Search for dissertations about: "Anthropology at home"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Anthropology at home.

  2. 6. The force of tradition: Turkish migrants at home and abroad

    Author : Ulla-Britt Engelbrektsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socialantropologi; etnologi; Turkiet; immigration Sverige;

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  4. 7. "Walking in the Spirit" : The Complexity of Belonging in Two Pentecostal Churches in Durban, South Africa

    Author : Kristina Helgesson; Jan-Åke Alvarsson; Lars Hagborg; Rijk van Dijk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Pentecostalism; phenomenology; belonging; South Africa; time; space; home; gender; hope; fear; balance; control; apartheid; anthropology of religion; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; kulturantropologi;

    Abstract : Drawing on anthropological fieldwork carried out in the two Pentecostal congregations Red Hill and Olive Tree in Durban, South Africa, this dissertation discusses the complexity of the experience of belonging among the members. Red Hill is a ‘coloured’ congregation, while Olive Tree is ‘white’; a fact that in present-day South Africa still is of significance for the experience of belonging. READ MORE

  5. 8. Shortchanged : Elderly Women Street Vendors in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

    Author : Adelaida Caballero; Sverker Finnström; Don Kulick; Koenraad Stroeken; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elderly women; old age in Africa; street vendors; Malabo; relational personhood; autonomy in later life; authoritarianism; Equatorial Guinea; cultural gerontology; anthropology of aging; Mujeres mayores; vejez en Africa; comercio informal; Malabo; personalidad relacional; autonomía en la edad avanzada; autoritarismo; Guinea Ecuatorial; gerontología cultural; antropología de la vejez; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Geriatrics; Geriatrik; Genusvetenskap; Gender Studies;

    Abstract : Normative assumptions regarding reciprocity between adult children and elderly parents continue to dominate narratives on later life in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet strenuous socioeconomic conditions make it difficult for families to meet expectations of care and support. READ MORE

  6. 9. 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

  7. 10. In conversation with the Kolam practice: Auspiciousness and artistic experiences among Women in Tamilnadu, South India

    Author : Anna Laine; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; kolam; visual culture; multisensoriality; aesthetics; art; artistic practice; photography; gender; efficacy; agency; hinduism;

    Abstract : This anthropological study explores the kolam, a South Indian practice where women daily draw geometrical images in front of their homes to invite the deities. Through this practice, women engage in social and religious processes. They generate an auspicious atmosphere and become constructed as feminine beings. READ MORE