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Personlig profil
Profil
Christian Suhr is a filmmaker and professor of visual and multimodal anthropology at Aarhus University. He is the PI of the ERC project: "Heart Openings: The Experience and Cultivation of Love in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam" (2021-27).
His recent film "Light upon light" (Suhr and Lotfy 2022) explores experiences of luminosity and love among Sufi communities in post-revolutionary Egypt. He is also the author of the award-winning film and book "Descending with angels" (Manchester University Press 2019) about jinn possession, Islamic exorcism, and psychiatry.
Based on fieldwork on Baluan Island, Papua New Guenea, he directed the three films "On behalf of the Living" (with Ton Otto and Gary Kildea, 2023), "Unity through culture" (with Ton Otto, DER 2011), and "Ngat is dead" (with Ton Otto and Steffen Dalsgaard, DER 2009). "Epoche" (with Claire Petitmengin, Mind & Life Europe, forthcoming) is a film exploring the use of micro-phenomenology in the study of meditative experience.
Suhr’s edited work includes the books "Transcultural montage" (Berghahn 2013), "When the media sets the agenda" (DJØF 2021), and the special journal issues: "Al-Ghayb: The poetics and politics of the unseen in Islam" (Contemporary Islam 13.1, 2019); "Anthropology and media" (Jordens Folk 54, 2019); "Camera as cultural critique" (Journal of Visual Anthropology 31.4, 2018).
In 2014, Suhr founded the Visual and Multimodal Anthropology Lab at Moesgaard. He was the coordinator of the MSc programme in Visual Anthropology at AU between 2014-23 until he took on a full time research position in the Heart Openings project. From 2018-23, Suhr served as elected member of the Young Academy under the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Emneord
- Antropologi og etnografi
- Etnografisk film
- Islam i Europa og Danmark
- Medicinsk antropologi
- Transkulturel psykiatri
- Kærlighed
Fagområder
- Visuel og multimodal antropologi
- Religionsantropologi
- Medicinsk antropologi
- Mikrofænomenologi
- Islam, Mellemøsten, Egypten
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EYE & MIND - MA in Visual Anthropology
Suhr, C. (Deltager)
01/09/2013 → …
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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Heart openings: The experience and cultivation of love in Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam
Boelsbjerg, H. B. (Deltager), Suhr, C. (PI), Eilert, K. (Deltager), Pahuus, K. V. (Deltager), Ford, R. L. (PI), Barnett-Naghshineh, O. (PI) & Musaeus, P. (PI)
01/09/2022 → 09/01/2025
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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MIAU: MIAU - Centre for Migration and Integration research, Aarhus University
Rytter, M. (Projektleder), Valentin, K. (Projektleder), Fibiger, M. Q. (Projektleder), Wilken, L. (Projektleder), Larsen, B. R. (Projektleder), Hansen, H. L. (Projektleder), Sanchez Boe, C. (Projektleder), Adriansen, H. K. (Deltager), Anderson, S. D. (Deltager), Atzbach, R. (Deltager), Bach, J. S. (Deltager), Bugge, P. (Deltager), Frydensberg, J. N. B. (Deltager), Christensen, T. W. (Deltager), Elbek, L. L. (Deltager), Fibiger, T. B. (Deltager), Ghandchi, N. (Deltager), Gilliam, L. (Deltager), Gulløv, E. (Deltager), Hansen, A. S. (Deltager), Hansen, J. H. S. (Deltager), Hasse, C. (Deltager), Ifversen, J. (Deltager), Ismail, A. M. (Deltager), Johansen, M.-L. (Deltager), Jørgensen, M. N. (Deltager), Kansteiner, W. (Deltager), Larsen, T. L. (Deltager), Lund Mortensen, E. (Deltager), Maksimovic, T. (Deltager), McQuaid, S. D. (Deltager), Naum, M. E. (Deltager), Nielsen, G. B. (Deltager), Niraula, A. (Deltager), Pacheco Cueva, V. D. (Deltager), Pardue, D. (Deltager), Santamaria Colmenero, S. (Deltager), Schou Pallesen, C. M. (Deltager), Sparre, S. L. (Deltager), Seeberg, J. (Deltager), Thunoe, M. (Deltager), Visser, J. (Deltager), Vium, C. (Deltager), Waltorp, K. (Deltager), Suhr, C. (Deltager), Winther, I. W. (Deltager), Wright, S. (Deltager) & Ilkjær, H. (Deltager)
01/01/2019 → 31/08/2023
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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Cures of the Heart (3 year PostDoc project in Egypt)
Suhr, C. (Deltager)
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2016
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
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CCC: Camera as Cultural Critique
Waltorp, K. (Deltager), Otto, T. (Bevillingshaver), Crawford, P. I. (Deltager), Suhr, C. (Deltager), Kirstein Høgel, A. (Deltager) & Vium, C. (Deltager)
01/09/2013 → 31/08/2016
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
Publikation
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LIGHT UPON LIGHT (ethnographic film)
