Arnd Schneider
Arnd Schneider (* 1960 ) is a German social anthropologist .
Life
Arnd Schneider obtained his habilitation ( Hamburg 2006), PhD ( London School of Economics and Political Science 1992) and Magister Artium ( Münster 1986). Since 2007 he has been Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo . He was previously a lecturer in anthropology at the University of East London and the University of Hamburg .
His research interests are thematically: contemporary art, visual anthropology and international migrations and regionally: Sicily, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Ecuador and Mexico.
Fonts (selection)
- Emigration and return migration of “guest workers” in a Sicilian village . Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-631-43245-3 .
- Mafia for beginners . Cambridge 1994, ISBN 187416620X .
- Futures lost. Nostalgia and identity among Italian immigrants in Argentina . Oxford 2000, ISBN 3-906765-96-2 .
- Appropriation as practice. Art and identity in Argentina . New York 2006, ISBN 1-4039-7314-8 .
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| SURNAME | Schneider, Arnd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social anthropologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |