Browsing Department of Social Anthropology by Document Types "Master thesis"
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Abuse and suffering. A feminist perspective on domestic violence, bodies and battered women's coping strategies in Mauritius
(Master thesis, 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, or ... -
After the Flood: Reflections on the Sociality of Saltwater Inundation on an Anthropogenic Atoll
(Master thesis, 2016-05-05)This thesis examines how Marshall Islanders live with climate change related events such as extreme weather, with specific emphasis on the 3-5 March flood of 2014. Flood events such as these in the Republic of the Marshall ... -
After the Storm. Natural Disasters and Development in Vietnam
(Master thesis, 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. ... -
"All they want is to be treated well": Public health care in the rural Ecuadorian Andes
(Master thesis, 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 understandings. ... -
Americana. Nostalgia through Tradition and Self-Expression in Music
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Ane suqhʼ ile. I keep quiet. Focusing on womenʻs agency in western Tigray, North-Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Arbeid for å leve, overleve eller forandre verden?: En studie av rettferdig handel blant kunsthåndverkere i El Alto, Bolivia.
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Bachata Life. Social identity in the Dominican Republic through the lens of a musical tradition
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Bandits of Mandiri : Analysis of a land occupation in Lore Lindu National Park, Indonesia
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Barn av irregulære migranter - Ulikhet og ekskludering i møte med likhet og inkludering
(Master thesis, 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? Mitt ... -
Bateye Guarero: Identity-management, resources and agency in an inactive Dominican sugar bateye
(Master thesis, 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 the ... -
The Batswanas' encounter with Western medicine : cooperation or confrontation?
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Becoming a returnee Cubarawi. Politics, Personhood and memory in 'Africa's last colony'
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
"Becoming urban". A study of post-relocation life and livelihood changes among former peasants in Chenggong, China
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
"Before there were no diseases" - Perceiving the Coffee Rust Epidemic in the Intersection of Knowledge Systems
(Master thesis, 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, a ... -
Belonging, Hope, and the Future in South Caucasus. A Study of The First Post-War Generation of Abkhazia
(Master thesis, 2021-08-03)This thesis is an exploration of how various forms of belonging are being expressed among young adults in Abkhazia, a politically disputed state situated in South Caucasus. Abkhazia is de jure part of Georgia. In 1992, a ... -
Between a rock and a hard place: Undocumented migrants in Norway
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Bløming: stedstilhørighet og tradisjoner i en bygd i Hardanger
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
The ‘Brutal Freedom’ of Street Life. Challenges in Assisting Street Children out of Street Life
(Master thesis, 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 volunteer ... -
Bula, vavalagi! Turisme, møte, kategoriseringar og makt i Yasawa, Fiji
(Master thesis, 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 ...