassembling Democracy: Ritual as Cultural Resource (REDO) workshop 2 , Granavolden 2013-12-09 - 2013-12-12
  • Academic lecture
    Holtedahl, Lisbet; Ginsburg, Faye; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Fylkesnes, Torgeir Knag; Jensen, Knut Erik; Djesa, Rachel Issa. (2013) Save Visual Cultural Studies: Visuelt mingletreff. Visuelle kulturstudier v/ Lisbet Holtedahl Norsk Antropologisk Forenings Årskonference , Rica Hotel, Tromsø 2013-05-05 - 2013-05-07

2012

  • Poster
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2012) Play and games in girl's initiation ceremony in Zambia. Dilla University, NUFU Children, Young People and Local knowledge in Ethiopia and Zambia , Hawassa University 2012-10-25 - 2012-10-26
  • Academic lecture
    Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2012) Beyond Words: the Value of Childrens Images in Etnographic Explorations. Children, Young People and Local knowledge in Ethiopia and Zambia , Hawassa 2012-10-25 - 2012-10-26

2011

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2011) Resilience through play? Game-elements and testing in ritual and play among girls in Zambia. The Association for the Study of Play The Association for the Study of Play 2011 Annual Conference Play and Health , Rochester, NY 2011-04-27 - 2011-04-30

2010

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Smørholm, Sesilie. (2010) Ritual and play: Modalities of teaching and learning in the upbringing of children in Zambia. University of Zambia the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) Congress , Lusaka 2010-07-18 - 2010-07-22
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Ritual and play: Modalities of teaching and learning in the upbringing of children in Zambia. Etnografisk Seksjon Etnografisk Seksjons Forskningsseminarrekke , Kulturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo 2010-10-14 - 2010-10-14
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Smørholm, Sesilie. (2010) Ritual and play: Modalities of teaching and learning in the upbringing of children in Zambia. Sosialantropologisk Institutt, Universitetet i Oslo Afrikaseminaret , Oslo 2010-12-07 - 2010-12-07

2008

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2008) Engagements with disease in the Chisungu female initiation ritual. Africa Network Norway Analytical Abstractions, Lived Realities: Politics, Law and Economy in Africa , NTNU Dragvoll 2008-05-13 - 2008-05-14
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2008) Om ånder og glokalisering. Sosialantropologisk institutt, NTNU Instituttseminaret , Trondheim 2008-10-15 -
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2008) Engagements with disease in Chisungu female initiation ceremony. København's Universitet, African Studies Centre, Leiden Religious engagements with AIDS in Africa. Conference of The International Network on Religion and AIDS in Africa , København 2008-05-28 - 2008-05-29

2007

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Chisungu revisited. University of Florida Baraza -- Center for African Studies , Gainesville 2007-04-27 -
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Female initiation rituals in contemporary Zambia. University of Florida Honors Anthropology of Modern Africa , Gainesville 2007-04-24 -
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Kristne strømninger i Zambia. Universitetet i Tromsø og Norsk antropologisk forening Tid, sted og rom: Meningsproduksjon og rammer for kommunikasjon , Tromsø 2007-05-04 - 2007-05-06
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Ritual, image, words, knowledge. NTNU Sound and Image: Nordic Anthropological Film Association 27th International Conference in Visual Anthropology , Trondheim 2007-06-14 - 2007-06-16
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Mambwe Cisungu. Department of Psychology, University of Zambia PS240 Psychology of adolecense , Lusaka 2007-12-04 - 2007-12-04
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Brought into being in the world: Proposal for an ethnography of infants in contemporary Zambia. University of Zambia International workshop in childhood studies , Lusaka 2007-11-27 - 2007-11-27
  • Interview
    Bajoghli, Sæba; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) Innsyn: Fornuft eller følelser? Arrangert kjærlighet. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2007-04-21
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2007) The revival of the Mambwe-Lungu umutomolo first fruit ceremony in Zambia. Sosialantropologisk Institutt, NTNU Biennial Trondheim Colloquium in Social Anthropology , Trondheim 2007-11-05 - 2007-11-06

2006

  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) "Nestor blant antropologer" v/Rolf Rolfsen. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2006-03-01
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) When does an analysis stop?. NTNU, Sosialantropologisk institutt "The analytical process: From empirical chaos to theoretical clearity" Nordic PhD/reserach course in social anthropology. , Trondheim 2006-10-24 - 2006-10-26
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) Innledning arbeidsgruppen Ritualer og Redskaper. Norsk Antropologisk Forening Homo Faber: årskonferansen i Norsk Antropologisk Forening , Trondheim 2006-05-19 - 2006-05-21
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) Ritualer som redskap for fornyelse og gjenskaping. Norsk Antropologisk Forening Homo Faber: Årskonferanse i Norsk Antropologisk Forening , Trondheim 2006-05-19 - 2006-05-21
  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) "Trangbodd på Dragvoll" v/Svein Inge Meland. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2006-10-09

2005

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2005) Høvdingritualer som politisk arena. Sosialantropologisk institutt, Universitetet i Bergen Antropologien og Staten. Årskonferanse i Norsk Antropologisk Foreneing , Bergen 2005-05-20 - 2005-05-22
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2005) Visual Culture. Norsk Senter for Barneforskning Methodology in Child and Childhood Research , Trondheim 2005-10-27 -

2003

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Barn og AIDS. Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (SAIH), FN-Sambandet Trondheim , Trondheim 2003-03-24 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Some social and cultural consequences of the AIDS epidemic in Africa. International Student Festival in Trondheim , Trondheim 2003-03-12 -
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Utfordringer i utdanningssektoren i Zambia. Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (SAIH), Vårsamlingen Jordbrukshøgskolen i Ås , Ås 2003-04-05 -

2002

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2002) Hva kan sosialantropologisk forskning bidra med i kampen mot HIV/AIDS. Norges Forskningsråd, Dagsseminar med Aidsnett – Lokalsamfunn og mestring: Hvilke forskningsbehov har vi? , Oslo 2002-04-12 - 2002-04-12
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2002) HIV/AIDS epidemien og afrikanske lokalsamfunn i endring, Forelesning Sosialantropologisk Institutt, NTNU. Sosialantropologisk Institutt, NTNU utenTitteltekst , Trondheim 2002-06-03 - 2002-06-03
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2002) Children, Communities, and Coping Strategies. Children, AIDS, and Communal Coping Strategies, Research Workshop and Conference at University of Fort Hare , South Africa 2002-03-18 - 2002-03-22
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2002) The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on agricultural societies. Development Fund (Utviklingsfondet) , Oslo 2002-04-26 - 2002-04-26

2001

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2001) From Cold to Hot; From Dry to Wet: One Possible Cultural Rationale Behind "Dry Sex". Social Constructions of Female and Male Sexualities, Nordic Africa Days, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet , Uppsala 2001-10-05 - 2001-10-07
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