Karen Fog Olwig

Research output

Research output per year 1991 1993 1994 1997 1999 2002 2003 2005 2007 2011 2012 2013 2015 2018 2020

• 60 Book chapter
• 49 Journal article
• 17 Review
• 16 Book
• 18 More
  • 5 Anthology
  • 5 Letter
  • 4 Report chapter
  • 2 Literature review
  • 1 Report
  • 1 Encyclopedia chapter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2020

  Conclusion: The biometric border world

  Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A., 2020, The Biometric Border World: Technology, Bodies and Identities on the Move. Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A. (eds.). London & New York: Routledge, p. 207-216 (Routledge Studies in Anthropology).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Introduction: the biometric border world

  Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A., 2020, The Biometric Border World: Technology, Bodies and Identities on the Move. Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A. (eds.). London & New York: Routledge, p. 1-22 (Routledge Studies in Anthropology).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• The Biometric Border World: Technologies, Bodies and Identities on the Move

  Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A., 2020, London: Routledge. (Routledge Studies in Anthropology).

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2019

  Conclusion

  Olwig, K. F., 22 Oct 2019, The Biometric Border World: Technology, Bodies and Identities on the Move. Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A. (eds.). London & New York: Routledge, p. 207-216 (Routledge Studies in Anthropology).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Diversitetens mange ansigter og konsekvenser: caribiske indvandrere i det danske samfund

  Olwig, K. F., 2019, Social sammenhængskraft: Begreb og virkelighed. Jensen, T. G., Schmidt, G. & Vitus, K. (eds.). Samfundslitteratur, p. 133-152 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Introduction: the biometric border world

  Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A., 22 Oct 2019, The Biometric Border World: Technology, Bodies and Identities on the Move. Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A. (eds.). London & New York: Routledge, p. 1-22 (Routledge Studies in Anthropology).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• New neighbours in a time of change: local pragmatics and the perception of asylum centres in rural Denmark

  Whyte, Z., Larsen, B. R. & Olwig, K. F., 18 Aug 2019, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 45, 11, p. 1953-1969 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • asylum seeker 100%
  • Denmark 91%
  • Neighbors 81%
  • pragmatics 73%
  • population attitude 73%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  At lede i arkiver: Feltarbejde i dokumenter

  Mellemgaard, S. & Olwig, K. F., 2018, Antropologiske projekter: En grundbog. Rubow, C., Bundgaard, H. & Mogensen, H. (eds.). København: Samfundslitteratur, p. 213-226

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Education › peer-review

• At snakke om det: Måder at interviewe på

  Rytter, M. & Olwig, K. F., 2018, Antropologiske projekter: En grundbog. Rubow, C., Bundgaard, H. & Overgaard, H. (eds.). København: Samfundslitteratur, p. 181-194 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Education › peer-review

• Female immigration and the ambivalence of dirty care work: Caribbean nurses in imperial Britain

  Olwig, K. F., 1 Mar 2018, In: Ethnography. 19, 1, p. 44-62 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Imperial Britain 100%
  • Ambivalence 91%
  • Immigrants 70%
  • ambivalence 69%
  • Nurses 68%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Migration as Adventure: Narrative Self-representation among Caribbean Migrants in Denmark

  Olwig, K. F., 1 Jan 2018, In: Ethnos. Journal of Anthropology. 83, 1, p. 156-171 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Narrative Self 100%
  • Self-representation 80%
  • Denmark 73%
  • Migrants 64%
  • migrant 53%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Producing "Good" Families and Citizens in Danish Child Care Institutions

  Bundgaard, H. & Olwig, K. F., 2018, Reconnecting State and Kinship. Thelen, T. & Alber, E. (eds.). University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 200-219

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  34 Downloads (Pure)

• The Timescape of Post-WWII Caribbean Migration to Britain: Historical Heterogeneity as Challenge and Opportunity

  Olwig, K. F., 8 May 2018, Migration, Temporality, and Capitalism: Entangled Mobilities across Global Spaces. Gardiner Barber, P. & Lem, W. (eds.). Cham, Schweiz: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 43-61 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2017

  "Migrant Women's Voices. Talking About Life and Work in the UK Since 1945" by Linda McDowell. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

  Olwig, K. F., 2017, In: International Migration Review. 51, 1, p. e13-e14 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Communication

• Mobility, Education and Life Trajectories: New and old migratory pathways

  Valentin, K. (ed.) & Olwig, K. F. (ed.), 2017, Abingdon: Routledge. 130 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
• 2016

  Foreword

  Olwig, K. F., 2016, Transformations of Freedom in the Land of the Maroons: Creolization in the Cockpits, Jamaica, by Jean Besson. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, p. xvii-xx

