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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 52 avhandlingar innehållade orden SOCIAL SCIENCES Social sciences Social anthropology ethnography Social anthropology.
11. Lesbian Lives : Sexuality, Space and Subculture in Moscow
Sammanfattning : This study is an exploration of the lesbian subculture in Russia focusing in particular on the subculture as a unique heterogeneous space of social interaction and cultural production that is not self contained or isolated from mainstream society, but incorporates a variety of cultural flows and traditions that are a part of Russian mainstream culture, other Russian subcultures, or global cultural flows. Some of these cultural flows and traditions are more compatible than other ones. LÄS MER
12. Forests, farmers and the state : environmentalism and resistance in northeastern Thailand
Sammanfattning : The Isan farmers in Ubonratchatani province of Northeast Thailand employ Buddhist as well as modernist environmental arguments to resist the spread of commercial eucalyptus plantations carried out by the state. Villagers affected by the consequences of commercial forestry have made a metaphorical link between eucalyptus, destructive exploitation and coercive power. LÄS MER
13. Sweet Battlefields : Youth and the Liberian Civil War
Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents an ethnography of youth in Liberia and of how their lives became affected by a civil war which raged in the country between 1990 and 1997. The focus is on the experiences, motivations, and reflections of young combatants who fought for a variety of rebel factions. LÄS MER
14. Kärlek i virusets tid : att hantera relationer och hälsa i Zululand
Sammanfattning : Huvudsyftet med avhandlingen är att förstå hur människor tänker om och hanterar kärlek, sexualitet och hälsa i sina vardagliga liv på landsbygden i nordöstra KwaZulu Natal i Sydafrika. Målet är att förstå vad kärlek innebär för dem, men också hur större samhälleliga processer påverkar erfarenheter av kärlek, hälsa och relationer. LÄS MER
15. Living With Bad Surroundings : War and Existential Uncertainty in Acholiland, Northern Uganda
Sammanfattning : War has ravaged Acholiland in northern Uganda since 1986. The Ugandan army is fighting a rebel insurgency group called the Lord’s Resistance Movement/Army. LÄS MER