Suhr, C. (Producent), 2022Publikation: Bidrag der ikke har en tekstform › Billeder, Video- og Lydoptagelser (digital) › Forskning
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Descending with angels: islamic exorcism and psychiatry: a film monograph
Suhr, C., 2019, Manchester University Press. 240 s. (Anthropology, Creative Practice and Ethnography).Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Bog › Forskning › peer review
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EPOCHE (ethnographic film)
Suhr, C. (Producent) & Petitmengin, C. (Producent), 2020Publikation: Bidrag der ikke har en tekstform › Billeder, Video- og Lydoptagelser (digital) › Forskning
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Når medierne sætter dagsordenen
Borberg, V. (Redaktør), Borberg, H. V. Z. (Redaktør), Suhr, C. (Redaktør) & Vinding, N. V. (Redaktør), jan. 2021, København: Djøf Forlag. 354 s.Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Antologi › Forskning › peer review
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Transcultural Montage (EDITED BOOK)
Suhr, C. (Redaktør) & Willerslev, R. (Redaktør), 1 sep. 2013, Berghahn Books. 300 s.Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Antologi › Forskning › peer review
Aktiviteter
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NAFA - 42nd NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival
Boelsbjerg, H. B. (Deltager) & Suhr, C. (Taler)
24 aug. 2023 → 26 aug. 2023Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus
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Life Story Interviews Workshop
Boelsbjerg, H. B. (Deltager), Ford, R. L. (Deltager), Barnett-Naghshineh, O. (Deltager), Hede, K. (Deltager), Pahuus, K. V. (Deltager), Musaeus, P. (Deltager), Heimann, K. (Deltager), Suhr, C. (Arrangør), Dalsgård, L. (Taler), Vaisman, N. (Taler) & Mattingly, C. (Taler)
25 okt. 2022 → 27 okt. 2022Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus
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Training Micro-Phenomenological Analysis
Boelsbjerg, H. B. (Deltager), Ford, R. L. (Deltager), Barnett-Naghshineh, O. (Deltager), Hede, K. (Deltager), Pahuus, K. V. (Deltager), Musaeus, P. (Deltager), Heimann, K. (Arrangør), Suhr, C. (Arrangør) & Petitmengin, C. (Taler)
17 okt. 2022 → 21 okt. 2022Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus
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Training in micro-phenomenology
Boelsbjerg, H. B. (Deltager), Ford, R. L. (Deltager), Barnett-Naghshineh, O. (Deltager), Hede, K. (Deltager), Pahuus, K. V. (Deltager), Musaeus, P. (Deltager), Heimann, K. (Arrangør), Suhr, C. (Arrangør) & Petitmengin, C. (Taler)
19 sep. 2022 → 23 sep. 2022Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus
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Training in micro-phenomenology
Boelsbjerg, H. B. (Deltager), Ford, R. L. (Deltager), Barnett-Naghshineh, O. (Deltager), Hede, K. (Deltager), Pahuus, K. V. (Deltager), Musaeus, P. (Deltager), Heimann, K. (Arrangør) & Suhr, C. (Arrangør)
12 sep. 2022 → 16 sep. 2022Aktivitet: Deltagelse i eller arrangement af en begivenhed - typer › Deltagelse i eller organisering af workshop, seminar eller kursus
Priser
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HEART OPENINGS: THE EXPERIENCE AND CULTIVATION OF LOVE IN BUDDHISM, CHRISTIANITY, AND ISLAM (ERC-starting grant, 2021-2027)
Suhr, C. (Modtager), 3 sep. 2020
Pris: Priser, stipendier, udnævnelser
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Member of the Young Academy under the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
Suhr, C. (Modtager), 7 maj 2018
Pris: Priser, stipendier, udnævnelser
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The Knowledge Communication Prize, Danish Association of Ethnographers, October 2016
Suhr, C. (Modtager), 28 okt. 2016
Pris: Priser, stipendier, udnævnelser
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Best Documentary Feature, Berlin Independent Film Festival, February 2015, for the film "Descending with Angels"
Suhr, C. (Modtager), feb. 2015
Pris: Priser, stipendier, udnævnelser
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The Special Student Film Prize, Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival, May 2014
Suhr, C. (Modtager), maj 2014
Pris: Priser, stipendier, udnævnelser
Presse/medier
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Har TV2 manipuleret med moske-program? TV2 har i en af de opsigtsvækkende dokumentarudsendelser om danske moskeer udeladt oplysninger og lydklip, der tegner et mere positivt og nuanceret billede af en "fundamentalistisk" imam fra den omstridte Grimhøjmoskeen i Aarhus.
11/03/2016
1 Mediebidrag
Presse/medie
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