Bente Wolff
Biographic Data
| ID | 3782783 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bente Wolff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bente |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolff |
| SIGNATURE | WOLFF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Restoring the glory of Serampore. Colonial heritage, popular history and identity during rapid urban development in West Bengal
My discussion centres on local meanings of colonial heritage buildings, popular history and cultural identity, in a context of rapid urban development. The study site is the town core of Danish-founded Serampore, a suburb to Kolkata, one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas. Based on data mainly relating to my personal engagement in heritage conservation in Serampore, I analyse how once European buildings, and the history they are material m…
Enquête
Enquête: Skiftende illusioner på museet
Maden Og Giften
Bente Wolff: Food and Poison - a Twosided Coin: An Indonesian Example By using examples from food distribution at everyday occasions and feasts in a tourist area on South Nias Island, food is described as a life substance flowing to the individual from the social relations. This practice among others is both structured by and structuring for the experience of the fundamental principles of life as nourishi.ng substance given to the person by other…
Alfred Gell
Alfred Gell: Wrapping in Images: Tatooing in Polynesia Anmeldes af Bente Wolff
Missing paradoxes and the evidential nature of things; Material objects in a cross-cultural perspective
The] Father brought salt with him, he poured it on the hands and [the village people] tasted it. He gave them rice, and they thought it was ants' eggs. He gave them soap, and they cooked it. When they took it out [of the pot) it was melting. And he gave them boots, and they thought it was mermaid's' legs, so they cooked it. After cooking, they took it out to eat it, but it was really hard [so) they said: «the mermaid's leg is too hard to eat!» Th…
Restoring the glory of Serampore. Colonial heritage, popular history and identity during rapid urban development in West Bengal
My discussion centres on local meanings of colonial heritage buildings, popular history and cultural identity, in a context of rapid urban development. The study site is the town core of Danish-founded Serampore, a suburb to Kolkata, one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas. Based on data mainly relating to my personal engagement in heritage conservation in Serampore, I analyse how once European buildings, and the history they are material m…
Missing paradoxes and the evidential nature of things; Material objects in a cross-cultural perspective
The] Father brought salt with him, he poured it on the hands and [the village people] tasted it. He gave them rice, and they thought it was ants' eggs. He gave them soap, and they cooked it. When they took it out [of the pot) it was melting. And he gave them boots, and they thought it was mermaid's' legs, so they cooked it. After cooking, they took it out to eat it, but it was really hard [so) they said: «the mermaid's leg is too hard to eat!» Th…
Missing paradoxes and the evidential nature of things; Material objects in a cross-cultural perspective
The] Father brought salt with him, he poured it on the hands and [the village people] tasted it. He gave them rice, and they thought it was ants' eggs. He gave them soap, and they cooked it. When they took it out [of the pot) it was melting. And he gave them boots, and they thought it was mermaid's' legs, so they cooked it. After cooking, they took it out to eat it, but it was really hard [so) they said: «the mermaid's leg is too hard to eat!» Th…
Alfred Gell
Alfred Gell: Wrapping in Images: Tatooing in Polynesia Anmeldes af Bente Wolff
Maden Og Giften
Bente Wolff: Food and Poison - a Twosided Coin: An Indonesian Example By using examples from food distribution at everyday occasions and feasts in a tourist area on South Nias Island, food is described as a life substance flowing to the individual from the social relations. This practice among others is both structured by and structuring for the experience of the fundamental principles of life as nourishi.ng substance given to the person by other…
Enquête
Enquête: Skiftende illusioner på museet
Restoring the glory of Serampore. Colonial heritage, popular history and identity during rapid urban development in West Bengal
My discussion centres on local meanings of colonial heritage buildings, popular history and cultural identity, in a context of rapid urban development. The study site is the town core of Danish-founded Serampore, a suburb to Kolkata, one of the world’s largest metropolitan areas. Based on data mainly relating to my personal engagement in heritage conservation in Serampore, I analyse how once European buildings, and the history they are material m…
Art (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)