Browsing Department of Social Anthropology by Document Types "Master thesis"
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Challenging the Gaze. The study of a Socially Conscious Photographic Initiative based in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2011-06-23)The aim of this thesis is to consider the real life interplay between ambitions and restrictions to aDhaka based photographic initiative, with the core objective to contest stereotypicalrepresentations of Bangladesh in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Conditions and Identities of Young Migrant Workers in the City: An Ethnographic study of ‘Street Children’ in Kumasi, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2016-06-17)Abstract Earlier studies on streetism' or street children' have often focused exclusively on the economic causes and impacts. Economic considerations have often assumed a more prominent position in explaining why children ... -
Connecting Through Dance: The Multiplicity of Meanings of Kurdish Folk Dances in Turkey
(Master thesis, 2012-05-09)The thesis is unraveling a wealth of meaning in a widespread phenomenon amongst Kurds in Turkey; folk dances. I use Andriy Nahachewsky's categories participatory' and presentational' dances to distinguish folk dances as ... -
Crafting Distinctions: Reinventing Work, Desire and Design Among the Petty Bourgeoisie of Paris
(Master thesis, 2015-12-08)The aim of this thesis is not to accurately map out the Bobos as a subculture. I rather seek to unearth this group's practices of aestheticization and commodification as part of their specific ethical values. The Bobos I ... -
Creating a Common Space in a Sectarian Landscape: Social Work andCohesive Action in Post-War Lebanon
(Master thesis, 2005)Through the course of this thesis I will portray and debate the make up, projects andmembers of a small organisation acting within a large context. Aiming to give a thoroughpresentation of Mouvement Social, and to illuminate ... -
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 ... -
Cuba, Santería & The Dances of The Orichas
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Dance encounters. Exploring Cook Islands identity through staged performances.
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"The Dar Hamid Sons' Union". Understanding Political Development Among The Dar Hamid Agro-Pastoralists In North Kordofan, Sudan
(Master thesis, 2012-07-16)The main theme In this thesis I explore the mobilization of a particular civil society organization among the Dar Hamid agro pastoralist people in northern Kordofan, western Sudan . The analysis is based upon information ... -
"De kan jo ikke bare komme hit og lage fred!" Motdiskurser og lokale strategivalg blant en gruppe unge i Mostar, Bosnia og Hercegovina
(Master thesis, 2007)Oppgaven tar for seg en gruppe unge mennesker i Mostar, Bosnia og Hercegovina, som skiller seg ut fra majoriteten ved at de ønsker å bryte med den politiske strukturen der etnisitet blir sementert, og der nasjonalisme og ... -
Defending what is ours: Territorial property rights, maps and indigeneity in the Peruvian central rain forest
(Master thesis, 2012-06-21)The aim of the thesis is to identify and analyse central dynamics in the encounter between the indigenous population and settlers in a Native Community in the Peruvian central Amazon. The indigenous residents are subsistence ... -
Desperate Co‐wives. The illegality of polygamy in the new Mozambi‐can Family Law
(Master thesis, 2008)In 2004 Mozambique approved a new Family Law. The new law substituted a law instituted still during the Portuguese colonial rule. The new law is said to be more in line with the Mozambican Constitution, several international ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Dynamics of changing perspectives: Identity politics, citizen rights and language among the deaf in Norway
(Master thesis, 2013-05-30)This thesis is centered around the two conflicting discourses on deafness. Deafness can be understood as both a medical and cultural terms. However, both these discourses are highly contested. This thesis aims at exploring ... -
Dø for Brann, alle mann! En antropologisk studie av supportermiljøet rundt Sportsklubben Brann.
(Master thesis, 2008)Dø for Brann, alle mann! - en antropologisk studie av supportermiljøet tilknyttet Sportsklubben BrannAv Anita RøssevoldVeileder: Ståle KnudsenJeg gjorde i perioden januar-juli 2007 feltarbeid i supportermiljøet rundt ... -
Ei ny tid for gamle gudar: ein etnografisk studie av Ásatrúarfélagið på Island
(Master thesis, 2020-08-21)I denne oppgåva tek eg for meg trussamfunnet Ásatrúarfélagið på Island. Dette er eit nypaganistisk trussamfunn som vart grunnlagt i 1972 og som fekk status som statleg anerkjent religion på Island i 1973. Dette inneber at ...