Sökning: "kulturantropologi uppsala"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 95 avhandlingar innehållade orden kulturantropologi uppsala.

1. 1. La Famiglia : The Ideology of Sicilian Family Networks

   Författare :Eva Carlestål; Jan Ovesen; Johan Leman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Sicily; anthropology; family; matrifocality; kinship; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; kulturantropologi; HUMANITIES and RELIGION;

   Sammanfattning : Anthropological data from fieldwork carried out among a fishing population in western Sicily show how related matrifocal nuclear families are tightly knit within larger, male-headed networks. The mother focus at the basic family level is thereby balanced and the system indicates that the mother-child unit does not function effectively on its own, as has often been argued for this type of family structure. LÄS MER

3. 2. "Walking in the Spirit" : The Complexity of Belonging in Two Pentecostal Churches in Durban, South Africa

   Författare :Kristina Helgesson; Jan-Åke Alvarsson; Lars Hagborg; Rijk van Dijk; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Pentecostalism; phenomenology; belonging; South Africa; time; space; home; gender; hope; fear; balance; control; apartheid; anthropology of religion; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; kulturantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : Drawing on anthropological fieldwork carried out in the two Pentecostal congregations Red Hill and Olive Tree in Durban, South Africa, this dissertation discusses the complexity of the experience of belonging among the members. Red Hill is a ‘coloured’ congregation, while Olive Tree is ‘white’; a fact that in present-day South Africa still is of significance for the experience of belonging. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Threatened Paradise : Tourism on a Greek Island

   Författare :Peter Smekal; Jan Ovesen; Julie Scott; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Greece; Kárpathos; tourism; anti-tourism; tourist typologies; repeat vacationing; tour guides; host-guest relations; festivals; guidebooks; tourist media; Orientalism; lifestyles; social distinctions; Romanticism; nostalgia; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; kulturantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is about attitudes and practices of foreign tourists in Ólymbos, a village in the north of the Greek island of Kárpathos. Based upon several periods of fieldwork from 1999 to 2005, it focuses on the discomfort with tourism and the tourist role which is shared by many holidaymakers, and which also can be found in various types of representations of the area. LÄS MER

5. 4. Paths to Adulthood: Freedom, Belonging, and Temporalities in Mbunda Biographies from Western Zambia

   Författare :Michael Barrett; Per Brandström; Lars Hagborg; Art Hansen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Zambia; Mbunda; youth; gender; social change; migration; urban-rural relations; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : In this study, Michael Barrett explores the relationship between adulthood and historical processes in a rural district of Western Zambia. Approaching the life cycle from a perspective of social practice, the potential and limits of conditioning is illuminated through ethnography and life histories of Mbunda people in Kalabo District of Western Province. LÄS MER

7. 5. Just Labor : Labor Ethic in a Post-Soviet Reindeer Herding Community

   Författare :Vladislava Vladimirova; Hugh Beach; Piers Vitebsky; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Cultural anthropology; labor ethic; reindeer herding; ethnic obshchina; postsocialism; sovkhoism; Kola Peninsula; Russian Sami; Kulturantropologi; kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : This book explores the main ethical norms that influence labor in reindeer herding in the European part of the Russian North (Murmansk Region). It is based on the assumption that Soviet ideological discourse of labor has been reinterpreted in practice, and has shaped specific patterns of work that may seem contradictory to their official source. LÄS MER