Search for dissertations about: "Madagascar"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the word Madagascar.

  2. 6. Molecular Profiling of the Population Dynamics : Foundation and Expansion of an Archaic Domesticate

    Author : Arman Ardalan; Peter Savolainen; Love Dalén; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Dog; wolf; dingo; mtDNA; NRY; SNP; Madagascar; Australia; domestication;

    Abstract : "An ‘exponential growth of science’ throughout modern history has been frequently boasted by numerous narcissistic accounts of ‘modern humanity.’ Nonetheless, ‘modern science’ seems to have overwhelmingly compromised on its original promises by fitting into an ‘industrial scheme. READ MORE

  4. 7. The performance of tradition : An ethnography of Hira Gasy popular theatre in Madagascar

    Author : Ingela Edkvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : This study deals with the popular theatre performance of Hira Gasy, and its actors andaudiences in the central highland regions of Imerina and northern Betsileo in Madagascar. The Hira Gasy has developed from a court to a rural performance during the last two centuries, a period influenced by first the British and then by the French presence in the country. READ MORE

  5. 8. Rowing social-ecological systems: morals, culture and resilience

    Author : Jacob von Heland; Carl Folke; Sverker Sörlin; Paul Sinclair; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; resilience; culture; moral; complex social-ecological systems; southern Madagascar; Planetary Boundaries; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Abstract : The shift from management and governance of ecosystems to relational complex adaptive social-ecological systems (SES) emphasizes a dynamic and integrated humans-in-nature perspective. Such a shift also needs to investigate how diversity and differences in cultures and morals relate to the existence of SES. READ MORE

  6. 9. The genus Wahlenbergia s. lat. (Campanulaceae) in tropical Africa and Madagascar

    Author : Mats Thulin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Biology; Biologi;

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  7. 10. The genus Exacum (Gentianaceae)

    Author : Jens Klackenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In this monograph the paleotropical genus Exacum (Gentianaceae) is revised. Sixtyfive species are recognized. Of these, 21 species occur in Ceylon, India and SE Asia, 4 in Socotra and Oman, 38 in Madagascar and 2 in continental Africa. Twenty-three new species are described, one of which, E. READ MORE