About Lotte Meinert
Lotte Meinert is Professor of Anthropology. Her research areas are Human Security, Post-Conflict, Development, Medical anthropology, Education, HIV/AIDS, East Africa. She has conducted anthropological fieldwork and worked in various parts of Uganda for a total of more than 20 years. She has also done shorter periods of fieldwork in Indonesia and Kenya.
She is currently the head of the IMAGENU research project in Uganda funded by Danida and has headed a large Marie Curie EU project ANTHUSIA. See her contact details here
What does this place mean to you?
The Moesgaard campus is the home of my work life. With the best colleagues, students and surroundings. Whenever I invite guests from abroad I brag about this location - honestly. It is the most beautifully situated campus I know of, and I am grateful to be working here.
What is special about Moesgaard?
There is a particular atmosphere at Moesgaard. When you are here you are here😉. It is not like a railway station you are passing through on your way to somewhere else. You have worked hard on you bike though the woods, or driven by bus or car for a while before arriving here. I like that. It makes us who like it stay a little longer.
Do you have a favorite spot here?
I have several favorite spots. Walking in the woods with a colleague along the stream is number one. The staircase to the cellar in the pink main building is number two – because you can see and feel time with you feet on the steps. The last spot has unfortunately disappeared now. It was the swing – svævebane – situated somewhere between the new museum and the old Moesgaard. My kids used to love it when they were waiting for me, and once in a while I would take a swing myself – to remember having a bit of fun
