Tord Larsen (born 26 January 1945) is a Norwegian

social anthropologist Social anthropology is the study of patterns of behaviour in human societies and cultures. It is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and much of Europe, where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology. In t ...

. He is professor emeritus of social anthropology at the

Norwegian University of Science and Technology The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Norway and the largest in terms of enrollment. The university's headquarters is located in Trondheim (city), Trondheim, with region ...

(NTNU).

Career and work

Larsen earned a B.A. at

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

in the United States in 1967 and a mag.art. (PhD) at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

in 1977, with the dissertation ''Negotiating identity: ethnic incorporation among the Nova Scotia Micmacs''. He worked at the University of Oslo 1977–1983 and the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

1983–1990, and became an associate professor at NTNU in 1991, where he later became a full professor. He is known for his work on the historical and critical aspects of social anthropology. In 2005 he received the Article of the Year – Scandinavian University Press Academic Journal Prize.

Selected bibliography

* ''Den globale samtalen. Om dialogens muligheter.'' Universitetsforlaget, 2009. ISBN 9788230400500 * "Acts of Entification. On the Emergence of Thinghood in Social Life". In Rapport, Nigel (ed): ''Human Nature as Capacity. An Ethnographic Approach'', Berghahn, 2008. * "Melankoli og retorisk heroisme: Om former for antropologisk gjenstandsdannelse." ''Rhetorica Scandinavica'', no. 40, 2006. * "Om historisering av forskjeller." ''Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift'', 2005. * "Synd og tilblivelse." In Siri Meyer og Gressgård, Randi: ''Fanden går i kloster. Elleve tekster om det andre'', Spartacus, 2002. * "Antropologienes kulturbegrep." In Melby, Kari, Pål Repstad and Siri Gerrard (eds.): ''Kulturforståelser i fagene'', Høyskoleforlaget, 1999. * "Den globale samtalen. Modernisering, representasjon og subjektkontruksjon." In Eriksen, Thomas Hylland and Oscar Hemer (eds.): ''Fundamentalisme og ambivalens: Seks Essays om kulturens globalisering'', Spartacus, 1999. * "I begynnelsen var Amerika. Den amerikanske indianer, kontraktteorien og den industrielle revolusjon." In Bagge, Sverre (ed): ''Det europeiske menneske. Individoppfatninger fra middelalderen til i dag'', Ad Notam, Gyldendal, 1998. * "Action, Morality and Cultural Translation." ''Journal of Anthropological Research'', 1987. * "Negotiating Identity: The Micmac of Nova Scotia." In Tanner, Adrian (ed.): ''The Politics of Indianness'', ISER, St. John's, 1983.

References

Living people 1945 births Norwegian anthropologists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Dartmouth College alumni University of Oslo alumni {{Anthropologist-stub