Anthropological Happy Hour #3 Jarrett Zigon and Morten Axel Pedersen

This episode of Antropologforeningens Podcast – Anthropological Happy Hour is a recording of a Theoretical Happy Hour held on the 6th of June 2018 in Ethnographic Exploratory at the University of Copenhagen. This type of event aims at presenting and discussing paradigmatic turns within anthropology, using anthropological texts as point of departure. The event of this podcast addresses a dialogical debate between two books circulating around the theoretical approaches known as the ontological turn and critical hermeneutics. In this episode you will meet Jarrett Zigon, professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, and Morten Axel Pedersen, professor in the Department of Anthropology at Copenhagen University. The podcast begins with Jarrett Zigon giving a short review of Morten Pedersen’s book titled The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition. Hereafter, Morten Pedersen gives a review of Jarrett Zigon’s latest book called Disappointment: Toward a Critical Hermeneutics of Worldbuilding. Finishing of, the two embark on an open discussion, engaging the audience as well. Find more information and buy the books here: Jarrett Zigon – Disappointment: Toward a Critical Hermeneutics of Worldbuilding Morten Axel Pedersen & Martin Holbraad – The Ontological Turn: An Anthropological Exposition