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  1. 1. Bodily Practices and Medical Identities in Southern Thailand

    Författare :Claudia Merli; Ing-Britt Trankell; Jan Ovesen; Rosalind C. Morris; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; biopolitics; minorities; Muslims; Southern Thailand; childbirth; medical practices; circumcision; embodiment; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores contemporary practices concerning women’s and children’s bodies, with a special focus on postpartum practices, the treatment of the afterbirth and its cosmological dimensions, and male and female circumcision. At the intersection between traditional midwifery and modern medicine, Muslim women cross the boundaries between different cosmologies and medical systems. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Kulturspezifische Interaktionsstile oder Wenn schwedischsprachige und deutschsprachige Arbeitskollegen im Restaurant zu Mittag essen : Eine Studie zur Einbettungskultur in kommunikativer Praxis

    Författare :Christoph Röcklinsberg; Angelika Linke; Jan Anward; Helga Kotthoff; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural theories; cultural styles; communicative practices; embedding culture; intercultural communication; Swedish; German; semiotics; anthropological linguistics; Kulturthema Essen ‘cultural theme meat’ ; talk-in-interaction; talk at work; men’s talk; chronemics; customs and ritual; cultural dimensions.; Kulturteori; kulturella stilar; kommunikativa praktiker; embedding culture ’inbäddningskultur’ ; interkulturell kommunikation; svenska; tyska; semiotik; antropologisk lingvistik; Kulturthema Essen ’kulturtema mat’ ; kulturell samtalsanalys; samtal vid jobbet; män i samtal; kronemik; ritual; kulturella dimensioner; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Interactions are formed and shaped differently from culture to culture. This thesis focuses on this phenomenon and in the first part deals with (from a theoretical view) the question, how the interplay between language-use and culture can be described. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Iranians in Sweden : economic, cultural and social integration

    Författare :Hassan Hosseini-Kaladjahi; Matti Similä; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic integration; discrimination; segmentation; cultural distance; cultural integration acculturation ; cognitive acculturation; normative acculturation; social integration; association; counterculture; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This study explores three dimensions in the integration of Iranian immigrants in Sweden: economic, cultural and social. To test the generalisability of the ideas presented, and to place them in a wider framework the integration of Iranians has been compared with those of three other minorities: Chileans, Poles, and Finns. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Bridging Gaps: Sustainable Development and Local Democracy Processes

    Författare :Jenny Stenberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gap; sustainable development; abstract; four dimensions; top; bottom; successive layers of transformation; local democracy process; interplace;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relation between the notion of sustainable development and broad public participation in local decision-making local democracy processes. The empirical part of the thesis is comprised of a field investigation with the purpose of exploring the potential of the interviewed local professionals to work as transformers of the notion of sustainable development at the local level. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Tre städer, två broar och ett museum : minne, politik och världsarv i Bosnien och Hercegovina

    Författare :Dragan Nikolic; Avdelningen för etnologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Keywords: cultural heritage; post-war society; politics of memory; commemoration; culturicide.;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis deals with ritual remembrance ceremonies enacted in the three towns of Mostar, Jajce and Višegrad in BiH. The Old Bridge in Mostar, the Bridge over the Drina in Višegrad and the AVNOJ Museum in Jajce all carry a material presence that influences everyday life in these localities. LÄS MER