Sökning: "physical anthropology"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden physical anthropology.

1. 6. Personhood and human-spirit relations among the Yuracaré of the Bolivian Amazon

   Författare :Annica Djup; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Amazonia; Bolivia; Yuracaré; personhood; soul; body; gender; human-spirit-relations; cosmology; animism.;

   Sammanfattning : This anthropological dissertation is based on fieldwork carried out among Yuracaré people in the Bolivian Amazon. The study explores local conceptions of personhood and human-spirit relations by looking into Yuracaré life cycle practices and associated ideas, particularly in connection with birth, girls’ initiation (menarche), illness and death. LÄS MER

3. 7. Shortchanged : Elderly Women Street Vendors in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

   Författare :Adelaida Caballero; Sverker Finnström; Don Kulick; Koenraad Stroeken; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Elderly women; old age in Africa; street vendors; Malabo; relational personhood; autonomy in later life; authoritarianism; Equatorial Guinea; cultural gerontology; anthropology of aging; Mujeres mayores; vejez en Africa; comercio informal; Malabo; personalidad relacional; autonomía en la edad avanzada; autoritarismo; Guinea Ecuatorial; gerontología cultural; antropología de la vejez; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology; Geriatrics; Geriatrik; Genusvetenskap; Gender Studies;

   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

4. 8. The Give and Take of Disaster Aid. Social and Moral Transformation in the Wake of the Tsunami in Sri Lanka

   Författare :Carolina Ivarsson Holgersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Sri Lanka; disaster; aid; giving; morality; cosmology; Buddhism; philantrophy; religion; economy; recieving;

   Sammanfattning : The act of giving reflects the most basic principles of morality and has therefore constituted a classical anthropological field of inquiry. The importance of giving, receiving and reciprocating for the shaping and consolidation of social relations has long been recognized. LÄS MER

5. 9. Transforming Kiruna : Producing Space, Society, and Legacies of Inequality in the Swedish Ore Fields

   Författare :Elisa Maria López; Vladislava Vladimirova; Sverker Finnström; Reetta Toivanen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Space; nature; inequality; Sweden; Kiruna; mining; Sámi; reindeer herding; urban planning; displacement; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : Extractive resources industries are irreversibly transforming land, air, water, life and society around the world at an unprecedented rate, and Sweden is no exception. This anthropological study analyzes acute issues related to this transformation:  the resettlement of six thousand residents of the city of Kiruna due to ground deformations caused by large-scale iron mining by the Swedish state-owned company LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB). LÄS MER

7. 10. Worse than Complex

   Författare :Petter Törnberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Evolutionary Developmental Theory; Complexity; Transitions; Naturalism; Innovation; Wicked Systems; Social Movements; Digital Trace Data; Innovation Society; Critical Realism;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of "naturalism" (the notion of a continuity between the human realm and the rest of natural phenomena) under the banner of Complexity Science. LÄS MER