Jazmin Cullen defends her PhD thesis at the Department of Anthropology
Candidate: Jazmin Mølgaard Cullen
Title: 'The Insight Job - Authenticity and Morality among Anthropological Consultants'
Time and Venue:
Room: University of Copenhagen, Aud 1, 1st floor, Gothersgade 140, 1353 Copenhagen K.
Time: 2:00 PM (The defence is scheduled to last a maximum of 3 hours).
A copy of the the dissertation will be available for reading at the department prior to the defence. Building 33, CSS Campus.
The Department of Anthropology will host a reception after the defence at the CSS Campus, Øster Farimagsgade 5, in building 33, 1st floor, room 33.1.19.
Assessment Committee:
- Associate Professor Atreyee Sen
University of Copenhagen, Denmark (chair) - Senior Lecturer Irene Skovgaard-Smith
Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom - Associate Professor Jakob Krause-Jensen
Aarhus University, Denmark
Summary:
This dissertation examines notions of authenticity and morality among anthropologists as they seek to carve out a space for themselves in the labor market working as consultants in four different consultancies: three based in Denmark and one in New Zealand. The dissertation explores the informants’ everyday work lives in the consultancies, and follows how they manifest their academic trademarks while simultaneously complying with client wishes and competing with other consultancies. They do this while facing unprecedented demand for anthropologists in the Danish labor market yet also mounting skepticism about the relevance of the social sciences and humanities more broadly in a changing political landscape.