Since 2019, Nustad has led two interdisciplinary projects with participation from biology, ecology, English literature, and anthropology. Together, they have attempted to investigate the social and ecological consequences of the global spread of trout from Europe and North America throughout the British Empire in just a couple of decades from around 1860. This research requires in-depth interdisciplinary collaboration. It has been a demanding but also highly interesting endeavor to explore the various assumptions about what science is, in order to even begin posing questions together. In this lecture, Nustad will go through how they concretely worked with these challenges and what they have learned. He will also share experiences from a Ph.D. course where they tried to apply some of these insights.
Knut G Nustad is a professor at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. He works at the intersection of political anthropology and environmental anthropology, mostly with a focus on South Africa. He has, among other things, writtenCreating Africas: struggles over nature conservation and land (2015, Hurst), and edited State formation: anthropological perspectives (2005, Pluto Press) and Anthropos and the Material (2019, Duke UP).
More information about the projects can be found here:
The lecture is suitable for both staff and students who want to learn more about how to lead and participate in interdisciplinary processes.
We will serve hot coffee and some snacks!
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For those who wish to participate digitally: zoom link