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Finn Sivert Nielsen, social anthropologist

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'You think it's the end, but it's just the beginning...'
Reflections on 'the ending' as an analytical concept and an empirical reality

Includes some materials on Eastern Europe
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2007
Human - Object - Tool: Toward an anthropology of technology
Includes some materials on Eastern Europe
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2007
Antropologiens faghistorie - Del II
[ History of anthropology - Part II ]
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Spring 2007
Kvalitative metoder - praktisk feltmetodekursus for 4. semester
[ Qualitative methods - a practical field methods course for 4th semester BA's ]
(with Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen)
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Spring 2007
Journey to Points Beyond Utopia: An introduction to the anthropology of postsocialism
Overview of empirical and analytical problematiques in a wide range of postsocialist localities. Preview of a NECEN-CBT Web-Based Learning course.
Institute of Anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2006
Antropologiens faghistorie - Del I og II
[ History of anthropology - Part I and II ]
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2005, Spring 2006
Anthropology and the Enchantment of the World
Includes some materiale on Eastern Europe
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2005
Antropologiens teorihistorie - Del I og II
[ History of anthropological theory - Part I and II ]
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2004, Spring 2005
Economic anthropology is not dead - it just smells funny...
Includes material and discussions with relevance for the post-socialist region.
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2004
Power, conflict and morality in the postsocialist world
(with Dorte Bjerregaard Jensen, Maja Hojer, Linas Svolkinas, Anders Sejerøe, Ida Harboe Knudsen, Linni Rita Gad, Peter Albrecht, Katja Murray, Mimi Larsson, Lenka Skodova, Benedikte Møller Kristensen, Galina Lindquist)
Overview of empirical and analytical problematiques in a wide range of postsocialist localities.
East / Central Europe Research Group, Institute of Anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2004
Antropologiens teorihistorie - Del II
[ History of anthropological theory - Part II ]
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Spring 2004
Kvalitative metoder - praktisk feltmetodekursus for 4. semester
[ Qualitative methods - a practical field methods course for 4th semester BA's ]
(with Michael Whyte)
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Spring 2004
Kjønn - begjær, bilde, makt
[ Gender - desire, image, power ]
(with Kari Helene Partapuoli)
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2003
Introduksjonskurs til Europa som region
(with Jeppe Linnet)
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Spring 2003
(Second semester, BA)
Using the Internet and creating a net presence - Lecture notes
(Materials)
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University, Spring 2003
History of anthropology homepage
(AnthroBase.com)
Includes extensive link pages, timelines of anthropological history etc.
Homepage of the book A History of Anthropology / Til verdens ende og tilbake: antropologiens historie
By Thomas Hylland-Eriksen and Finn Sivert Nielsen
Power, State and Nationalism in East/Central Europe. An Internet-Assisted Course
(with Kristina Sliavaite, Vilnius University - and with Mari-Ann Herloff Mortensen and Kari Helene Partapuoli)
Practically oriented course, where students in Copenhagen and Vilnius together prepare project proposals for (fictitious) ethnographic research projects in the region.
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2002
Contextualizing Context
Includes material on East / Central Europe.
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Spring 2002
Steps to an anthropology of post-communism
(with Jonathan Schwartz and Kristina Sliavaite)
Introductory course on the anthropology of post-communism. The page includes reading lists, link collections, materials etc.
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2001
Er antropologi et komparativt samfundsfag?
[ Is anthropology a comparative social science? ]
(with Kari Helene Partapuoli)
Includes material and discussions with relevance for studies in the post-socialist region.
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 2000-Spring 2001
Metafor, myte, kollektiv repræsentation
[ Metaphor, myth, collective representation ]
(with Mari-Ann Herlov Mortensen)
Includes material about East / Central Europe.
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Spring 2000
Politisk kultur - del 2
[ Political culture - Part 2 ]
Includes material about East / Central Europe.
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 1999
Magt og Nationalisme i Østeuropa
[ Power and Nationalism in Eastern Europe ]
(with Åke Norborg)
Practically oriented course, where students prepare project proposals for (fictitious) research projects in the region.
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Fall 1999
Fra Malinowski til Stalin. En indføring i post-kommunismens antropologi
[ From Malinowski to Stalin. An introduction to the anthropology of post-communism ]
Institute of anthropology, Copenhagen University - Spring 1999
Mini-faghistorie: Sentrale retninger og skoler i antropologien
[ A mini-history of anthropology: Main directions and schools ]
(Materials)
Department of social anthropology, University of Tromsø - Spring 1998
Slektskap og sosial organisasjon, sosial samhandling og differensiering - forelesninger for grunnfag
[ Kinship and social organization, social coherence and differentiation - lectures for first year BA's ]
Section of social anthropology and Sami studies, University of Tromsø - Spring 1994
Skrivekurs for hovedfagsstudenter
[ Course in creative writing for MA students ]
(with Henrik Sinding-Larsen)

Department of social anthropology, University of Oslo - Spring 1989
Hva er antropologi? - innføringsforelesninger for grunnfag
[ What is anthropology? - introduction to anthropology for first year BA's ]
Institutt for sosialantropologi, Universitetet i Oslo - Fall 1988
Samhandling og mening - forelesninger for hovedfag
[ Interaction and meaning - lectures for MA students ]
Institutt for sosialantropologi, Universitetet i Oslo - Spring 1988
Sovjetisk samfunn og kultur, med vekt på uformell organisasjon
[ Soviet society and culture, with emphasis on informal organization ]
Semester theme in Eastern European Studies, University of Oslo - Spring 1987