Browsing Department of Social Anthropology by Title
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The ‘Brutal Freedom’ of Street Life. Challenges in Assisting Street Children out of Street Life
(The University of Bergen, 2009)In this thesis I aim to explain why it can be difficult to assist street children out of street life. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in a day centre for street children in Buenos Aires, where I worked as a ...Master thesis -
Buddhism in Popular Culture. The case of Sri Lankan "Tovil dance"
(The University of Bergen, 2010-04-23)Doctoral thesis -
Bula, vavalagi! Turisme, møte, kategoriseringar og makt i Yasawa, Fiji
(The University of Bergen, 2010-06-18)Denne avhandlinga er basert på eit feltarbeid på Fiji våren 2008. Temaet sentrerer seg rundt møte mellom menneske i lokalsamfunnet på øya Waya Lailai. Denne øya har ein utstrekt lokaleigd turistindustri, noko som pregar ...Master thesis -
Challenging the Gaze. The study of a Socially Conscious Photographic Initiative based in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(The University of Bergen, 2011-06-23)The aim of this thesis is to consider the real life interplay between ambitions and restrictions to a Dhaka based photographic initiative, with the core objective to contest stereotypical representations of Bangladesh ...Master thesis -
The Children of Eve: change and socialization among sedentarized Turkana children and youth
(The University of Bergen, 2010-06-24)This thesis is a brief ethnographic account which investigates change among sedentarized Turkana people, drawing from ideas and observations of previous work. It focuses in particular on the socialization of the younger ...Master thesis -
Christian Charity Work in the Contemporary United States -Volunteering as a practice in Houston, Texas
(The University of Bergen, 2009-06-19)In my thesis I have looked at the challenges and dilemmas facing volunteers at a Christian charity organizations located in Houston, Texas. Philanthropy and volunteerism, or the non-profit sector, are often used as an ...Master thesis -
Common dreams and individual goals - Negotiating identity across the Thai-Burma border
(The University of Bergen, 2013-09-27)Abstract Within a socio-historical framework of how modern nation-states and ethnic labels came to be in the Southeast Asian Mainland, this thesis sets out to explore how young individuals, currently engaging as ...Master thesis -
Conditions and Identities of Young Migrant Workers in the City: An Ethnographic study of ‘Street Children’ in Kumasi, Ghana
(The University of Bergen, 2016-06-17)Abstract Earlier studies on streetism' or street children' have often focused exclusively on the economic causes and impacts. Economic considerations have often assumed a more prominent position in explaining why ...Master thesis -
Connecting Through Dance: The Multiplicity of Meanings of Kurdish Folk Dances in Turkey
(The University of Bergen, 2012-05-09)The thesis is unraveling a wealth of meaning in a widespread phenomenon amongst Kurds in Turkey; folk dances. I use Andriy Nahachewsky's categories participatory' and presentational' dances to distinguish folk dances as ...Master thesis -
Crafting Distinctions: Reinventing Work, Desire and Design Among the Petty Bourgeoisie of Paris
(The University of Bergen, 2015-12-08)The aim of this thesis is not to accurately map out the Bobos as a subculture. I rather seek to unearth this group's practices of aestheticization and commodification as part of their specific ethical values. The Bobos ...Master thesis -
Creating a Common Space in a Sectarian Landscape: Social Work andCohesive Action in Post-War Lebanon
(The University of Bergen, 2005)Through the course of this thesis I will portray and debate the make up, projects and members of a small organisation acting within a large context. Aiming to give a thorough presentation of Mouvement Social, and to ...Master thesis -
Crossing borders: The Case of ethnic Dagestani in Georgia
(The University of Bergen, 2014-08-01)According to William Zartman Borders run across land but through people. On maps they appear as fine one-dimensional lines, whereas on the ground they have many dimensions. Borders are boundaries in depth, space around a ...Master thesis -
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Dance encounters. Exploring Cook Islands identity through staged performances.
(The University of Bergen, 2012-12-15)Master thesis -
"The Dar Hamid Sons' Union". Understanding Political Development Among The Dar Hamid Agro-Pastoralists In North Kordofan, Sudan
(The University of Bergen, 2012-07-16)The main theme In this thesis I explore the mobilization of a particular civil society organization among the Dar Hamid agro pastoralist people in northern Kordofan, western Sudan . The analysis is based upon information ...Master thesis -
"De kan jo ikke bare komme hit og lage fred!" Motdiskurser og lokale strategivalg blant en gruppe unge i Mostar, Bosnia og Hercegovina
(The University of Bergen, 2007)Oppgaven tar for seg en gruppe unge mennesker i Mostar, Bosnia og Hercegovina, som skiller seg ut fra majoriteten ved at de ønsker å bryte med den politiske strukturen der etnisitet blir sementert, og der nasjonalisme og ...Master thesis -
Defending what is ours: Territorial property rights, maps and indigeneity in the Peruvian central rain forest
(The University of Bergen, 2012-06-21)The aim of the thesis is to identify and analyse central dynamics in the encounter between the indigenous population and settlers in a Native Community in the Peruvian central Amazon. The indigenous residents are subsistence ...Master thesis -
Desperate Co‐wives. The illegality of polygamy in the new Mozambi‐can Family Law
(The University of Bergen, 2008)In 2004 Mozambique approved a new Family Law. The new law substituted a law instituted still during the Portuguese colonial rule. The new law is said to be more in line with the Mozambican Constitution, several international ...Master thesis -
Det viktigste vi har er ord. Sikkerhet, disiplinering og tillit i det offentlige rom: Vektere på Bybanen i Bergen
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-22)Det viktigste vi har er ord Sikkerhet, disiplinering og tillit i det offentlige rom: Vektere på Bybanen i Bergen Denne oppgavens fokuserer på sikkerhet og jeg hevder at sikkerhet som antropologisk forskningsobjekt ...Master thesis -
Dispossession and ethnic identity in expanding state space of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
(The University of Bergen, 2014-06-15)In the milieu of the global development and state' formation of Bangladesh, the Khyang people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are in a situation of economic transition and marginalization. Bangladesh state's persistence ...Master thesis
