Blar i Department of Social Anthropology på utgivelsesdato
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The Gaze. Unfolding Realms of Enquiry
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-06-27)This text probes into the phenomenon of seeking, as it is narrated by, and manifesting itselfamong, people who have visited Norwegian Buddhist groups to various extent. Seeking maymanifest itself in a multitude of activities, ... -
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. ... -
Pass og citadell: franskbruk i Tunis
(Master thesis, 2008-10-05)Nasjonalstater har ofte blitt bygget på forestillingen om ett felles språk. Med et slikt premiss ser man bort fra språklig heterogenitet innenfor nasjonalstatenes grenser. I mange sammenhenger har det vært mer vanlig å se ... -
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 ... -
Kryssende lojaliteter, konkurrerende autoriteter: Stat, stamme, religion og nasjon blant kurdere i syriske Jazeera
(Master thesis, 2009)Det avsidesliggende syriske Jazeera er et noenlunde fjernt anheng til det for øvrig levantinske Syria. Regionen er syriske kurderes "hjerteland", en del av det forestilte Kurdistan, og preges av store spenninger mellom den ... -
Kvinners liv og hverdag i Damaskus
(Master thesis, 2009)Denne avhandlingen utforsker hvordan syriske kvinners livssituasjon og hverdag fortoner seg. Under et 6 måneders langt feltarbeid i Damaskus undersøkte jeg informantenes hverdag ved å benytte meg av en kombinasjon av ... -
The Priviliged and the Poor. Being Rich amid the "lazy ignorant"
(Master thesis, 2009)The segregation of the privileged from the poor is found, produced and reproduced at several levels simultaneously. To notice who did what where, and with whom, was essential as I tried to learn the ways of my informants. ... -
Identity, migration and diaspora from the perspectives of French speaking West Africans in Bergen and Oslo – their thoughts and their stories.
(Master thesis, 2009)Identity, migration and diaspora from the perspectives of French speaking West Africans in Bergen and Oslo - their thoughts and their stories. The research for this thesis has been conducted among the French-speaking West ... -
"I am a woman, I am Christian, and I am Palestinian." - En studie av identitet og roller blant kristne palestinske landsbykvinner på den okkuperte Vestbredden.
(Master thesis, 2009-04-02)Det overordnede fokuset mitt i denne avhandlingen ligger på identitet og samhandling blant de kristne innbyggerne i en liten landsby på Vestbredden, og det er spesielt kvinnenes situasjon i forhold til dette jeg ønsker å ... -
Mellom einskap og ulikskap. Eit studium av unge politisk aktive eksiltibetanarar i India
(Master thesis, 2009-06-10)Denne avhandlinga handlar om unge politisk aktive eksiltibetanarar og er basert på eit feltarbeid i byen McLeod Ganj i Nord-India våren 2008. Avhandlinga tek for seg korleis dei unge tibetanarane handterer den sterke ... -
"IT's a Woman's World" En studie av vennskap, valg og inntrykkskontroll blant unge IT-ansatte i Indias nye middelklasse
(Master thesis, 2009-06-19)Avhandlingen tar for seg hvordan unge kvinner står ovenfor en sterke og ofte motstridende forventninger i det de har flyttet fra inn til IT-byen Bangalore for å studere og arbeide i den indiske IT-indsutrien. Kvinnene ... -
Christian Charity Work in the Contemporary United States -Volunteering as a practice in Houston, Texas
(Master thesis, 2009-06-19)In my thesis I have looked at the challenges and dilemmas facing volunteers at a Christian charity organizations located in Houston, Texas. Philanthropy and volunteerism, or the non-profit sector, are often used as an ... -
To Be in the World But Not of It: American Evangelicals and the Dilemmas of Being Christian in a Secular World
(Master thesis, 2009-06-22)In this thesis I explore how evangelical Christians in two different churches in the US relate to the society they live in, which they regard as secular. I will give insight to their narratives on how they see their lives ... -
Projects, Donors, and Discourses: A Critical Look at Experiences and Representations in a Chinese Environmental NGO
(Master thesis, 2009-12-16)Why are there so many assumptions about NGOs and so fewattempts to describe the projects and procedures of specificNGOs? My thesis looks at the experiences of the leaders andworkers of a NGO in Yunnan, China, and seeks to ... -
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 ... -
“Palestine is everything: my homeland, my religion, my tradition. Without it I am a refugee” Drømmen om retur blant palestinske flyktninger i Rashediyeh, Sør-Libanon
(Master thesis, 2010)Etter "den store katastrofen" (al-nakbah) i 1948, har Palestinere spredt seg utover hele verden, flesteparten i Syria, Jordan og Libanon. I Libanon har det nye hjemmet blitt skapt innenfor flyktningleirer, hvor de har blitt ... -
Buddhism in Popular Culture. The case of Sri Lankan "Tovil dance"
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Pastoralists in Violent Defiance of the State. The case of the Karimojong in Northeastern Uganda
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-05-07)This thesis explores the issue of persistent violence between pastoralists andthe state in north eastern Uganda, probing why after many years of trying to settle theproblems of cattle raiding, armed violence and disorder ... -
You can eat rice but, but you can't eat money. Commercial agriculture and the value of rice in an upland Karen village
(Master thesis, 2010-06-04)My thesis is based on a seven month fieldwork in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand. During these months I held the position as a volunteer in a local Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) while at the same time conducting research ... -
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 ...