Henrik Vigh

Henrik Vigh

Professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-4760-5595

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


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  1. 2017
  2. Published

    Militantly well

    Vigh, Henrik, 2017, Values of Happiness: Toward an anthropology of purpose in life. Kavedžija, I., Walker, H. & Robbins, J. (eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 215-236

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

  3. 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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  4. 2016
  5. 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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

  6. 2014
  7. Published

    Social Invisibility and Political Opacity: on perceptiveness and apprehension in Bissau

    Vigh, Henrik, Oct 2014, Ethnographic of Uncertainty in Africa. Cooper, E. & Pratten, D. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 111-129 18 p.

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

  8. 2012
  9. Published

    Critical States and Cocaine Connections

    Vigh, Henrik, 2012, African Conflicts and Informal Power: Big Men and Networks. Utas, M. (ed.). London: Zed Books, p. 137-157 21 p.

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

  10. 2011
  11. Published

    Wayward Migration: On Imagined Futures and Technological Voids

    Vigh, Henrik, 2011, Migration and Culture. Cohen, R. & Jónsson, G. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 688-706 19 p.

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

  12. 2008
  13. Published

    Introduction: Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood

    Vigh, Henrik, 2008, Navigating Youth, Generating Adulthood: Social Becoming in an African Context. Christiansen, C. & Utas, M. (eds.). Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, p. 9-30 21 p.

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

  14. Youth soldiers

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

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

  15. 2007
  16. Published

    Et barn på 34: om krig og social reintegration i Guinea Bissau

    Vigh, Henrik, 2007, Unge liv i Syd: Beretninger om børn og unge i udviklingslande. Valentin, K. & Christiansen, C. (eds.). København: Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitetsforlag, p. 195-210

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

  17. 2006
  18. 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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

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