Sökning: "physical anthropology"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden physical anthropology.
16. Liquid landscapes: Human-water interactions and water scarcity in Yanque, Peru
Sammanfattning : In the farming district of Yanque in the Southern Peruvian Andes, everyday life revolves around acquiring enough water for irrigation. This thesis concerns water scarcity and focuses on a range of water management practices. LÄS MER
17. Each Day Another Disaster : Politics and Everyday Life in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in the West Bank
Sammanfattning : This anthropological study examines the ways in which Palestinian camp refugees maintain everyday life in a situation that is characterized by chronic disruption, fear and mistrust. It explores how these refugees make sense of displacement and violence and how they uphold a sense of agency in constraining circumstances. LÄS MER
18. Ramadan in Java : The Joy and Jihad of Ritual Fasting
Sammanfattning : FASTING DURING THE holy month of Ramadan is both a joy and a jihad for the Islamic community in Java, and it is arguably the most highly esteemed Muslim ritual in Indonesia (and beyond). To be given the opportunity to abstain from food, drink and sexual relations from the early morning hours until sunset during an entire month in a tropical climate - only to fill the nights with additional and supererogatory Ramadanic rituals - is thus waited upon each year and seen as a true blessing. LÄS MER
19. Health and disease in early Lund, Osteo-pathologic studies of 3,305 individuals buried in the cemetery area of Lund 990-1536
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to characterize the health status of the population in early Lund. This is pursued by an osteological analysis of 3.305 individuals fron three time periods: c. 990-1100, c. LÄS MER
20. Mellan Rum. En studie i fysisk och mental utveckling av kommunikation med utgångspunkt i en mellanstadieklass
Sammanfattning : A Gap: A study in physical and mental development of communication based on a primary school class The primary aim of the dissertation is to describe the role played by body, emotions, and movement in the everyday life of school. This includes both physical and verbal linguistic movements. LÄS MER