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  1. 1. Shamanic performances on the urban scene : neo-shamanism in contemporary Sweden

    Författare :Galina Lindquist; Don Handelman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with neo-shamanism, a set of notions and techniques that originated in the non-Western tribal societies and, within the framework of New Age spirituality, were adapted for the life of contemporary urban dwellers. Neo-shamanic practices are based on consciousness-altering techniques, when the Self is perceived to leave the body, to journey in other realities and to interact with the spiritual beings, enlisting their help for social, psychological, and physical healing. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Local Environment at Stake : The Hallandsås Railway Tunnel in a Social and Cultural Context

    Författare :Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist; Humanekologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; hydraulic engineering; offshore technology; soil mechanics; Civil engineering; ethnology; Cultural anthropology; groundwater; environmental impact; landscape; Facility siting; local community; Hallandsås railway tunnel; Väg- och vattenbyggnadsteknik; etnologi; Kulturantropologi;

    Sammanfattning : A major trend in facility siting research focuses on economic and psychological aspects of land-use regarding the location of potentially hazardous technological facilities including storage for high-level radioactive waste, landfills, chemical plants, large-scale dams, or waste incinerators. Such facilities frequently have profound environmental impact and are often understood by local citizens as intrusions on their environment that threaten landscape, place, and community. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Svensk-amerikaner i Kalifornien: En studie av lågaktiv etnicitet

    Författare :Henrik Tallgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social anthropology; ethnicity; identity; Swedish-Americans; Scandinavian-Americans; religion; California; Turlock;

    Sammanfattning : What does it mean to be a Swedish American?", is the major question addressed in this dissertation. This is divided into several more manageable questions, e.g., how Swedish-Americans express their ethnic identity, and how they are affected by ethnic constructions made in Swedish-American organizations. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Ge ifrån och föra hem: Kognitiva aspekter av pilgrimsfärder i Himalaya

    Författare :Andreas Nordin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pilgrimages; Hinduism; cultural selection; commonality; supernatural actor; counterintuition; supernatural immediacy; gifts; sin; blessing; contamination magic ; psychological essentialism; imagistic mode of religion; theological incorrectness; context of validation; Muktinath; Pasupatinath; Mt. Kailash and Manasarovar;

    Sammanfattning : Pilgrimages to Muktinath, Pasupatinath, Mt. Kailash and Manasarovar in the Tibetan and Nepalese Himalayas form part of a broader South Asian pilgrimage tradtition. Pilgrimages are usually analyzed as culturally heterogenous and conested events. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Becoming Muslim: Meanings of Conversion to Islam

    Författare :Anna Månsson; Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethnology; Cultural anthropology; person-centered ethnography; psychological anthropology; Muslims in the U.S.; Muslims in Sweden; Islam in the West; conversion narrative; conversion to Islam; Muslim identity; identity-making; cognitive models; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Sammanfattning : "Becoming Muslim: Meanings of Conversion to Islam" is an ethnographic study analyzing the identity-making of female Muslim converts. It is based on eighteen in-depth interviews with six women in Sweden and three women in the U.S. LÄS MER