Ulf Hannerz

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Ulf Hannerz
Born (1942-06-09) June 9, 1942 (age 81)
Malmö, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materStockholm University (Ph.D.)
Known forCreolization • Global Ecumene • Cosmopolitanism
AwardsAnders Retzius Medal in Gold (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
InstitutionsStockholm University
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Ulf Hannerz (born June 9, 1942, in Malmö) is a Swedish anthropologist known for his pioneering work on globalization, urban anthropology, multi-sited ethnography, and cultural theory. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University.[1] He was previously Chair of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, Director of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, and Editor for Ethnos.[2]

Hannerz, heralded for the remarkable breadth and prescience of his scholarship on an increasingly interconnected world, ranks among the most influential anthropologists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

honorary doctorate from University of Oslo.[7] Hannerz has delivered the Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture at the University of Rochester[5] and the Daphne Berdahl Memorial Lecture at the University of Minnesota.[2]

Early life and education

Hannerz was born in Malmö on 9 June 1942. His family moved to Stockholm when he was a toddler.[8]

Ulf Hannerz as a boy, appearing in Kvitt eller dubbelt, with Nils Erik Bæhrendtz, January 12, 1957[9]

At the age of 14, Hannerz became a minor celebrity in Sweden when he appeared on the first episode of the television game show Kvitt eller dubbelt - 10.000 kronorsfrågan (literally: Double or Nothing - The 10,000 Kronor Question), which was based on the American television show The $64,000 Question.[10][11] Hannerz was introduced with a nickname, Hajen (The Shark) and quizzed on "tropical aquarium fish." At one point, the judge asked him which of seven displayed fish had eyelids. He answered—correctly—"hundfisk" (mudminnow). "No," the judge said, "it's slamkrypare (mudskipper)." Hannerz would receive the 10,000 kronor prize despite the error, and in turn, slamkrypare (mudskipper) entered the Swedish language as a term for a cocksure, but incorrect, assertion.[9][12]

Hannerz matriculated at Stockholm University, where he originally planned to study zoology.[3] His plans changed, however, when he took a course on ethnography. He would spend the coming years as a regular presence at the Department of Comparative and General Ethnography, earning a BA in 1963.

After completing his BA, Hannerz moved to the United States to study at Indiana University in Bloomington. He completed an MA in Anthropology there in 1966.[3] The following years would see him move back and forth between Sweden and the United States, as he would do two years of ethnographic fieldwork among African-Americans in Washington, DC for the dissertation that would earn him a PhD at Stockholm University in 1969. That same year, he published Soulside: Inquiries into Ghetto Culture and Community, a monograph based on research in the United States.

Career

Hannerz join the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University in 1976 as an acting professor. He was promoted to Professor in 1981.[2] He is credited with strengthening and diversifying the research at the Department of Social Anthropology, which became a hub for research on "unconventional" anthropological topics like the tech sector, ballet dancers, the internet, and pension reform.[13]

Personal Life

Hannerz is married to fellow anthropologist Helena Wulff.

Books

Further reading

Main article:
List of important publications in anthropology

References

  1. ^ Ulf Hannerz, Professor Emeritus, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University. Website accessed September 15, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ulf Hannerz - Stockholm University". www.su.se. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
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  4. ^ "Department of Social Anthropology". www.socant.su.se. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  5. ^ a b Key Figures in Creole Studies - Ulf Hannerz Archived 2012-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, Warwick University Department of Sociology website, accessed September 15, 2011
  6. ^ "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Ulf Hannerz". Retrieved 2009-05-01. [dead link]
  7. ^ Hannerz profile at the University of Oslo
  8. ^ "BOARD » 19-02-15 // INFORMAL CONTROL – INTERVIEW WITH ULF HANNERZ". Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  9. ^ a b SVT 50 år : Klippsk kille Archived 2011-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, Swedish Television (Swedish language), accessed September 15, 2011
  10. ^ Schulman Allan, Såg du?: TV vi minns under tjugofem år : en bildkrönika. Höganäs: Bra böcker, 1980
  11. ISSN 1101-2412
    . Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  12. ^ Södra Ängby - trädgårdsstad i funkis, Gunnar Olofgörs et al, Stockholm : Stockholmia, 2001
  13. ^ "Stemmen fra hele verden". Morgenbladet (in Norwegian). 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
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