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Moving Memories and Memories of Moves: Some Afterthoughts

  Olwig, K. F., 2016, Memories on the Move: Experiencing Mobility, Rethinking the Past. Palmberger, M. & Tosic, J. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 271-285 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Return Migrants’ Experience of Access to Care in Corrupt Healthcare Systems: The Bosnian Example

  Handlos, L. N., Olwig, K. F., Bygbjerg, I. C. & Nørredam, M. L., 19 Sept 2016, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13, 9, p. 1-12 12 p., 924.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • migrants experience 100%
  • corruption 61%
  • Bosnian 59%
  • health care 46%
  • Refugees 44%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The Not-yet-civilised: Negotiating the Kindergarten’s Civilising Project

  Olwig, K. F., 2016, Children of the Welfare State: Civilising Practices in Schools, Childcare and Families. Gilliam, L. & Gulløv, E. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 78-98

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
• 2015

  Americas, Sociocultural Overviews: Caribbean

  Olwig, K. F., 26 Mar 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Wright, J. D. (ed.). 2 ed. Elsevier, Vol. 1. p. 638-643 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Encyclopedia chapter › Research › peer-review

  • society 100%
  • out-migration 62%
  • value system 55%
  • colonization 53%
  • coexistence 51%

• Barns sosialitet: Tolkning og forhandling av siviliseringsprojektet i barnehagen

  Olwig, K. F., 2015, Siviliserende institusjoner: om idealer og distinksjoner i oppdragelse. Gilliam, L. & Gulløv, E. (eds.). Fagbokforlaget, p. 107-130 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Caribiske migranter i Danmark: Eventyrlige rejsefortællinger og danske hverdagsliv

  Olwig, K. F., 2015, Mobilitet og tilknytning: Migrantliv i et globaliseret Danmark. Valentin, K. & Olwig, K. F. (eds.). Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 181-200 20 p. (Antropologiske Studier; No. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Den nye landbefolkning: Asylcentres betydning og konsekvens for lokale fællesskaber i danske landdistrikter

  Larsen, B. R., Whyte, Z. & Olwig, K. F., 2015, København: Institut for Antropologi, Københavns Universitet. 84 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

  117 Downloads (Pure)

• Introduktion: Nye horisonter i dansk migrationsforskning

  Olwig, K. F. & Valentin, K., 2015, Mobilitet og tilknytning: Migrantliv i et globaliseret Danmark. Valentin, K. & Olwig, K. F. (eds.). Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 7-23 17 p. (Antropologiske Studier; No. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Local and Transnational Care Relations: Relatedness and Family Practice among Au Pairs in Denmark

  Dalgas, K. M. & Olwig, K. F., 1 Oct 2015, In: Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs. 15, 4, p. 469-484 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Denmark 100%
  • Contractual Obligations 50%
  • moral obligation 44%
  • asymmetry 34%
  • kinship 34%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Migrating for a Profession: Becoming a Caribbean nurse in post-WWII Britain

  Olwig, K. F., 4 May 2015, In: Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power. 22, 3, p. 258-272 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Second World War 100%
  • Nurses 97%
  • educational migration 81%
  • nurse 76%
  • profession 67%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Mobilitet og tilknytning: Migrantliv i et globaliseret Danmark

  Valentin, K. (ed.) & Olwig, K. F. (ed.), 2015, Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 227 p. (Antropologiske Studier; No. 3).

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

• Mobility, education and life trajectories: new and old migratory pathways

  Olwig, K. F. & Valentin, K., 4 May 2015, In: Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power. 22, 3, p. 247-257 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Pathway 100%
  • Trajectory 99%
  • transnational relations 84%
  • migrant 81%
  • migration 76%
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Return Migration among Elderly, Chronically Ill Bosnian Refugees: Does Health Matter?

  Handlos, L. N., Olwig, K. F., Bygbjerg, I. C., Kristiansen, M. & Nørredam, M. L., 12 Oct 2015, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12, 10, p. 12643-12661 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • return migration 100%
  • refugee 82%
  • Bosnian 79%
  • chronically ill 77%
  • Refugees 74%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• The duplicity of diversity: Caribbean immigrants in Denmark

  Olwig, K. F., 28 May 2015, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38, 7, p. 1104-1119 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2013

  Familie og Slægtskab: Antropologiske Perspektiver

  Mogensen, H. O. (ed.) & Olwig, K. F. (ed.), 2013, Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur. 214 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

