Search for dissertations about: "anthropology"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 358 swedish dissertations containing the word anthropology.

2. 21. "The Body is Made to Move" : Gym and Fitness Culture in Sweden

   Author : Christina Hedblom; Helena Wulff; Ulf Mellström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gym; exercise; diet; the body; interpretations; science; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; socialantropologi; Social Anthropology;

   Abstract : Ideas about "exercise" and "health" have varied over time and across cultures. With the recent Euro-American fitness trend, a growing number of Swedes now take part in some kind of physical activity at Gyms or Fitness Centers. READ MORE

4. 22. Exile Warriors : Violence and Community among Hutu Rebels in the eastern Congo

   Author : Anna Hedlund; Socialantropologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Democratic Republic of Congo; Eastern Congo; Rwanda; violence; war; rebel camp; genocide; community; Hutu; identity; structural violence; political violence; rebels; soldier; civilian; refugees; exclusion; victim; perpetrator; Goma; Bukavu; armed groups; post-genocide; conflict; anthropology;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an anthropological study of war and violence in the volatile eastern territories of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ethnographic focus is on one of the largest rebel groups currently operating in the Congo conflicts, the Hutu-dominated Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). READ MORE

5. 23. Ambiguous artefacts : solar collectors in Swedish contexts : on processes of cultural modification

   Author : Annette Henning; Kay Milton; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

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6. 24. Knowledge as Action : An Anthropological Study of Attac Sweden

   Author : Hilma Holm; Socialantropologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; globalisation; global justice movement.; knowledge; social movement; Sweden; Attac; anthropology;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine knowledge production around globalisation and politics in Attac Sweden. As a part of the global justice movement that emerged in the 1990s, the organisation Attac Sweden related to a larger process. READ MORE

7. 25. Call for Protection : Situating Journalists in Post-Cold War Romania in a Global Media Development Discourse

   Author : Urban Larssen; Karin Norman; David A. Kideckel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; journalism; Romania; public sphere; development; NGO activism; protection; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

   Abstract : This study deals with the development of journalism in post-Cold War Romania, and it does so with a particular interest in the transnational dimension this entails.Many NGOs and international organizations are currently seeking to monitor journalists’ situations in countries around the world, while at the same time aiming at having the whole world aligned with international standards of the journalistic profession. READ MORE