Search for dissertations about: "Lisa Åkesson"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Lisa Åkesson.

  2. 1. Making a life: Meanings of migration in Cape Verde

    Author : Lisa Åkesson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Cape Verde; culture of migration; transnationalism; sending country perspective; kinship; life-making;

    Abstract : This anthropological study examines the meanings and practices associated with migratin in Cape Verde, and the social an historical space in which these are produced. More specifically, it analyses an ideology of migration that concerns collective experiences of Cape Verde's history, political economy, ecology and geography as well as notions about the life of the person. READ MORE

  4. 2. Tales to Transit : Sub-Saharan African Migrants’ Experiences in Istanbul

    Author : Brigitte Suter; Maja Povrzanović Frykman; Björn Fryklund; Lisa Åkesson; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Abstract : This dissertation presents the transit experiences of migrants from Sub-Saharan African countries in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. Although the narratives of the individuals met in the course of fieldwork in Istanbul are the primary focus, the thesis also outlines the larger macro-structural conditions faced. READ MORE