Browsing Department of Social Anthropology by Title
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Samburu Youth Navigating Violent Terrains. Reconfiguring Samburu Masculinity in Northern Kenya
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-06-16)This thesis is part of the major research project The effects of violence and impoverishment on psychosocial health among pastoralist communities in Northern Kenya funded by The Research Council of Norway. Based on a ... -
Samfunnsansvar Is Not CSR: Mapping Expectations and Practices of (Corporate) Social Responsibility in Norway
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023) -
The sea is no longer sweet. Gender and kinship relations in Anomabu in times of dwindling fish stocks.
(Master thesis, 2016-11-30)Anomabu is a fishing community in the central regions of Ghana. In recent years, fisher families in this community have been experiencing dwindling fish stocks. Coupled with this is the fact that the seasons for fishing ... -
Seeing like a state vs. seeing like a local community: the case of dam construction in Nubian homeland, Sudan
(Master thesis, 2010-06-18)The Current research focuses on issue of proposed Kajbar Dam in the context of the Nile in the Sudan. The government of the country is involved in building dam on the part of the Nile that passes through the very north of ... -
Sier du ikke hva jeg hører? Utfordringer ved omsorgsarbeid for mennesker med psykisk utviklingshemming uten verbalt språk i en norsk småkommune
(Master thesis, 2003)Studien er basert på et seks måneder langt feltarbeid i en norsk småkommune. Hovedtema for oppgaven er hvordan det kommunale omsorgsarbeidet for mennesker med en sterk psykisk utviklingshemming utspiller seg i praksis. ... -
"Simbir botbot badan madax daj ayay kuistakta" ("Ein fugl som flyg omkring åleine vil til slutt lande med hovudet først", somalisk ordtak) Ein diskursiv analyse av relasjonar mellom somaliske familiar og lokalbefolkninga i ein vestnorsk bygdeby.
(Master thesis, 2002)Denne studien handlar om korleis eit nasjonalt og overnasjonalt stigma om somaliarane, får sitt uttrykk innan lokale sosiale prosessar i eit vestnorsk bygdebymiljø. Det dreier seg difor ikkje først og fremst om somaliske ... -
Smak, kunnskap og identitet: En studie av Slow Food
(Master thesis, 2015-06-09)Denne avhandlingen tar for seg den internasjonale organisasjonen Slow Food som ble grunnlagt i Italia av journalisten Carlo Petrini. Mottoet til organisasjonen er «god, ren og rettferdig mat» som innebærer mat av god ... -
"De snakker og snakker om asylsøkere, men de kjenner oss ikke". Historier fra asylsøkere i London
(Master thesis, 2015-06-12)Denne oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i historier som er fortalt meg fra mennesker som er i, eller har gjennomgått en asylprosess i London. Mine informanter synes å være begrenset hvordan i hvordan de kan komme til uttrykk. Jeg ... -
The Social Enterprise. Fusing Discourses of Business and Development in Delhi, India.
(Master thesis, 2016-11-30)The aim of this thesis is to problematize the undisputed moral good and simplified solutions within development discourse. Throughout the thesis, I am focusing on domains where ideas and ideals of development are being ... -
Social exclusion of the Chepangs in the era of post political revolution of Nepal- A case study of Dhading District
(Master thesis, 2014-06-19)The main objective of the present work is to investigate the mechanisms and processes of social exclusion of the Chepang people, one of the highly marginalized ethnic groups of Nepal. To do so, I examined the Chepang's ... -
The Social Life of Economic Inequalities in Contemporary Latin America: Decades of Change
(Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference, Book; Peer reviewed, 2018) -
The social meanings of hula - Hawaiian traditions and politicized identities in Hilo
(Master thesis, 2010)The social meanings of hula, the Hawaiian dance and tradition, are many and diverse. While originally having the function of preserving stories, legends and myths of the past, it has faced many interpretations and ascribed ... -
Social protection. A case study of Asante Mampong
(Master thesis, 2014-06-29)ABSTRACT Studies have shown that formal insurance in developing countries are rare. As a result, insurance in these countries are usually achieved through reciprocal support arrangement where there is risk-pooling among ... -
Socio, a mi me falta... - Kamerat, eg manglar... Eit studium av gåver, nettverk og kapital på Cuba.
(Master thesis, 2008)Cubanarane lever i ein usikker kvardag, der "kvar trivialitet kan forvandle seg til eit stort problem" (cualquier cosas puede convertirse en un problemón). Derfor vert dei sosiale relasjonane og det personlege nettverket ... -
The Socio-Econonomic Impact of Migration on The Livelihoods of Karamajong Women And Children: Katwe Slums. "A Woman is a Warrior"
(Master thesis, 2016-06-16)The emphasis of my research is on the socio- economic livelihoods of the Karamajong women and children. In this male-dominated and impoverished region of Uganda, the women's burden is particularly heavy in terms of the ... -
Solidarity, Motivation and Community: An ethnographic study about environmental activists in the climate justice movement in Montreal Canada
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)The climate movement is, in many aspects, a global movement. I find it particularly intriguing and fascinating to see how this movement manifests locally and how environmental activists are motivated to participate in this ... -
Som i en boble. Velstående colombianere - vold, usikkerhet og kamp om rom
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Som olje og vann: Møtet mellom russere og kinesere i den russiske byen Blagovesjtsjensk
(Master thesis, 2012-06-15)Denne avhandlingen er et ledd i nyere antropologisk forskning på grenseområder og på hvordan menneskene som bor i et grenseområde forholder seg til, og samarbeider med, personene på andre siden av grensen. Hovedvekten av ... -
“Sometimes it feels like life is going on without me”: An ethnographic study of violence, power, and migration in a Mexican border town.
(Master thesis, 2018-05-01)In this thesis I seek to understand how migrants—both migrants from Mexico, Central-American countries and migrants deported from the United States— experience their stay in Mexicali- a city at the border between Mexico ...