A great special issue edited by Marianna Betti and Cecilie Ødegaard has just come out. Most of the articles are related to the entanglements of automation and extraction at sea. Check out the full list of papers. Marta Gentilucci Håkon Larsen

Fantastic new BA/MA level course developed and taught by my brilliant friend and colleague @TinaPaphitis at AHKR Det humanistiske fakultet! #envhum uib.no/en/ahkr/174898…

Attn #bluehumanities crew! Take a look at the call for Mainsheet, an innovative, multidisciplinary journal publishing both peer-reviewed research articles & also art, poetry, artifact spotlights, & other short, accessible content. Please spread the word! networks.h-net.org/group/announce…

A few spots left! Master's students in Oslo: ready to ace your PhD project proposal? Don’t miss this! 📅 Jan 29, 1–4 PM | OCEH Lab, UiO ⏳ Registration deadline coming up: next Monday, Jan 20! 🔗 Sign up now: tinyurl.com/4fpv5hmx

Join Katja M. Guenther, co-editor of "When Animals Die: Examining Justifications and Envisioning Justice," at The Animals & Society Colloquium Series. In this Zoom talk, panelists will discuss the circumstances and conditions of animal death and the possibilities for change.

All upcoming BSAS seminars for 2025 can now be found in the calendar on our department website. First event 6 February - check out which exciting visitors we have coming to Bergen this year! uib.no/en/antro/calen…

Postdoctoral researcher (Anthropology) at University of Cologne / Universität zu Köln Universität zu Köln 📣 ⏰ The application deadline is 16 February 2025 More info here: buff.ly/4jJDVTg

Powerful presentation by Hans Lucht at today’s BSAS seminar, on ethnographic poetry arranged in the words of his companions and interlocutors in Ghana. #poetry #migration

"Mayotte in turmoil: storms, borders and belonging" 📅 Wednesday 26 March, 12:30-14:00 Marta Gentilucci will present CMI Bergen on her recent research in Mayotte, the last and poorest French département. Just Faaland's møtesal (3rd floor, CMI) and online: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

Dear followers: we are now on LinkedIn! Follow our page for future updates. We will continue to use X and Facebook, but LinkedIn offers different possibilities for connecting with more of you. See you there! linkedin.com/company/uibant…

🎬 Free Screening in Oslo: Iorram / Boat Song 🌊 Step into Scotland’s Gaelic-speaking fishing communities with this stunning doc. A blend of archival voices, breathtaking landscapes & a haunting score. 📅 March 4 - stay for drinks after! 🍻 🔗 shorturl.at/kF1Te

SAVE THE DATE 📆28th of March 3pm (CET) 𝐓𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚 Naor Ben-Yehoyada naor ben-yehoyada, Jatin Dua and Andrea Carnì Join here: meet.google.com/gdt-rmzn-jwt

Orca snorkelling in the Norwegian Arctic is uniquely unregulated. Many tourists seek a redemptive connection to ease feelings of guilt about captivity; others are uneasy about the crowds. My new article explores such ‘ambivalent encounters’ EPE: Nature and Space journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25…

SEATIMES is looking forward to being at asainfo #ASA2025 at Uni of Birmingham! Come to our panel discussion on Tuesday 8 April: theasa.org/conferences/as…

Next Friday, 28th March at 3 pm (CET) Naor Ben-Yehoyada, Jatin Dua and Andrea Carnì will talk about 𝐓𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐚 Join us here: meet.google.com/gdt-rmzn-jwt

UoB campus is looking beautiful and we can't wait to welcome everyone onto it for ASA UK 2025! 'Critical Junctions: Anthropology of the move' starts today!

Our panel on “oceanic gears” today at #ASA2025 on the beautiful sunny Uni of Birmingham asainfo

📢 LSE Anthropology invites applications for an LSE Fellow in Social Anthropology ⏰ Application deadline: 30 April 2025 Full details can be found here: buff.ly/7A6JFfh

Here's the introduction that binds the special issue (that Axel and I) edited with all published article now. Riverine rights: tracing the currents and consequences of legal innovations in the rights of rivers tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…