Henrik Vigh

Henrik Vigh

Professor

Introductory remarks on publicationslist

Reviews: Navigating Terrains of War: youth and soldiering in Guinea-Bissau (2006) Oxford/New York: Berghahn

"For the increasingly numerous anthropologists [specializing in Peace and Conflict Studies in Anthropology] Henrik Vigh's book on young combatants in the war in Guinea-Bissau should be compulsory reading material."JRAI

"The book is remarkably successful in this ambitious endeavour [to address the tensions between structure and agency through the author's concept of social navigation] because it combines solidly researched and eloquently formulated ethnography with engagement of a wide range of theory.... it merits a cover-to-cover read."Journal of Peace Research

"In his excellent [book], Vigh offers a sophisticated and highly insightful analysis of mobilization and soldiering among contemporary urban African youths...This is a very welcome empirically based and theoretically sophisticated contribution to our understanding of one of Africa's recent ‘small wars'."Social Anthropology

"Though written accessibly, its principal preoccupations are theoretical. Vigh draws on a range of theorists... [and] social philosophers...Along the way he provides useful excursions through the literature on contemporary violence and African liberation movements...[The book] is among the most exciting and important contributions available today."Ethnos

"Navigating Terrain of Wars represents a vivid effort to understand the complex world of war and poverty. In this masterful work, Vigh [...] poses not only poignant questions respecting the unresolved frustrations of an entire generation that passed politically from left to right, but also provides a serious framework to understand how violence works. This is, undoubtedly, one of the best books I have ever read in these types of topics. Magisterially explained throughout the ten chapters that form the project, Vigh reveals how poverty is conducive to warfare." Essays in Philosophy


  1. Published

    Den ontologiske blænding: om den ontologiske vendings metodiske og politiske problemer

    Sausdal, D. B. & Vigh, Henrik, 2013, In: Tidsskriftet Antropologi. 67, p. 101-119 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Who Is the Enemy? Multipolar micropolitics

    Sigurdsson, J. V. & Vigh, Henrik, 2021, Medieval and Modern Civil Wars: A Comparative Perspective. Sigurđsson, J. V. & Orning, H. J. (eds.). Boston: Brill, p. 34-61 27 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Origin and Evolution of European Community-Acquired Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Stegger, M., Wirth, T., Andersen, P. S., Skov, R. L., De Grassi, A., Martins Simões, P., Tristan, A., Petersen, A., Aziz, M., Kiil, K., Cirkovic, I., Udo, E. E., del Campo, R., Vuopio-Varkila, J., Ahmad, N., Tokajian, S., Peters, G., Schaumburg, F., Olsson-Liljequist, B., Givskov, M. & 9 others, Driebe, E. E., Vigh, Henrik, Shittu, A., Ramdani-Bougessa, N., Rasigade, J., Price, L. B., Vandenesch, F., Larsen, A. R. & Laurent, F., 26 Aug 2014, In: mBio (Print). 5, 5, p. 1-12 12 p., e01044-14.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Usynlighed

    Turner, S. & Vigh, Henrik, 2007, In: Den Ny Verden - Tidsskrift for internationale studier. 2, p. 7-14

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  5. Published

    Radicalized Youth: Oppositional poses and positions

    Utas, M. & Vigh, Henrik, 2017, Africa’s Insurgents: Navigating an Evolving Landscape. Bøås, M. & Dunn, K. C. (eds.). Lynne Rienner Publishers

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Illegal Ecologies: From Irregular Mining to the Dumping of E-waste

    Vigh, Henrik, 2022, In: Commodity Frontiers Journal. 4, Fall, p. 29-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Youth soldiers

    Vigh, Henrik, 2008, New encyclopedia of Africa. Miller, J. C. (ed.). Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Layman

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingEncyclopedia chapterResearch

  8. Published

    Introduction: Navigating youth, generating adulthood: Social becoming in an African context

    Vigh, Henrik, Utas, M. & Christiansen, C., 2006, Navigating youth, generating adulthood: Social becoming in an African context. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Life's Trampoline: On Nullification and Cocaine Migration in Bissau

    Vigh, Henrik, 2016, Affective Circuits: African Migrations to Europe and the Pursuit of social Regeneration. Cole, J. & Groes, C. (eds.). University of Chicago Press

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Caring through Crime: Ethical ambivalence and the cocaine trade in Bissau

    Vigh, Henrik, 2017, In: Africa. 87, 3, p. 479-495

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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