Sökning: "Sverker Finnström"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sverker Finnström.
1. Ugandan Experiences in a Changing World : Essays on Postcoloniality, Conflict, Coping and Reconciliation
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2. 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
3. Bad Guys, Good Life : An Ethnography of Morality and Change in Kisekka Market (Kampala, Uganda)
Sammanfattning : Based on ethnographic data gathered over a period of almost three years, this dissertation scrutinizes the everyday lives of informal workers selling auto parts in Kisekka Market, central Kampala. Its ambition is to understand how the workers navigated a highly moralized environment in today’s Uganda, where the supposed moral deterioration of society is passionately discussed in public and in private. LÄS MER
4. 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
5. Walking the Line : Female Wedding Ngoma in Zanzibar
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the music of two female ngoma, or music-dance events, that are associated with weddings in Zanzibar: unyago and msanja. Zanzibar is a Muslim island, and there are distinct social spheres for men and women, each with their own norms and expectations with regards to speech, dress, and behavior. LÄS MER