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Jan Ketil Simonsen

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Jan Ketil Simonsen

Professor
Department of Geography and 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 of Anthropology at the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology. I hold a PhD in anthropology from the University of Oslo. My research includes longitudinal fieldwork in Zambia among Mambwe-speaking communities in both rural and urban settings. I focus on social and cultural change among Mambwe migrants in Lusaka, with particular attention to ritual practices, kinship structures, and mutual aid. I am affiliated with the Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of Zambia.

I have conducted commissioned research and evaluations in Zambia and Botswana on urban development, education, and health. More recently, I have carried out fieldwork in Extremadura, Spain, examining the industrialisation of Iberian ham production and the sustainability of forest pastures. I also work with visual anthropology and ethnographic film and am a long-time member of the Nordic Anthropological Film Association.

My teaching includes ethnographic method, social theory related to migration, and multispecies anthropology. I also organise seminars in academic writing for students at all levels. I have previously served as Head of the Department, and as 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

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2025

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2025) Episode.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2025) Matfestival som «oppsvulming» av aspekter ved hverdagen: Anslag til en Handelmansk analyse av «Spekeskinkens Dag» i Monesterio, Spania. Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

2024

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Furst, Elisabeth L'Orange. (2024) Experiences of GDPR in Norway: Politics of autonomy and control. Anthropology Today
    Academic article
  • Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2024) Un triángulo de cerdos, encinas y humanos. La emergencia natural del cerdo ibérico en la España Moderna.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Chen, Shuhua. (2024) Cosmopolitan Networks–Networking Cosmopolitans: Between Anyone, the Other and the Making of Sociality. Anthropological Forum: a journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Flikke, Rune. (2024) Resistance and Profession: An Interview with Axel Sommerfelt.
    Chapter

2023

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás. (2023) The Opening of the Ham / La Apertura del Jamón.
    Film
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) The Feast of the Piglet Stew / La Fiesta del Guarrito.
    Film
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás. (2023) Perceiving Pigs / Apreciando Cerdos.
    Film
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) Paying Homage to the Ham / Le Rendimos Homenaje al Jamón.
    Film
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) Migration, Marriage Rituals and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism in Urban Zambia. Anthropological Forum: a journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Syvertsen, Astrid. (2023) The Problem of Dialogue in Online Teaching and Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Teaching Anthropology (TA)
    Academic article

2021

  • Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) Desde el punto de vista de los nativos en etnografía multiespecies. PUBLICAR. En Antropología y Ciencias Sociales.
    Academic article
  • 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

  • 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).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Larsen, Kjersti; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Engebrigtsen, Ada I.. (2018) Introduction.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Arne Martin Klausen: En bibliografi. Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

2015

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Om å jage og pleie ånder: Nyliberalisme, spirituell helbredelse og konkurrerende kunnskapstradisjoner i Zambia.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Children’s Drawings in Ethnographic Explorations: Analysis and Interpretations.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2014

  • 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

2012

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

2010

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

2003

  • 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 Diakonhjemmet University College
    Report
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Ngome, Enock. (2003) Equity in the Distribution of Resources for Reproductive Health in Botswana. University of Botswana & Diakonhjemmet University College 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) Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (SAIH)
    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.
    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. (2025) Matfestival som «oppsvulming» av aspekter ved hverdagen: Anslag til en Handelmansk analyse av «Spekeskinkens Dag» i Monesterio, Spania. Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Furst, Elisabeth L'Orange. (2024) Experiences of GDPR in Norway: Politics of autonomy and control. Anthropology Today
    Academic article
  • Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Chen, Shuhua. (2024) Cosmopolitan Networks–Networking Cosmopolitans: Between Anyone, the Other and the Making of Sociality. Anthropological Forum: a journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) Migration, Marriage Rituals and Contemporary Cosmopolitanism in Urban Zambia. Anthropological Forum: a journal of social anthropology and comparative sociology
    Academic article
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Syvertsen, Astrid. (2023) The Problem of Dialogue in Online Teaching and Learning During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Teaching Anthropology (TA)
    Academic article
  • Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2021) Desde el punto de vista de los nativos en etnografía multiespecies. PUBLICAR. En Antropología y Ciencias Sociales.
    Academic article
  • 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. (1997) Erfaring og Leksikalisering: Om det teoretiske grunnlaget for meningsdannelse. Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift
    Academic article

