Karen Fog Olwig

Karen Fog Olwig

Professor, emeritus


  1. Published

    Invited commentary: Nigel Rapport, "An Outline for Cosmopolitan Study: Reclaiming the Human through Introspection."

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2007, In: Current Anthropology. 48, 2, p. 273-74 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  2. Published

    Islands as Places of Being and Belonging

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2007, In: Geographical Review. 97, 2, p. 260-273 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Issue Introduction: IDentities and Identity: Biometric Technologies, Borders and Migration

    Grünenberg, Kristina, Møhl, P., Olwig, Karen Fog & Simonsen, Anja, 2022, In: Ethnos. 87, 2, p. 211-222 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Komme dit rige? Respektabel metodisme og afro-caribisk kulturel identitet

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 1991, In: Tidsskriftet Antropologi. 23, p. 5-17

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  5. Published

    Komplekse liv: Kulturel mangfoldighed i Danmark

    Liep, J. (ed.) & Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.), 1994, København: Akademisk Forlag. 182 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  6. Published

    Kontinuitet og Forandring

    Mogensen, Hanne Overgaard & Olwig, Karen Fog, 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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Kulturel kompleksitet

    Olwig, Karen Fog & Liep, J., 1994, Komplekse liv: Kulturel mangfoldighed i Danmark. København: Akademisk Forlag, p. 7-21

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

  8. Published

    Kulturel kompleksitet

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 1992, In: Jordens Folk - Etnografisk Revy. 27, 3, p. 89-95

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  9. Published

    Landscape, justice and the quality of life in emblematically embodied nation/states: the case of Denmark

    Olwig, K. R. & Olwig, Karen Fog, 18 Apr 2021, In: Landscape Research. 47, 6, p. 811-828

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Les déplacements: questions de continuités et de ruptures dans le mouvement

    Olwig, Karen Fog & Amit, V., 2011, In: Anthropologica. 53, p. 9-14 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Local and National Approaches to Nature Preservation: The US Virgin Islands National Park on St John and Beyond

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2009, In: Landscape Research. 34, 2, p. 189-204 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Lokale liv, fjerne forbindelser: Studier af børn, unge og migration

    Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.) & Valentin, K. (ed.), 2005, København: Hans Reitzels Forlag.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  14. Published

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

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2015, In: Identities - Global Studies in Culture and Power. 22, 3, p. 258-272 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

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

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

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

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

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Migrationsnarrativer: Fortællinger om den gode slægtning blandt vestindiske kvinder

    Olwig, Karen Fog, Dec 2010, In: Kulturstudier. 2, December, p. 119-139 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Mobile Bodies, Mobile Souls: Family, Religion and Migration in a Global World

    Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.) & Rytter, M. (ed.), 2011, Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag. 259 p. (Proceedings of the Danish Institute in Damascus, Vol. VII).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Mobile Livelihoods: Making a living in the world

    Olwig, Karen Fog & Sørensen, N. N., 2002, Work and Migration: Life and livelihoods in a globalizing world. London: Routledge, p. 1-19

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

  21. Published

    Mobilitet og tilknytning: Migrantliv i et globaliseret Danmark

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

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

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

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

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Mouth Swabs and Other Techniques of Verification: Determining Refugees’ Rights to a Family Life

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2019, The biometric border world: technologies, bodies and identities on the move. Olwig, K. F., Grünenberg, K., Møhl, P. & Simonsen, A. (eds.). London, New York: Routledge, (Routledge Studies in Anthropology).

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

  25. Published

    Moving Memories and Memories of Moves: Some Afterthoughts

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Narrating deglobalization: Danish perceptions of a lost empire

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2003, In: Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs. 3(3), p. 207-222

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  27. Published

    Narratives of Belonging: Life Stories in Family Networks of West Indian Background

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 1999, Narrating Mobility, Borndaries and Belonging. København, p. 27-48 (Working paper; No. 7, Vol. 99).

