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  1. 1. "The Body is Made to Move" : Gym and Fitness Culture in Sweden

    Författare :Christina Hedblom; Helena Wulff; Ulf Mellström; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gym; exercise; diet; the body; interpretations; science; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; socialantropologi; Social Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : Ideas about "exercise" and "health" have varied over time and across cultures. With the recent Euro-American fitness trend, a growing number of Swedes now take part in some kind of physical activity at Gyms or Fitness Centers. LÄS MER

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Dream Machine : an Ethnography of Football Migration between Ghana and Sweden

    Författare :Emy Lindberg; Mats Utas; Sten Hagberg; Alexander (Sasha) Newell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Football; Dreams; Kinship; Family; Race; Time; Labor Migration; Ghana; Sweden; Anthropology of Sports; Postcolonialism; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines football migration between Ghana and Sweden. Based on multi-sited, transnational, part-time ethnographic fieldwork that spanned 22 months between 2017 and 2019, it focuses on the everyday realities of Ghanaian football migrants throughout their labor migration trajectory. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Just like couscous : Gender, agency and the politics of female circumcision in Cairo

    Författare :Maria Frederika Malmström; Marita Eastmond; Aud Talle; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; identity; gender; agency; embodiment; senses; body; sexuality; female circumcision; politics; social change; performativity; practice; political Islam; Egypt; Middle East; North Africa; anthropology; identity; gender; agency; embodiment; senses; body; sexuality; female circumcision; politics; social change; performativity; practice; political Islam; Egypt; Middle East; North Africa;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores how female gender identity is continually created and re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices, of which female circumcision is central. In order to do so, the study inquires into the lived experiences and social meanings of female circumcision and femininity as narrated by women from lower class neighbourhoods in Cairo. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Embodied Citizenship in the Making : Bolivian Urban Youth at the Crossroads of Social Hierarchies

    Författare :Nika Rasmussen; Charlotta Widmark; Thaïs Machado-Borges; Andrew Canessa; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth; Social Hierarchies; Citizenship; Everyday Life; Intersectionality; Political Practices; Nationhood; Bolivia; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the body as a nexus for playing out power relations and feelings of belonging. Based upon twelve months of fieldwork amongst young urban people living in La Paz and El Alto, it examines the connections between bodily conceptions, social hierarchies and societal inclusions. LÄS MER