Sökning: "Social Anthropology"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 396 avhandlingar innehållade orden Social Anthropology.

1. 11. Överdosens antropologi : En kontextuell studie

   Författare :Eva-Malin Antoniusson; Socialhögskolan; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; overdose; drug users; retrospective ritualization; national insurance; Social problems and welfare; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring;

   Sammanfattning : The central theme of this thesis is the nature of heavy drug overdose and its social consequences. The aim of the study is to provide a nuanced ethnographic interpretation on the phenomenon concerning drug overdose, especially among drug users using injections as the principle means of administering the drugs. LÄS MER

3. 12. Digitalising Tax, The Kenyan Way : The Travels and Translations of ITax in Kenya

   Författare :Nimmo Osman Elmi; Lotta Björklund Larsen; Claes-Fredrik Helgesson; Corinna Kruse; Richard Rottenburg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Digitalisation; Taxation; Kenya; Technology; Sustainable Development; Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : Kenya, as with other developing countries, has joined the global bandwagon of using digital technologies to increase domestic revenues. Within the new strategies, lie great potential in achieving sustainable development, however, the shift is happening quite rapidly and has been made mandatory within a short period of time. LÄS MER

4. 13. Dream Machine : an Ethnography of Football Migration between Ghana and Sweden

   Författare :Emy Lindberg; Mats Utas; Sten Hagberg; Alexander (Sasha) Newell; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Football; Dreams; Kinship; Family; Race; Time; Labor Migration; Ghana; Sweden; Anthropology of Sports; Postcolonialism; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines football migration between Ghana and Sweden. Based on multi-sited, transnational, part-time ethnographic fieldwork that spanned 22 months between 2017 and 2019, it focuses on the everyday realities of Ghanaian football migrants throughout their labor migration trajectory. LÄS MER

5. 14. Att hjälpa andra : gåvans, rättvisans och medkänslans aporier i frivilligarbete

   Författare :Hanna Bäckström; Linda Berg; Sara Edenheim; Helen Andersson; Lisa Folkmarson Käll; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil society; critical social work; empathy; ethics of care; feminist ethics; gifts; gift-giving; moral perception; poststructuralist ethics; solidarity; street-begging; voluntary social work; civilsamhälle; kritiskt socialt arbete; empati; omsorgsetik; feministisk etik; gåvor; moralisk perception; poststrukturalistisk etik; solidaritet; tiggeri; frivilligt socialt arbete; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis addresses the issue of social work in Swedish civil society, focusing on the ambition and practice of helping others as an existential as well as a social, political and cultural phenomenon. The aim is to study the ambiguities and aporetic conflicts that imbue helping activities and the desire to help others, using ethnographic as well as philosophical method. LÄS MER

7. 15. Shamanic performances on the urban scene : neo-shamanism in contemporary Sweden

   Författare :Galina Lindquist; Don Handelman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with neo-shamanism, a set of notions and techniques that originated in the non-Western tribal societies and, within the framework of New Age spirituality, were adapted for the life of contemporary urban dwellers. Neo-shamanic practices are based on consciousness-altering techniques, when the Self is perceived to leave the body, to journey in other realities and to interact with the spiritual beings, enlisting their help for social, psychological, and physical healing. LÄS MER