Projekter pr. år
Personlig profil
Profil
I was trained in anthropology both in the US (BA, Middelbury College 1973) and Denmark (KU, Mag.scient. 1996, PhD 2003). I have been employed in the Department of Educational anthropology at The Danish School of Education, Aarhus University since 2006. In 2024, I became lektor emerita.
Throughout my career I have been interested in questions of how children - through valued and less-valued forms of social interaction - come to know what they know. This is connected to how adults - often unwittingly - organize the world in ways such that children inadvertently learn what is not explicitly desired or taught.
This interest has led to studies of how children learn which differences are allowed to make a difference in the social life of Danish schoolclasses, (I en klasse for sig 2000). It has also led beyond schools to a study of the various forms of age-graded civil sociality children engage in when 'going to something' - i.e. participating in recreational activities organized by voluntary associations. My struggle to understand how children learn 'what is real' and 'what really matters' has also led to studies of the ambiguous place of religion (and deities) in Danish faith-based friskoler and in provincial folkeskoler that have taken on the job of educating refugee children of Muslim background.
Early fieldwork with the children of reindeer herders in Sápmi (Nat.Geo. Sept. 1977) turned into a lifelong curiosity abouthow children pick up on and respond to 'nature at hand', i.e. to the natural environments in which their lives unfold. Following Sámi families over four generations has revealed great changes in children's lives and their relations to natural surroundings. I use insights from this ongoing work in my present study of how urban children differently engage with the local forms of 'nature' accessible to them (REGREEN H2020).
My research interests include:
- Anthropologies of children, sports, religion, sociality and environment
- Indigenity and struggles of decolonization in Scandinavia
- Children and: schooling, civil society, religion, nature
- Education, schooling and implicit knowledge
- Body/movement culture
- Sociality, sociability
- Commonality and community
Emneord
- Norden i alm.
- Religionsmøde
- Ritualer
- Samfund og borger
- Børn og unge-forskning
- Idrætsantropologi
Fagområder
- Fagområde
- Antropologi
Fingeraftryk
- 1 Lignende profiler
Samarbejde og topforskningsområder i de sidste fem år
Projekter
- 11 Afsluttet
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Children, landscape, animals and belonging
Anderson, S. D. (Deltager)
17/03/2014 → 28/03/2014
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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Islam, Muslim Families and Danish Schools
Sedgwick, M. (Projektleder), Anderson, S. D. (Projektkoordinator), Kühle, L. (Deltager), Gilliam, L. (Deltager), Pedersen, M. H. (Deltager), Khawaja, I. (Deltager), Jensen, S. V. (Deltager) & Suhr, C. (Deltager)
01/06/2009 → 01/01/2014
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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Missions of Transformation - Children, spirituality and society in faith-based schools in Denmark (M of T)
Anderson, S. D. (Projektleder)
01/04/2006 → 30/06/2010
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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Civilizing Institutions in a Modern Welfare State
Gulløv, E. (Projektleder), Gilliam, L. (Deltager), Olwig, K. (Deltager), Bach, D. (Deltager) & Anderson, S. D. (Deltager)
Statens Samfundsvidenskabelige Forskningsråd
01/07/2005 → 01/02/2012
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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Children's Interaction with Nature: Imagine, Narrated and Instituted
Anderson, S. D. (PI), Esbensen, G. L. (Samarbejdspartner), Mårtensson, F. (Samarbejdspartner), Prevót, A. C. (Samarbejdspartner), Læssøe, J. (Samarbejdspartner) & KOndrup, S. C. (Samarbejdspartner)
01/05/2020 → 31/08/2023
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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Children and youth participation and learning in science and local governance related to nature-based solutions: REGREEN Deliverable D5.7
Læssøe, J., Anderson, S. D., Sierra-Jimenez, M. J. & Elze, S., 28 feb. 2024, 27 s.Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Rapport › Forskning › peer review
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Engaging Children in Nature-based Solutions
Anderson, S. D., Læssøe, J., Mårtensson, F., Hedblom, M. & Prevót, A. C., mar. 2024, 4 s.Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Rapport › Formidling
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Konseptualisering: Klassifisering, kategorier og begreper
Anderson, S. D., jan. 2024, TETT PÅ profesjon, organisasjon, arbeid : Metodiske utfordringer og verktøy for å løse dem . Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, s. 149-164Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport/proceeding › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › peer review
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Meeting on the map: Innovative platform for stakeholder learning, dialogue and engagement with nature-based solutions (NbS). REGREEN Policy Brief 12/12
Elze, S., Petersen, C., Læssøe, J., Banzhaf, E., Jensen, A., Russel, D. J. & Anderson, S. D., 1 mar. 2024, Zenodo. 4 s.Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Rapport › Forskning › peer review
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Når rener er selve livet: gensidig deltagelse i hinandens eksistens
Anderson, S. D., 8 dec. 2024, I: Psyke & Logos. 44, 2 (2023), s. 131-154 24 s.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review
Åben adgang
Aktiviteter
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The Difference Religion Makes: Danish school classes, civil relatedness, and the obligation to participate.
Anderson, S. D. (Oplægsholder)
24 apr. 2012Aktivitet: Præsentationer, medlemskaber, ejerskab og andre aktiviteter › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
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Walking the Fine Line Between Shared Knowledge and Unshared Belief: Teaching Religion to All In Danish Schools
Anderson, S. D. (Foredragsholder)
16 nov. 2012Aktivitet: Præsentationer, medlemskaber, ejerskab og andre aktiviteter › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
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What is citizenship education, and what is it for?
Anderson, S. D. (Deltager)
22 mar. 2013 → 23 mar. 2013Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus
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With Vulnerability in MInd
Anderson, S. D. (Foredragsholder)
20 jun. 2012Aktivitet: Præsentationer, medlemskaber, ejerskab og andre aktiviteter › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
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Reconceptualizing Sociality: An Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts
Anderson, S. D. (Foredragsholder)
7 okt. 2011 → 8 okt. 2011Aktivitet: Præsentationer, medlemskaber, ejerskab og andre aktiviteter › Foredrag og mundtlige bidrag
Presse/medier
Kurser
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Coordinator for Modul 1 AEG Educational Anthropology: Core Questions and Approaches
Anderson, S. D. 01/08/2013 → 31/01/2023
Kursus: Undervisning
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Environmental and Sustainability Education
Læssøe, J. & Anderson, S. D. 28/02/2022 → 28/02/2022
Kursus: Undervisning