Artistic productions

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás. (2023) The Opening of the Ham / La Apertura del Jamón.
    Film
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) The Feast of the Piglet Stew / La Fiesta del Guarrito.
    Film
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás. (2023) Perceiving Pigs / Apreciando Cerdos.
    Film
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) Paying Homage to the Ham / Le Rendimos Homenaje al Jamón.
    Film

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 Intervention Press
    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

  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2025) Episode.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2024) Un triángulo de cerdos, encinas y humanos. La emergencia natural del cerdo ibérico en la España Moderna.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Flikke, Rune. (2024) Resistance and Profession: An Interview with Axel Sommerfelt.
    Chapter
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2018) Kinship and Mobility in Urban Zambia (and Beyond).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Larsen, Kjersti; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Engebrigtsen, Ada I.. (2018) Introduction.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Om å jage og pleie ånder: Nyliberalisme, spirituell helbredelse og konkurrerende kunnskapstradisjoner i Zambia.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Smørholm, Sesilie; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2015) Children’s Drawings in Ethnographic Explorations: Analysis and Interpretations.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Serpell, Robert. (2012) Foreword.
    Introduction
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Ephemeral images in the Chisungu female initiation ritual.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Iversen, Gunnar; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Introduction.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) The Revival of the Mambwe-Lungu First-Fruits Ceremony in Zambia.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Talle, Aud. (1996) Øst-Afrika og det sørlige Sentral-Afrika.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

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 Diakonhjemmet University College
    Report
  • Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Ngome, Enock. (2003) Equity in the Distribution of Resources for Reproductive Health in Botswana. University of Botswana & Diakonhjemmet University College 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) Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (SAIH)
    Report

Teaching

Courses

  • SANT1022 - Ethnographic Method
  • SANT2031 - Ethnographies of migration, diversity and coexistence
  • SANT2030 - Multispecies Anthropology: Relations between humans, animals and plants
  • SANT3025 - Ethnographic writing

Outreach

2024

  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2024) Open Science and GDPR from the perspective of a researcher. Open Access Week: FAIR, GDPR and qualitative data: Respecting personal data vs respectable research , Trondheim 2024-10-21 - 2024-10-21

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) Un triángulo de cerdos, encinas y humanos. La emergencia del cerdo ibérico en la España moderna. Congreso Internacional de Antropología, Spanish anthrpological association , A Coruña 2023-09-05 - 2023-09-08
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) «Spekeskinkens dag»: Ritualisering, identitet og næringsutvikling i Badajozprovinsen, Spania. Norsk Antropologisk Forenings årskonferanse 2023 , Trondheim 2023-11-30 - 2023-12-01
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2023) A Triangle of Pigs, Oaks, and Men: The Emergence of the Iberian Pig in Modern Spain. Relations and beyond: conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society 2023-03-21 - 2023-03-24

2022

  • 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. 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. 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. Scottish Programme of Advanced Training for Social Anthropology PhD Students , The Burn, Glenesk 2022-04-18 - 2022-04-22
  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Chen, Shuhua. (2022) Encounters between Barth and Rapport's methodological individualism. Department seminar , Trondheim 2022-11-21 - 2022-11-21
  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2022) Personopplysningsloven, unntak og datalagring. Fagdag 2022-12-02 - 2022-12-02

2021

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Syvertsen, Astrid. (2021) Digital lectures and restless learning conditions. Teaching and Learning Anthropology during the Pandemic. Dilemmas, Challenges and Opportunities , WWW 2021-03-17 - 2021-03-17
  • 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. Instituttseminaret 2021-12-06 - 2021-12-06

