Sökning: "Cultural Anthropology"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 215 avhandlingar innehållade orden Cultural Anthropology.
11. Shortchanged : Elderly Women Street Vendors in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
12. Local Environment at Stake : The Hallandsås Railway Tunnel in a Social and Cultural Context
Sammanfattning : A major trend in facility siting research focuses on economic and psychological aspects of land-use regarding the location of potentially hazardous technological facilities including storage for high-level radioactive waste, landfills, chemical plants, large-scale dams, or waste incinerators. Such facilities frequently have profound environmental impact and are often understood by local citizens as intrusions on their environment that threaten landscape, place, and community. LÄS MER
13. Medicine for Uncertain Futures : A Nigerian City in the Wake of a Crisis
Sammanfattning : The Nigerian city of Jos used to be seen as a peaceful place, but in 2001 it was struck by clashes that arose from what was largely understood as issues of ethnic and religious belonging. The event, which would become known as ‘the crisis’, was experienced as a rupture and a loss of what the city had once been, and as the starting point of a spiral of violence that has continued up to today. LÄS MER
14. Derrière la vitrine du développement : Aménagement forestier et pouvoir local au Burkina Faso
Sammanfattning : Cette �tude se base sur des recherches ethnographiques men�es dans un village nuni autour d?un projet de d�veloppement au Burkina Faso. Elle se situe dans une dynamique relationnelle � homme-soci�t�-ressources � qui met en lumi�re des enjeux socio-politiques et �conomiques, qui sont notamment des espaces de pouvoir, de compl�mentarit� et d?exclusion d?acteurs. LÄS MER
15. SOMETHING GOOD BUT NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF : Inheritance and Succession Practices, and Sociopolitical Stakes in Times of Decentralization in Marracuene, Mozambique
Sammanfattning : This ethnographic study focuses on inheritance and succession practices and sociopolitical stakes in present-day Marracuene in southern Mozambique. It explores how in contexts of rapid economic, social, cultural and political change, individuals, social actors and institutions deal with inheritance and succession rights, both when the property holders and incumbents are still alive and after they have passed away. LÄS MER
