Browsing Department of Social Anthropology by Subject "Communication"
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From Victim to Survivor: Healing and Recovery in a Drug Addiction Treatment Program in San Francisco
(Master thesis, 2008)In this thesis I explore clients’ participation in therapy groups at a drug treatment program in San Francisco. Based on six months of ethnographic fieldwork, following women in their daily attempts at “working the program”, ... -
Order and contingencies: children's play in Australian child care centres
(Master thesis, 2010-11-15)In this thesis I explore children's play in two Australian child care centres. What is presented here is an analysis of children's experiences and some of the diverse ways in which children constitute their own ideas and ... -
"Why Do You Write Your Name Long Like That?" Language and Literacy in a San Francisco Kindergarten
(Master thesis, 2008)In this thesis I investigate the role of language awareness in early literacy, and argue that skills acquired when becoming literate can provide resources for manipulating social as well as textual relations. Based on ...