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Author: Morten Nielsen

Morten Nielsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University and coordinator of the interdisciplinary research network Urban Orders (URO). Based on his fieldwork in Mozambique, Scotland, and, most recently, USA, he has published on issues such as urban citizenship, time and temporality, comedy, human creativity, urban aesthetics, materiality, infrastructure, and political cosmologies. Recent publications include articles in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Social Analysis, and Social Anthropology.

Morten Nielsen

Morten Nielsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University and coordinator of the interdisciplinary research network Urban Orders (URO). Based on his fieldwork in Mozambique, Scotland, and, most recently, USA, he has published on issues such as urban citizenship, time and temporality, comedy, human creativity, urban aesthetics, materiality, infrastructure, and political cosmologies. Recent publications include articles in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Social Analysis, and Social Anthropology.

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Fieldwork among comedians: A Danish anthropologist trying to be funny

April, 2017 / By Morten Nielsen

“Why are stand-up comedians better anthropologists than I am?” A few years ago, I started asking myself that question. As […]

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As Syria is being 'freed' from its dictator, there is no better moment to read @NabilAlMafrachi's reflections on Iraqi art and imperial nostalgia. These fieldnotes are brought to us from his last stay in his former home-city, Baghdad. Enjoy!

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