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About
Naama Cohen
Anthropologist of Mind & Technology | Researcher | Writer
I am Naama, an anthropologist, writer, and research consultant with a background as a software developer, based in Copenhagen since 2020. I hold a BA in Sociology and Cognition from The Open University of Israel and an MSc in Medical Anthropology from the University of Copenhagen.
My work moves across the anthropology of mind, psychology, and phenomenology, with a focus on how culture is lived through the body, material environments, and habit.
I study how practices, technologies, spaces, and objects both shape and are shaped by consciousness, human experience, social relations, and ways of being in the world.
I am interested in how thinking is learned through doing, how daily rhythms organize mental and emotional life, and how people come to imagine and experience their own inner worlds and those of others.
I work at the intersection of analytical rigor and applied inquiry, translating complex theoretical ideas into grounded insights.
In November 2024, I founded Field Notes & Finds, where we make anthropological perspectives and insights accessible to a broader public through writing, visual formats, experiences, and material objects.
Publications
Cohen, N. (2023). "Embodying the Mindset of Computer Programmers". MSc Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen.
Read moreCohen, N. (2023). "7. oktober knuste mit hjerte. Men mest af alt indså jeg, at mit studie ingen plads har i sit hjerte til mig og mit folk" [October 7 broke my heart. But most of all, I realized that my field has no room in its heart for me and my people]. Politiken, December 8, 2023.
Read moreCohen, N. (2026). "איך דנמרק דורשת רלוונטיות מהאקדמיה שלה" [How Denmark Demands Relevance from Its Academia]. Mako, January 2026.
Read moreCohen, N. (2025). "Den globaliserede intifada rammer også danske jøder" [The globalized intifada also affects Danish Jews]. Politiken, December 29, 2025.
Read moreCohen, N. (2025). "Den indre kulturkamp" [The Internal Culture War]. Weekendavisen, September 19, 2025.
Read moreCohen, N. (2025). "Israelsk antropolog: Min veninde hængte et israelsk flag på sin altan på Nørrebro. Så kom problemerne" [Israeli anthropologist: My friend hung an Israeli flag on her balcony in Nørrebro. Then the problems came]. Politiken, January 15, 2025.
Cohen, N. (2025). "Taxachauffør truede med at dræbe babyer, jøder og alle danskere: 'Jeg vil dræbe alle, der ikke elsker Hamas. Okay?'" [Taxi driver threatened to kill babies, Jews and all Danes: 'I will kill everyone who doesn't love Hamas. Okay?']. Berlingske, January 17, 2025.
Read moreCohen, N. A Phenomenological Exploration of Programming. (Under peer review)
Cohen, N. When Curiosity and Humility Were Lost: Reflections from the Margins of Anthropology. (Under peer review)
Collaborative Book Project (Forthcoming 2025). Reflective work on post-October 7 Israel (co-authored with H. Hagag Berger, Dr. Shirly Bar Lev, Dr. Michal Assa-Inbar, Dr. Liora Sarfati, Dr. Tova Makhani-Belkin, and Dr. Hagit Kuriel.)