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Visar resultat 36 - 40 av 52 avhandlingar innehållade orden SOCIAL SCIENCES Social sciences Social anthropology ethnography Ethnography.

1. 36. Ambiguity and the modern order: The Sathya Sai Baba movement in Malaysia

   Författare :Alexandra Kent; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Malaysia; Sathya Sai Baba; religious movement; modernity; politics;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines the Malaysian following of the contemporary Indian godman Sathya Sai Baba, a neo-Hindu guru famed for his miracle-working. This religious innovation has broad appeal among non-Malays, but attempts to formalise and control it have evolved within a middle-class subsection of the Indian community. LÄS MER

3. 37. Topics in the grammar of Kuot, a non-Austronesian language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea

   Författare :Eva Lindström; William McGregor; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Deskriptiv grammatik; papuanska språk; kuot; descriptive linguistics; descriptive grammar; Papuan languages; New Ireland; Papua New Guinea; Papua nya guinea; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Linguistics; Lingvistik; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi; General Linguistics; allmän språkvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis describes certain areas in the grammar of the little-known Kuot language, spoken by some 1,500 people in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. Kuot is an isolate, and is the only non-Austronesian (Papuan) language of that province. The analyses presented here are based on original data from 18 months of linguistic fieldwork. LÄS MER

4. 38. Political corrections : Language activism and regimentation among high school youth

   Författare :Henning Årman; Rickard Jonsson; Tommaso Milani; Sari Pietikäinen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth studies; language activism; school ethnography; language policy; linguistic landscapes; language socialization linguistic anthropology; affect; language ideology; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with senior high school students’ language activism and their efforts to navigate linguistic norms and language ideological geographies in contemporary Sweden. Guided by the traditions of child and youth studies (e.g., James & Prout, 1990) and linguistic anthropology (e. LÄS MER

5. 39. At the Tail of the Buffalo : Van Gujjar pastoralists between the forest and the world arena

   Författare :Pernille Gooch; Humanekologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; indigenous peoples; environmental justice; forest management; the Himalays; nature conservation; forest pastoralism; nomads; phenomenology; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : This study is about how the 'global' becomes localized and how the 'local' is articulated through the 'global'. It deals with the Van (forest) Gujjars, a people of nomadic forest pastoralists who inhabit the Central Himalayas of India. LÄS MER

7. 40. Doing schoolwork : task premisses and joint activity in the comprehensive classroom

   Författare :Kerstin Bergqvist; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; child-centered ideology; comprehensive school; educational ground rules; group work; student activity; student perspectives; task premisses; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Sammanfattning : This study is about teaching and learning as institutionalized phenomena. In particular interest is focused on two issues; firstly, the concrete premisses for learning and communication in what in Swedish school rhetoric is referred to as "student-active" and co-operative working forms, and, secondly, what according to the actors qualifies as work and productive learning in such contexts. LÄS MER