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Annika Björnsdotter Teppo is a Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Uppsala University's Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, with over 25 years of research focused on South Africa since 1997 and expanding to Sweden Finns in Stockholm. Her work bridges urban anthropology, critical race theory, and religious studies through sustained fieldwork in post-apartheid contexts.
Education:
- PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Helsinki (2004)
- Docent, University of Helsinki
Her research centers on urban anthropology in African contexts, particularly examining whiteness, Afrikaner identity, religious transformation, and family economies in post-apartheid Cape Town. Current projects investigate the social contract among Sweden Finns in Stockholm suburbs, analyzing neoliberal appropriations and moral community formation through ethnographic approaches. Her methodology integrates long-term fieldwork with critical race and decolonial frameworks.
Analysis of her publications reveals consistent engagement with race-religion intersections in South Africa, evolving from 'poor white' studies to contemporary Afrikaner grassroots ecumenism and transnational social contract analysis. Recent work demonstrates methodological expansion from Cape Town to Stockholm, maintaining focus on marginalized communities while incorporating urban space, kinship economics, and sacred public spheres.
Grants and Projects:
- Fragile environments, strong families - South African Afrikaners perseverance in an era of uncertainty (funded by Engaging Vulnerability and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond)
- Continuous Construction of Resilient Social Contracts through Societal Transformation (EU Horizon CO3 project) - leading the Sweden Finns work package
