Karen Fog Olwig

Karen Fog Olwig

Professor, emeritus


  1. 2000
  2. Published

    The Mobile Middle Class

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2000, Anthropology and Middle Class Working Families: A Research Agenda. Arlington, Virginia: American Anthropological Association, p. 90-91

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

  3. 2001
  4. Published

    Anm. af : John R. Campbell & Alan Rew (eds): Identity and Affect. Experiences of Identity in a Globalising World

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2001, In: Tidsskriftet Antropologi. 43-44, p. 269-271

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  5. Published

    Globale steder og stedlige identiteter: Erfaringer fra caribisk forskning

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2001, In: Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. 12, 4, p. 233-245

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 2002
  9. Published

    A "respectable" livelihood: Mobility and identity in a Caribbean Family

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2002, Work and Migration: Life and livelihoods in a globalizing world. London: Routledge, p. 85-105

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

  10. Published

    A wedding in the family: Home making in a global kin network

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2002, In: Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs. 2, 3, p. 205-218

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Comments

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2002, In: Current Anthropology. 43, 1, p. 145-146

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  12. Published

    Det etnografiske feltarbejde: Antropologers arbejdsmark eller faglig slagmark?

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2002, In: Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. 13, 3, p. 111-123 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 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

  14. Published

    The ethnogrqaphic field revisited: Towards a study of common and not so common fields of belonging

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2002, Realizing Community: Concepts, social relationships and sentiments. London: Routledge, p. 124-145

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

  15. Published

    Work and Migration: Life and livelihoods in a globalizing world

    Sørensen, N. N. (ed.) & Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.), 2002, London: Routledge. 229 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  16. 2003
  17. Published

    "Displaced" children? Risks and opportunities in a Caribbean urban environment

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2003, Children in the City: Home, neighbourhood and community. London: Routledge, p. 46-65

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

  18. Published

    "Transnational" Socio-Cultural Systems and Ethnographic Research. Views from an Extended Field Site

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2003, In: International Migration Review. 37, 3, p. 692-716

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Anm. af :  "Martha Brae's Two Histories: European Expansion and Caribbean Culture-Building in Jamaica" by Jean Besson

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2003, In: Journal of Anthropological Research. 59, 4, p. 569-71

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  20. Published

    Children's Places: Cross-cultural perspectives

    Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.) & Gulløv, E. (ed.), 2003, London: Routledge. 255 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  21. Published

    Children's places of belonging in immigrant families of Caribbean background

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2003, Children's places: Cross-cultural perspectives. London: Routledge, p. 205-217

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

  22. Published

    Global Places and Place-identities: Lessons from Caribbean Research

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2003, Globalisation: Studies in anthropology. Hylland Eriksen, T. (ed.). London: Pluto Press, p. 58-77

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

  23. 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

  24. Published

    Toward an anthropology of children and place

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2003, Children's place: Cross-cultural perspectives. Olwig, K. F. & Gulløv, E. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 1-19

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

  25. 2004
  26. Published
  27. Published

    Anm. af : India, Jonathan Xavier & Renato Rosaldo, red.: The Anthropology of Globalization. A reader

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2004, In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 10, 3, p. 722-23

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  28. Published

    Comment to Paige West and James G. Carrier "Ecotourism and Authenticity"

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2004, In: Current Anthropology. 45, 4, p. 491-92

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 2005
  32. Published

    Anm. af : Carnial and the formation of a Caribbean transnation by Philip W. Scher. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2003

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2005, In: Social Anthropology. 13, 1, p. 103-104

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  33. Published
  34. Published

    Caribbean Narratives of Belonging: Fields of Relations, Sites of Identity

    Besson, J. (ed.) & Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.), 2005, Oxford: Palgrave Macmillan. (Warwick University Caribbean studies).

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  35. Published

    Commentary to Heather Horst and Daniel Miller "From Kinship to Link-up: Cell Phones and Social Networking in Jamaica"

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2005, In: Current Anthropology. 46, 5, p. 769-70

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  36. Published

    Introduction: Caribbean Narratives of Belonging

    Olwig, Karen Fog & Besson, J., 2005, Caribbean Narratives of Belonging: Fields of Relations, Sites of Identity. Oxford: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-14

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

  37. Published

    Introduction: Knowing about Children: Anthropological Perspectives

    Olwig, Karen Fog & Gammeltoft, Tine, 2005, To make My Parents Happy: Anthropological Perspectives on Children in Vietnam. Fog Olwig, K. & Gammeltoft, T. (eds.). Hanoi: Statistical Publishing House, p. 5-58

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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. Published

    To Make my Parents Happy: Anthropological Perspectives on Children in Vietnam

    Gammeltoft, Tine (ed.) & Olwig, Karen Fog (ed.), 2005, Hanoi, Vietnam: Statistical Publishing House.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookEducation

  42. Published

    To make My Parents Happy

    Gammeltoft, Tine & Olwig, Karen Fog, 2005, Anthropological Perspectives on Children in Vietnam. Gammeltoft, T. & Fog Olwig, K. (eds.). Hanoi: Statistical Publishing House, p. 1-164

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

  43. 2006
  44. Published

    Fællesskabets Begravelse? Oprindelse og forbundethed blandt caribiske migranter

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2006, In: Tidsskriftet Antropologi. 50, p. 149-164

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  45. Published

    Growing up in the Caribbean: Individuality in the Making

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2006, Claiming Individuality: The Cultural Politics of Distinction. Amid, V. & Dyck, N. (eds.). London: Pluto Press, p. 51-65

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

  46. 2007
  47. Published

    Caribbean Journeys: An Ethnography of Migration and Home in Three Family Networks

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2007, Durham and London: Duke University Press. 319 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Integration: Antropologiske perspektiver

    Pærregaard, K. & Olwig, Karen Fog, 2007, København: Museum Tusculanum. 278 p. (Migration & integration, Vol. 1).

    Research output: Book/ReportAnthologyResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Integration: Antropologiske perspektiver

    Olwig, Karen Fog & Pærregaard, K., 2007, Integration: antropologiske perspektiver. Olwig, K. F. & Pærregaard, K. (eds.). København: Museum Tusculanum, p. 9-34 25 p. (Migration & integration, Vol. 1).

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

  50. Published

    Invited Commentary: Aisha Khan, "Good to Think?: Creolization, Optimism, and Agency"

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2007, In: Current Anthropology. 48, 5, p. 668-69 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. Published

    The global fields of mobility, flows and networks

    Olwig, Karen Fog & Agergaard, Jytte, 2007, Migration: Movement of People and the Development of Societies. Olwig, K. F. (ed.). University of Copenhagen, June 2007, Vol. Temapakke 8. p. 8-15

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

  55. 2008
  56. Published

    Anm. af :  Elaine Bauer and Paul Thompson. 2006. Jamaican Hands Across the Atlantic. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers.

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2008, In: Caribbean Studies - San Juan. 36, 1, p. 146-150 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

  57. Published

    Integration mellem forestillede og glemte fællesskaber: Tilfældet Danmark

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2008, In: Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. 19, 4, p. 233-242 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  58. 2009
  59. Published

    A proper funeral: contextualising community among Caribbean migrants

    Olwig, Karen Fog, 2009, In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 15, 3, p. 520-37 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  60. 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

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