Browsing Department of Social Anthropology by Title
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Abuse and suffering. A feminist perspective on domestic violence, bodies and battered women's coping strategies in Mauritius
(The University of Bergen, 2005)Abuse and Suffering A feminist perspective on Domestic Violence, Bodies and Battered Women’s Coping Strategies in Mauritius. “At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, ...Master thesis -
After the Storm. Natural Disasters and Development in Vietnam
(The University of Bergen, 2008-06-27)This thesis describes the many processes which happen when a natural disaster occurs. Fieldwork was done in Ben Tre province, one year after a typhoon had hit the coastal province in the Mekong Delta in Southern Vietnam. ...Master thesis -
"All they want is to be treated well": Public health care in the rural Ecuadorian Andes
(The University of Bergen, 2014-06-19)Abstract In thesis I describe the meeting between biomedical health care and indigenous patients in rural Ecuadorian Andes. I show how biomedical conceptualization of health and good treatment differs from local ...Master thesis -
Americana. Nostalgia through Tradition and Self-Expression in Music
(The University of Bergen, 2015-06-12)In this thesis I explore the vague and hard to define musical genre that is often referred to as Americana music. I argue that part of the reason why it is so hard to define is exactly because there are a wide range of ...Master thesis -
Ane suqhʼ ile. I keep quiet. Focusing on womenʻs agency in western Tigray, North-Ethiopia
(The University of Bergen, 2004)"Ane suqh' ile. I keep quiet," women in Tigray, in North-Ethiopia often say, and implicitly under-communicate what they actually do. However, even if women seem to be culturally confined within the limits of a normative ...Master thesis -
An Anthropology of Marketplace Behavior. Aspects of embeddedness in Norwegian entrepreneurship in the Baltics
(The University of Bergen, 2012-03-16)Based on fieldwork undertaken between 2005 and 2008, this thesis provides an anthropological analysis of cross border Norwegian entrepreneurship in the Baltics in a timeframe that spans from the middle of the 1990s to 2008. ...Doctoral thesis -
Arbeid for å leve, overleve eller forandre verden?: En studie av rettferdig handel blant kunsthåndverkere i El Alto, Bolivia.
(The University of Bergen, 2008)Denne masteroppgaven har til hensikt å utforske hvordan det økonomiske forholdet rettferdig handel spilles ut og oppleves blant produsenter i Bolivia. Gjennom 6 måneders deltakende observasjon i en kunsthåndverksorganisasjon ...Master thesis -
Å forma det "nye mennesket" : utdanning i lokale og nasjonale kontekstar på Madagaskar
(The University of Bergen, 2004)Master thesis -
Å gjøre kjønn: Performativitet og meningsskaping blant transkjønn og andre kjønn i Norge
(The University of Bergen, 2005)I oppgaven tar jeg for meg kjønn som paradoks, som synlig og usynlig, viktig og likevel på mange måter utematisert. Gjennom kvalitative intervju med norske transseksuelle, transvestitter, transkjønnede og andre som opplever ...Master thesis -
Å leve for og av musikken. Frilansmusikernes strategier for å overleve
(The University of Bergen, 2008)Tittelen på avhandlingen antyder at det i utgangspunktet ervanskelig å kunne leve av å være frilansmusiker i Norge i dag,og studien har vært et forsøk på å beskrive de strategier og valgfrilanserne gjør for å prøve å leve ...Master thesis -
Å ta det beste fra to kulturer - En studie av tamilenes hverdagsliv i Bergen
(The University of Bergen, 2011-12-20)Denne avhandlingen handler om hvordan tamilene lever sine liv i Bergen. Hvordan de ser på norske kulturelle normer og praksiser og hvordan de bevarer egne kulturelle normer og praksiser. Tempelet betyr mye for mine informanter ...Master thesis -
Bandits of Mandiri : Analysis of a land occupation in Lore Lindu National Park, Indonesia
(The University of Bergen, 2013-12-17)This thesis explores different perspectives concerning power, communication and masculine identities in relation to an illegal occupation in Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi in Indonesia. The occupation started ...Master thesis -
Barn av irregulære migranter - Ulikhet og ekskludering i møte med likhet og inkludering
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-23)I denne masteroppgaven har jeg utforsket irregulære migranters hverdagsliv i Norge, med fokus på barn og skole. Hvordan kan en på samme tid være skoleelev og barn i en familie som har endelig avslag på asylsøknaden? ...Master thesis -
Bateye Guarero: Identity-management, resources and agency in an inactive Dominican sugar bateye
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-25)This thesis is about a sugarcane bateye situated in the inland province of Monte Plata in the Dominican Republic: Bateye Guarero. A bateye is an agricultural community in the midst of the sugarcane fields, created by ...Master thesis -
Becoming a returnee Cubarawi. Politics, Personhood and memory in 'Africa's last colony'
(The University of Bergen, 2014-06-17)For nearly 40 years, an estimated 165.000 Sahrawi have been living in refugee camps in the Algerian part of the Sahara desert, known as hamada. The refugee camps are under the government of the Polisario Front -the Sahrawi ...Master thesis -
"Becoming urban". A study of post-relocation life and livelihood changes among former peasants in Chenggong, China
(The University of Bergen, 2014-06-19)This thesis presents an ethnographic study of post-relocation life and livelihood of the land-lost peasants" in Chenggong, China. The wider context for my study is the ongoing process of urbanization in the country. Drastic ...Master thesis -
"Before there were no diseases" - Perceiving the Coffee Rust Epidemic in the Intersection of Knowledge Systems
(The University of Bergen, 2016-06-04)In January 2013, Costa Rica declared a state of emergency to combat the spread of a fungus manifesting itself on coffee plants. The fungus (Hemileia vastatrix) is called roya in Spanish (rust). Between 2012 and 2013, ...Master thesis -
Between a rock and a hard place: Undocumented migrants in Norway
(The University of Bergen, 2012-06-26)This thesis includes different aspects of living situation of undocumented migrants in Norway. It examines self-perception of undocumented migrants and the society's perception of them. It looks into the criminalisation ...Master thesis -
Bløming: stedstilhørighet og tradisjoner i en bygd i Hardanger
(The University of Bergen, 2013-06-24)Abstrakt I denne masteroppgaven har jeg studert stedstilhørighet og reproduksjon av tradisjoner i en bygd i Hardanger. Ved å kontekstualisere bøndenes arv av odelsgård og overføringen av gården til neste generasjon, viser ...Master thesis -
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
