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Everyday weather: An ethnography of knowledge and environment in a Fijian village.
(Master thesis, 2014-06-27)Abstract My research focus is on weather in Fiji; more specifically in the village of Malawai, on the island of Gau. Here people lead lives that are closely connected to the cycles in the environment such as tidal water, ... -
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 ... -
Crossing borders: The Case of ethnic Dagestani in Georgia
(Master thesis, 2014-08-01)The Anthropology of borders mainly developed from 1990's. As scholars have sought to grasp the changed configuration of borders brought about by the fall of the iron curtain, the enlargement of the European Union (EU), the ... -
Dispossession and ethnic identity in expanding state space of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
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 ... -
Jordanske kristne beretter
(Master thesis, 2014-06-13)Kristne i Midtøsten er en minoritet som blir stadig færre. I Jordan blir det snakket varmt om det gode forholdet mellom kristne og muslimer. Allikevel ser man også her at andelen kristne minker. Den arabiske våren har brakt ... -
"Visdom hører steder til" - En studie om landskap og stedliggjøring av islandskhet
(Master thesis, 2014-06-13)The thesis explores national identity in Iceland and the UNESCO World Heritage Site Thingvellir National Park. This is the place where the Icelandic Parliament was established in the year 930 AD. In addition to the unique ... -
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 ... -
Idrett som arena for integrering - en problematisering av organisert idrett i Norge med spesielt hensyn til integrering av etniske minoriteter i fotball
(Master thesis, 2014-06-05)Idretten blir idag tilegnet en rekke positive egenskaper, først og fremst gjennom dens egenart som produsent av aktivitet, men også gjennom dens samfunnsbyggende funksjoner. Deltakelse i idrett gir en økt helsegevinst, og ... -
Det viktigste vi har er ord. Sikkerhet, disiplinering og tillit i det offentlige rom: Vektere på Bybanen i Bergen
(Master thesis, 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 kan være ... -
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 ... -
En konstituering av masaikultur. En antropologisk studie av to frivillige bistandsorganisasjoners intervensjoner i Kenya
(Master thesis, 2014-05-26)Avhandlingen er basert på seks måneders feltarbeid ved foten av Kilimanjaro i Kenya, og er en studie av én norsk-kenyansk- og én amerikansk frivillig humanitær organisasjon som opererer i samme masailandsby. Organisasjonene ... -
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 ... -
Women and Family in contemporary urban China; Contested female individualisation
(Master thesis, 2013-12-15)This thesis describes the lived experience of women in their 20s and 30s in Beijing in 2012 with relation to their families. Family is applied in a broad sense, including both natal and marital families. Through this ... -
A Quest for Success in Urban China; a study of "young urban professionals" in Beijing
(Master thesis, 2013-12-16)In this thesis I examine how young urban professionals in Beijing relate to their experience of participating in the modern Chinese capitalist economy. Their experiences are seen along economic and social lines: from ... -
Dance encounters. Exploring Cook Islands identity through staged performances.
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Common dreams and individual goals - Negotiating identity across the Thai-Burma border
(Master thesis, 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 cross-border ... -
Rural - Urban Differentiation, Migration and Emerging Educational Inequalities.A case Study of Left-behind Children in Ganqiu Village, Yunnan
(Master thesis, 2010-06-28)Abstract After China's policy of reform and opening up to the outside world was carried out in the late 1970s, millions of farmers are flocking to China's cities, seeking work with a hope of improving the living standard ... -
The Children of Eve: change and socialization among sedentarized Turkana children and youth
(Master thesis, 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 ... -
Modern boats in African greatlakes: Local ecological knowledge and the management of fisheries resources in Lake Victoria, Uganda.
(Master thesis, 2010-07-01)Abstract Traditional access to resource utilization and management in Lake Victoria is currently under attack. The customary system rules and regulations are being impaired through the adoption of conventional science, ...