Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography

The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (Swedish: Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi) is a scientific learned society founded in Sweden in 1877. It was established after a rearrangement of related sections of the Anthropological Society, itself formed in 1873 by Hjalmar Stolpe, Hans Hildebrand, Oscar Montelius, and Gustaf Retzius.[1]

The society functions as a link between science and the public, especially in the subjects of anthropology and geography. It awards research fellowships, organizes excursions and lectures, hands out awards such as the Vega Medal and Retzius Medal. In 1880, it began publishing the Swedish yearbook Ymer and it has published the international journal Geografiska Annaler since 1919. The journal is divided between physical geography and human geography. In 2018, it established kritisk etnografi.

Awards given by the society

The society created the Vega Medal in 1881 on the occasion of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld's return to Stockholm, after he had discovered the North East Passage. Since then, the Vega Medal has been awarded to a physical geographer roughly every three years. In the intervening years, the society awarded the Anders Retzius Medal to a human geographer or an anthropologist.[2] In 2015, however, it was decided that awarding a medal named after Retzius wasn't appropriate anymore, considering that his racial studies (that included the active collection of skulls from indigenous peoples) are met with disapproval by modern anthropologists.[3] Instead, the SSAG medal was given to Didier Fassin in 2016. The awards are handed out by the king of Sweden on 24 April, the anniversary of Nordenskiöld's return to Stockholm.

Recipients of the Vega Medal[4]

Recipients of the Anders Retzius Medal in gold[4]

kritisk etnografi

kritisk etnografi  
Discipline Ethnography, social anthropology, cultural anthropology
Language English
Edited by Sten Hagberg, Jörgen Hellman
Publication details
Publication history
 2018–present
Publisher
Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (Sweden)
Frequency Biannual
Yes
Standard abbreviations
kritisk etnografi
Indexing
ISSN 2003-1173
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kritisk etnografi – Swedish Journal of Anthropology is a biannual peer-reviewed open access academic journal covering the field of ethnography. It was established in 2018 and is published by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography. The first part of the journal name, kritisk etnografi (critical ethnography) is in Swedish. The editors-in-chief are Sten Hagberg (Uppsala University) and Jörgen Hellman (University of Gothenburg).

See also

References

  1. ↑ Culin, Stewart (January–March 1906). "Hjalmar Stolpe". American Anthropologist. American Anthropological Association. 8 (1): 151. doi:10.1525/aa.1906.8.1.02a00160.
  2. ↑ Helmfrid, S (2004). "Geography in Sweden". Belgeo. 5 (1): 172.
  3. ↑ Kleen, Björn af (2015-03-07). "Stopp för medalj till rasforskarens minne". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
  4. 1 2 List of recipients


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