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dc.contributor.authorMunoz-Mallén, Beatrizeng
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:22:31Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:22:31Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-17eng
dc.date.submitted2014-06-17eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/8590
dc.description.abstractFor 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 liberation movement- and are completely dependent on humanitarian aid. 30 years ago, Cuba decided to include the Sahrawi in their education aid program for developing countries. My aim in this thesis is to present and analyze those young Sahrawi studying in Cuba, known as Cubarawi'. My main argument is that long-term residence in Cuba has shaped the personhood, mind and actions of this youth, placing an important weight on Gramsci's concept of ideology'. In order to back my argument, I use different analytical concepts, each referring to and helping analyze various aspects of my ethnographic material, including personhood, cultural identity, memory and politics. To understand why the Cubarawis keep their Cuban identity alive in the camps, I use Hall's definition of identity as a continuous process of becoming, supported by Ortiz's transculturation' and Turner's perspective of being betwixt and between'. Müller's memories of paradise' helps explaining their time in the island and the fond memories from that period. The reason they are sent to Cuba is to get a higher university degree. I argue that the students are a mere instrument, as it is upon the Polisario to choose the studies of the Cubarawis according to the nation's needs'. Education also helps them embody the Cuban ideology. Using Bourdieu's habitus' I show how the social practices of Cuba are internalized and embodied by the Sahrawis. Lastly, I expose how the disconnection between the Polisario and the youth brings along frustration and disenchantment because of what they understand as the Polisario do-nothing policy. Using Honwana's concept of waithood', I present how the youth is channeling that frustration with active and creative alternatives. Scott's weapons of the weak' helps presenting ideas of non-violent resistance, while Dudouet's theories of armed resistance, gives voice to the youth who are ready to take up arms to get a solution for their conflict. At the same time, I show how this idea is gaining strength among the frustrated youth.en_US
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfeng
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherThe University of Bergeneng
dc.subjectbecomingeng
dc.subjectLiminalityeng
dc.subjectwaithoodeng
dc.subjectIdentityeng
dc.subjectpersonhoodeng
dc.subjectMemoryeng
dc.subjectPoliticseng
dc.subjectrefugeeeng
dc.subjectWestern Saharaeng
dc.subjectCubaeng
dc.subjectYoutheng
dc.subjectweapons of the weakeng
dc.titleBecoming a returnee Cubarawi. Politics, Personhood and memory in 'Africa's last colony'eng
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright the author. All rights reserveden_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Philosophy in Anthropology of Development
dc.description.localcodeSANT355
dc.description.localcodeMASV-SADE
dc.subject.nus738108eng
fs.subjectcodeSANT355


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