2020

  • 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
  • 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) 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 [Journal] 2020-12-16

2019

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

2018

  • Academic lecture
    Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Crawford, Peter Ian. (2018) From Acorns to Ham. Notes on the production of Iberico "Pata Negra" Pigs. Kult Lunch Seminars , Dragvol 2018-03-15 -
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Crawford, Peter Ian; Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás. (2018) Reimagining Pata Negra. The future of a food icon. 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; Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás; Crawford, Peter Ian. (2018) Pigs, people, and land: The politics of food identity in south-western Spain. NTNU Sustainability seminar: The History and Culture of Environments (HCE) , Trondheim 2018-10-19 - 2018-10-19
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Crawford, Peter Ian; Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás. (2018) The cultural significance of the Iberian so-called blackfoot pig, the pata negra. 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 38th NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival , Cluj 2018-09-15 - 2018-09-15

2017

  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Bottos, Lorenzo Cañás. (2017) People, pigs, and land. Departmental Seminar , Dragvoll 2017-05-22 -
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2017) Branding pork: Re-imagining the dehesa forest pastures. 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. 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. 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. Nordic Anthropological Film Association Conference and Festival 2016 , Bergen 2016-09-19 - 2016-09-24

2015

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

2014

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

2013

  • 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”. Reassembling Democracy: Ritual as Cultural Resource (REDO) workshop 2 , Granavolden 2013-12-09 - 2013-12-12
  • 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. The Biennial Trondheim Colloquium in Social Anthropology , Trondheim 2013-12-02 - 2013-12-03
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2013) Kinship and mobility in urban Zambia. 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". Representasjoner , Universitetet i Tromsø 2013-05-03 - 2013-05-06
  • 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. Norsk Antropologisk Forenings Årskonference , Rica Hotel, Tromsø 2013-05-05 - 2013-05-07

2012

  • 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
  • Poster
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2012) Play and games in girl's initiation ceremony in Zambia. Children, Young People and Local knowledge in Ethiopia and Zambia , Hawassa University 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 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. the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) Congress , Lusaka 2010-07-18 - 2010-07-22
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil; Smørholm, Sesilie. (2010) Ritual and play: Modalities of teaching and learning in the upbringing of children in Zambia. Afrikaseminaret , Oslo 2010-12-07 - 2010-12-07
  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2010) Ritual and play: Modalities of teaching and learning in the upbringing of children in Zambia. Etnografisk Seksjons Forskningsseminarrekke , Kulturhistorisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo 2010-10-14 - 2010-10-14

2009

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

2008

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

2007

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

2006

  • Academic lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) When does an analysis stop?. "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. 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. Homo Faber: Årskonferanse i Norsk Antropologisk Forening , Trondheim 2006-05-19 - 2006-05-21
  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) "Nestor blant antropologer" v/Rolf Rolfsen. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Journal] 2006-03-01
  • Interview
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2006) "Trangbodd på Dragvoll" v/Svein Inge Meland. Adresseavisen Adresseavisen [Journal] 2006-10-09

2005

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

2003

  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Utfordringer i utdanningssektoren i Zambia. Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (SAIH), Vårsamlingen Jordbrukshøgskolen i Ås , Ås 2003-04-05 -
  • Lecture
    Simonsen, Jan Ketil. (2003) Barn og AIDS. Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (SAIH), FN-Sambandet Trondheim , Trondheim 2003-03-24 -
  • 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 -

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) The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on agricultural societies. Development Fund (Utviklingsfondet) , Oslo 2002-04-26 - 2002-04-26
  • 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) HIV/AIDS epidemien og afrikanske lokalsamfunn i endring, Forelesning Sosialantropologisk Institutt, NTNU. utenTitteltekst , Trondheim 2002-06-03 - 2002-06-03

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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