Helle Bundgaard

Primary fields of research

My primay interest is stories or narratives, what they have to offer anthropology, and how we can integrate the art of storytelling as a central aspect of our education. I am currently writing a collection of stories based upon my work amongst Indian crafts producers over a period of 30 years.

Affiliation to research groups: Global Development

Teaching

Literary Anthropology; Ethnographic Writing; Interdisciplinary Field Research; Qualititive methods.

Prizes

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing Award

Short presentation

After years of working with educational issues related to firstly ethnic minority children and later university students, I have returned to my previous engagement with traditional producers of craft in India.

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Born
05 -01 -1965

Education
2012 Master of Educational Management, AU & CBS, Copenhagen.
1995: Ph.D, Shool of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, UK
1992: Cand. Scient. Soc. Anthropology, University of Copenhagen

Current position
2007- Associate Professor

Previous positions
2007-2016: Director of Studies, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen
2002-: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
1995-2002: Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Education
2012 Master of Educational Management, AU & CBS, Copenhagen.
1995 Ph.d., School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
1992 Mater Degree, Department of Anthropology, Copenhagen.

Prices

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology Ethnographic Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing Award

2018 “Much Ado about a Ladies Bicycle”