Browsing Faculty of Social Sciences by Subject "738108"
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Kamalari: Tharu girls in bonded labour (Kamalari) servitude in the era of post socio-cultural and political revolution in Nepal - A case study of Dang District
(Master thesis, 2012-06-22)The main aim of this thesis is to examine the situation of Kamalari girls in the post social and political revolution in Nepal. Kamalaris are the Tharu girls who are bonded in a contract to do the domestic work in the house ... -
La cuidad de los reyes and los amigos policias. An anthropological approach to everyday practices of security and urban space in Lima
(Master thesis, 2010-06-09)"La Cuidad de los Reyes and los Amigos PoliciasAn Anthropological Approach to Everyday Practices of Security and Urban Space inLima" By Therese Landås In this master thesis, I discuss aspects of security in relation to ... -
Mama, I wont't go to school. Conflictual relations between education and fishing among the children of Anomabo in the central region of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2014-06-20)It is on records that the Central region along the coastal stretch of Ghana was the first to have received formal education during the colonial period as early as the 18th century. This is evident by the fact that the ... -
Managing the threat of violence in Guatemala: Violence as part of women's everyday lives
(Master thesis, 2014-07-30)In this thesis I explore the prevalence of violence against women in Guatemala. Violence is considered a part of everyday life because it has become normalized. By normal" I refer to both the frequency of the act and its ... -
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, ... -
Public education in latin america's lowest performing country. The Impact of inequality and violence among children and youth in Lima and Cusco in Peru
(Master thesis, 2014-08-01)Measurements of learning outcomes have found that too many children in Peru are graduating from primary school without having achieved competency in literacy or numeracy (Barrett, 2009). Results show that seven out of ten ... -
The remnants of colonial capital: Economic crisis and the social reproduction of alienation in a South Indian plantation belt
(Master thesis, 2010-06-14)This dissertation is concerned with the present-day situation of Tamil tea plantation workers in Kerala. The plantation Tamils, as they are known locally, belong to Dalits (ex-untouchable/outcaste) communities who have ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
State and media influence on the drawing of ethnic boundaries : kurdish work migrants on the Black Sea coast of Turkey
(Master thesis, 2012-07-30)In the Turkish Black Sea Region Kurdish agricultural workers and other ethnic groups interact and form relations. This study is focused on the effects of ethnic difference in the formation of these relations, groups' ... -
Utopian forestry in Nepal; Local governance and the production of new citizen
(Master thesis, 2012-08-24)A fieldwork of the Community Forest User Group and local society in the village of Bishanku Narayan, Ward 1, District of Godawari, Nepal. A study of how the CF model affects the local society of the people engaged in ... -
What are the gendered implications of neoliberal land grabs? A case study of Rufiji River Basin in Rufiji district, coast region in Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2014-06-19)Abstract This thesis explores the gendered implications of the neoliberal land grab in Rufiji River basin in Tanzania. I set out to deconstruct the taken for granted assumptions concerning the state/legal approaches in the ... -
"When you cannot do anything, that's the greatest problem in life" - Place and identity, power and agency among Karen refugees on the Thai-Burmese border
(Master thesis, 2010-06-17)In this thesis, identity formation processes among refugees from the ethnic group of Karen from Burma, in camps along the Thai-Burmese border are explored. Questions related to subjectivity formation are discussed, such ... -
Where blessing and curse merge with life and death: Local beliefs in contemporary Lower Kuttanad
(Master thesis, 2012-06-22)The principal rationale behind the present research was to explore the relationship between the people and key resources, the land and the water, in the agrarian region known as Lower Kuttanad in the state of Kerala. In ... -
"Work and Strengthening": Ontological dualism and the ethical treatment of mentally ill patients in Madagascar
(Master thesis, 2014-08-11)This thesis is based on fieldwork within a revival movement in Madagascar that treats mentally ill patients with exorcism. I explore the meaning of submission and the problem of ontological dualism based on my experiences.