Signe Howell
Signe Lise Howell | |
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| Born | Signe Lise Lie 15 July 1942 Tinn, Norway |
| Died | 26 January 2025 (aged 82) Oslo, Norway |
| Occupation | Social anthropologist |
| Spouse | Anthony Howell |
Signe Lise Howell (15 July 1942 – 26 January 2025) was a Norwegian social anthropologist.
Background
[edit]Howell was born in Tinn to physician Finn Oddvar Lie and Lise Thomassen. She was married to performance artist Anthony Howell from 1970 to 1977, and to Desmond James McNeill from 1986.[1]
Howell died in Oslo on 26 January 2025, at the age of 82.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Howell was a co-founder of the experimental street theatre The Theatre of Mistakes in the 1960s.[1]
She studied history at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies and social anthropology at the Oxford University. She investigated social structures in South-East Asia, and made field studies among the Chewong people in Malaya and Lio people in Flores in Indonesia. She was appointed professor at the University of Oslo from 1989.[1][2][4] Among her works are Chewong Myths and Legends from 1982, and Society and Cosmos. Chewong of Peninsular Malaysia from 1984. She co-edited Blod – tykkere enn vann? Betydninger av slektskap i Norge (2001).[1] She was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Smedal, Olaf H. "Signe Howell". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ a b Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Signe Howell". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Professor Signe Howell har gått bort". uio.no (in Norwegian). 27 January 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Toft, Martin (27 August 2007). "Adoptert av eit urfolk i Malaysias jungel". Uniforum (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Medlemmer - Klassen for humaniora og samfunnsvitenskap - Norske medlemmer". Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
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