Klaas Willem van der Veen
India, Gujarat
Curriculum vitae
| 1930 | born in Makassar (Indonesia) on October 26 |
| … | studied social geography, University of Amsterdam |
| 1955-1995 | associate professor and reseacher, anthropological-sociological center of the University of Amsterdam |
| 1969 | PhD under the supervision of A.J.F. Köbben, University of Amsterdam |
| 2016 | passed away in Haarlem on May 30 |
Sources
- Geest, Sjaak van der (red.), Ambivalentie/ambiguïteit: antropologische notities aangeboden aan Klaas Willem van der Veen bij zijn afscheid van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, 27 oktober 1995, Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis 1995, 65 p.
Publications
1969 Huwelijk en hierarchie bij de Anavil Brahman van Zuid Gujarat: sociale verandering en ideologische continuiteit in de Indiase kastensamenleving, Overveen. – PhD thesis Universiteit of Amsterdam; also publ. as Publikatie, Afdeling Zuid en Zuidoost-Azië, Anthropologisch-Sociologisch Centrum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 12.
1972 I give thee my daughter: a study of marriage and hierarchy among the Anavil Brahmans of South Gujarat, [translation from the Dutch: Nanette Jockin], Assen: Van Gorcum (Studies of developing countries 13). – Trsl. and revision of: Huwelijk en hierarchie bij de Anvil Brahman van Zuid Gujarat, 1969.
1973 “Marriage and hierarchy among the Anavil brahmans of south Gujarat.” Contributions to Indian Sociology 7: 36-52.
1975 & Peter Kloos (eds), Rule and reality: essays in honour of André J. F. Köbben, Amsterdam (Uitgave Universiteit van Amsterdam, Antropologisch-sociologisch Centrum, Afd. Culturele antropologie 8).
– “Gotra-exogamy, rule and reality: non-observance of a rule among the Anavil Brahmans of South Gujarat.” In: Klaas van der Veen and Peter Kloos (eds), Rule and reality: essays in honour of André J. F. Köbben, Amsterdam, pp. 155-170.
1979 & Sjaak van der Geest (eds), In search of health: essays in medical anthropology, Amsterdam (Uitgave van de vakgroep CANSA, Universiteit van Amsterdam 17).
– “Western medical care in a non-western setting: the Valsad District in Gujarat.” In: ibidem, pp. 145-158.
– “Western medical care in a non-western setting: some preliminary thoughts on the socio-cultural context of medical care.” In: European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, 6th Sevres, 1978. Asie du sud; traditions et changements, Sevres, 8-13 juillet 1978, Paris: CNRS, pp. 543-548.
1982 Socio-cultural factors in TB-care: a case study in Valsad district, Gujarat, India, Amsterdam (Working paper, Antropologisch-Sociologisch Centrum, Vakgroep Zuid- en Zuidoost Azië 8).
1984 & Kashyap Mankodi, Treatment failure in India’s national TB programme, Amsterdam (Working paper, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, Anthropology-Sociology Centre 40). – stencil.
1990 “The eleventh European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, Amsterdam July 1990.” South Asia Newsletter 6: 5-17.
1991 “Introduction: management and the social-cultural context.” In: Hein Streefkerk and T. K. Moulik (eds), Managing rural development: health and energy programmes in India, The seminar on ‘Management of Rural Development: Health and Energy Programmes’ held … at Jaipurin March 1986, New Delhi [etc.] (Indo-Dutch studies on development alternatives 7), pp. 11-26.
– “Government and private health care: two competing institutions.” In: ibidem, pp. 79-94.
1992 “The Brahmin, the individual and the poisonous gift.” In: A.W. van den Hoek, D.H.A. Kolff, M.S. Oort (eds), Ritual, state and history in South Asia: essays in honour of J.C. Heesterman, Leiden: Brill (Memoirs of the Kern Institute 5), pp. 695-716.
1997 “Social change and the marriage system of the Anavil Brahmans of South Gujarat.” In: Ghanshyam Shah (ed.), Social transformation in India: essays in honour of Professor I. P. Desai, 2 vols., Jaipur [etc.]: Rawat Publications, pp. 339-369.