New book analyses ethnographic fieldwork in complex organisations

Organisational Anthropology. Doing Ethnography in and Among Complex Organisations edited by Christina Garsten and Anette Nyqvist has just been published. The book deals with the particular challenges of doing ethnographic fieldwork in different types of complex organisations and focuses on the process of initiating contact, establishing rapport and gaining the trust of the organisation's members.

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Reading and writing across borders

The conference Reading and Writing across Borders: Fiction and Reportage in a Mobile World, organised by the Department of Social Anthropology, will bring together anthropologists and several literary scholars from Europe and North America. The conference takes place at Stockholm University, October 5-6. Deadline for registration is September 1.

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Minor Field Studies

The Department of Social Anthropology invites applications for three scholarships of SEK 25 000 for Minor Field Studies in conjunction with field work at Masters level in the autumn of 2013. MFS is a scholarship funded by Sida and administrated by the International Programme Office. The program aims to give students a better understanding of so-called developing countries. Deadline for application is May 27. Students who are Swedish citizens or have a Swedish permanent residence permit can apply for the scholarships.

Find out more about the scholarships and how to apply.