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

  28. Published

    Narratives of Home: Visions of 'betterment' and belonging in a dispersed Carribbean family

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2005, Caribbean Narratives of Belonging: Fields of Relations, Sites of Identity. Besson, J. & Olwig, K. F. (eds.). Oxford: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 189-205

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

  29. Published

    Narratives of the children left behind

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 1999, In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 25, 2, p. 267-284

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    National and Local Identity in St. John: Danish and American Perspectives

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 1999, In: Journal of Social Science. 6, 1 & 2, p. 59-79

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Netværk: Transnational migration og social sammenhæng

    Olwig, Karen Fog & Pærregaard, K., 2004, Viden om verden: En grundbog i antropologisk analyse. Hastrup, K. (ed.). København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 161-179

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

  32. Published

    New York as a Locality in a Global Family Network: West Indian migration to New York

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2001, Islands in the City: West Indian migration to New York. Foner, N. (ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press, p. 142-160

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

  33. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Nærvær og Distance

    Mogensen, Hanne Overgaard & Olwig, Karen Fog, 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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Pacing Mobilized

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2020, Pacing Mobilities: Timing, Intensity, Tempo and Duration of Human Movements. Amit, V. & Salazar, N. B. (eds.). New York: Berghahn Books, p. 181-190 10 p.

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

  37. Published

    Place, movement and identity: Processes of inclusion and exclusion in a 'Caribbean' Family

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2004, Diaspora, Identity and Religion: New Directions in theory and research. London: Routledge, p. 53-71

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

  38. Published

    Privileged Travelers? Migration Narratives in Families of Middle-Class Caribbean Background

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2007, Going First Class?: New Approaches to Privileged Travel and Movement. Amit, V. (ed.). New York & Oxford: Berghahn Books, p. 87-102

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

  39. Published

    Privilegier og rettigheder som slave og fri - emanicipationen på St. Jan

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2001, Fra slaveri til frihed: Det dansk-vestindiske slavesamfund 1672-1848. Nielsen, P. (ed.). København: Nationalmuseet, p. 105-114

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

  40. Published

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

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

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

  41. Published

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

    Handlos, L. N., Olwig, Karen Fog, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Nørredam, Marie Louise, 19 Sep 2016, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13, 9, p. 1-12 12 p., 924.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

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

    Handlos, L. N., Olwig, Karen Fog, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Kristiansen, Maria & Nørredam, Marie Louise, 12 Oct 2015, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12, 10, p. 12643-12661 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

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

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2013, In: Critique of Anthropology. 33, 2, p. 239-240 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearch

  44. Published

    Siting Culture: The Shifting Anthropological Object

    Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.) & Hastrup, Kirsten (ed.), 1997, London: Routledge. 319 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  45. Published

    Small Islands, Large Questions: Society, Culture and Resistance in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean

    Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.), 1995, London: Frank Cass Publishers. 200 p. (Studies in slave and post-slave societies and cultures).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  46. Published

    Små og store fortællinger:  Børn og unge i migrationsforskningen

    Olwig, Karen Fog, Gilliam, L. & Valentin, K., 2005, Lokale liv, fjerne forbindelser: Studier af børn, unge og migration. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag, p. 7-34

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

  47. Published

    Stedet som kulturel konstruktion: Vestindiske og danske perspektiver

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 1997, Det nasjonale i det lokale, det lokale i det nasjonale. Slettan, D. & Stugu, O. S. (eds.). Oslo: Norges Forskningsråd, p. 83-99 (KULTs skriftserie; No. 92).

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

  48. Published

    Stedlige identiteter i en deterritorialiseret verden, et antropologisk perspektiv

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 1994, In: Nord nytt - Nordisk tidsskrift for folkelivsforskning. 54, p. 13-20

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  49. Published

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

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2012, In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 18, 4, p. 828-845 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    The African "Other" as Displaced Enslaved and Refugee: Internal Borders across Time and Place

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2023, In: Journal of Refugee Studies. 36, 1, p. 1-21 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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