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</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Signe Lise Howell</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Signe Lise Lie</div><br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1942-07-15</span>)</span>15 July 1942<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="Tinn" title="Tinn">Tinn</a>, Norway</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">26 January 2025<span style="display:none">(2025-01-26)</span> (aged 82)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a>, Norway</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="Social_anthropologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Social anthropologist">Social anthropologist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Anthony_Howell_(performance_artist)" title="Anthony Howell (performance artist)">Anthony Howell</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Signe Lise Howell</b> (15 July 1942 – 26 January 2025) was a Norwegian <a href="Social_anthropologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Social anthropologist">social anthropologist</a>.

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<p>Howell was born in <a href="Tinn" title="Tinn">Tinn</a> to physician Finn Oddvar Lie and Lise Thomassen. She was married to performance artist <a href="Anthony_Howell_(performance_artist)" title="Anthony Howell (performance artist)">Anthony Howell</a> from 1970 to 1977, and to Desmond James McNeill from 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-nbl_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Howell died in Oslo on 26 January 2025, at the age of 82.<sup id="cite_ref-snl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<p>Howell was a co-founder of the experimental street theatre <a href="The_Theatre_of_Mistakes" title="The Theatre of Mistakes">The Theatre of Mistakes</a> in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-nbl_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>She studied history at the <a href="SOAS%2C_University_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="SOAS, University of London">University of London School of Oriental and African Studies</a> and <a href="Social_anthropology" title="Social anthropology">social anthropology</a> at the <a href="Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a>. She investigated social structures in South-East Asia, and made field studies among the <a href="Cheq_Wong_language" title="Cheq Wong language">Chewong</a> people in <a href="Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaya</a> and <a href="Li'o_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Li'o language">Lio</a> people in <a href="Flores" title="Flores">Flores</a> in Indonesia. She was appointed professor at the <a href="University_of_Oslo" title="University of Oslo">University of Oslo</a> from 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-nbl_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-snl_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-snl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uniforum2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uniforum2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among her works are <i>Chewong Myths and Legends</i> from 1982, and <i>Society and Cosmos. Chewong of Peninsular Malaysia</i> from 1984. She co-edited <i>Blod – tykkere enn vann? Betydninger av slektskap i Norge</i> (2001).<sup id="cite_ref-nbl_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nbl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was a member of the <a href="Norwegian_Academy_of_Science_and_Letters" title="Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters">Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFSmedal" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Smedal, Olaf H. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nbl.snl.no/Signe_Howell">"Signe Howell"</a>. In <a href="Knut_Helle" title="Knut Helle">Helle, Knut</a> (ed.). <i><a href="Norsk_biografisk_leksikon" title="Norsk biografisk leksikon">Norsk biografisk leksikon</a></i> (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 January</span> 2016</span>.</cite></span>

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