• Ideal og regulering

  Mogensen, H. O. & Olwig, K. F., 2013, Familie og Slægtskab: Antropologiske Perspektiver. Samfundslitteratur, p. 147-149 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Introduktion. Familie og Slægtskab: Antropologiske perspektiver på nære relationer

  Mogensen, H. O. & Olwig, K. F., 2013, Familie og Slægtskab: Antropologiske Perspektiver. Mogensen, H. O. & Olwig, K. F. (eds.). Samfundslitteratur, p. 9-32 24 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Kontinuitet og Forandring

  Mogensen, H. O. & Olwig, K. F., 2013, Familie og Slægtskab: Antropologiske Perspektiver. Mogensen, H. O. & Olwig, K. F. (eds.). Samfundslitteratur, p. 33-36 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Migration and Care: Intimately Related Aspects of Caribbean Family and Kinship

  Olwig, K. F., 2013, Transnational Families, Migration and the Circulation of Care: Understanding Mobility and Absence in Family Life. Baldassar, L. & Merla, L. (eds.). Routledge, p. 133-148 16 p. (Routledge Research in Transnationalism, Vol. 29).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Nærvær og Distance

  Mogensen, H. O. & Olwig, K. F., 2013, Familie og Slægtskab: Antropologiske Perspektiver. Mogensen, H. O. & Olwig, K. F. (eds.). Samfundslitteratur, p. 93-95 3 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Notions and practices of difference: an epilogue on the ethnography of diversity

  Olwig, K. F., Aug 2013, In: Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power. 20, 4, p. 471-79 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Review of Sandra Wallman, The Capability of Places: Methods for Modelling Community Response to Intrusion and Change. London: Pluto Press, 2011

  Olwig, K. F., 2013, In: Critique of Anthropology. 33, 2, p. 239-240 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research
• 2012

  Børns socialitet: Fortolkning og forhandling af civiliseringsprojektet i børnehaven

  Olwig, K. F., 2012, Civiliserende institutioner: Om idealer og distinktioner i opdragelse. Gilliam, L. & Gulløv, E. (eds.). Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 97-118 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Climate and Change and Human Mobility: Global Challenges to the Social Sciences

  Hastrup, K. B. & Olwig, K. F., 2012, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 263 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• Introduction: Climate Change and Human Mobility

  Hastrup, K. B. & Olwig, K. F., 2012, Climate Change and Human Mobility: Global Challenges to the Social Sciences. Hastrup, K. & Olwig, K. F. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1-22

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Migration, Family and the Welfare State: Integrating Migrants and Refugees in Scandinavia

  Olwig, K. F. (ed.), Larsen, B. R. (ed.) & Rytter, M. (ed.), 2012, Milton Park: Routledge. 174 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• The Care Chain, Children's Mobility and the Caribbean Migration Tradition

  Olwig, K. F., Jul 2012, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 38, 6, p. 933-952 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • migration 100%
  • Young Adults 82%
  • young adult 60%
  • Domestic Work 56%
  • Life Story 56%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• The 'successful' return: Caribbean narratives of migration, family, and gender

  Olwig, K. F., Dec 2012, In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 18, 4, p. 828-845 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  A Wedding in the Family: Home Making in a Global Kin Network

  Olwig, K. F., 2011, Migration and Culture. Cohen, R. & Jónsson, G. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 602-615 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Changes of Place: Interrogating the Continuities and Disjunctures of Movement

  Olwig, K. F. & Amit, V., 2011, In: Anthropologica. 53, p. 3-7 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Children's Sociality: The Civilizing Project in the Danish Kindergarten

  Olwig, K. F., 2011, In: Social Analysis: The International Journal of Anthropology. 55, 2, p. 121-141 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Kindergarten 100%
  • sociality 89%
  • Sociality 87%
  • kindergarten 72%
  • Social Interaction 52%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• 'Integration': Migrants and Refugees between Scandinavian Welfare Societies and Family Relations.

  Olwig, K. F., Feb 2011, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 37, 2, p. 179-196 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Family Relations 100%
  • Refugees 72%
  • Migrants 68%
  • refugee 64%
  • welfare 57%
  40 Citations (Scopus)

• 'Integration': Migrants and Refugees between Scandinavian Welfare Societies and Family Relations

  Olwig, K. F. (ed.), Larsen, B. R. (ed.) & Rytter, M. (ed.), 2011, Routledge. 174 p. (Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; No. 2, Vol. 37).

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• Introduction: Family, Religion and Migration in a Global World

  Olwig, K. F. & Rytter, M., 2011, Mobile Bodies, Mobile Souls: Family, Religion and Migration in a Global World. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, p. 9-26 18 p. (Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus, Vol. VII).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review