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  1. 1. Såsom en slöja : Den kristna slöjan i en svensk kontext

    Författare :Elisabeth Hallgren Sjöberg; Mohammad Fazlhashemi; Åsa Andersson; Katarina Leppänen; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; veil; Christianity; religion; Pentecostal movement; Church of Sweden; gender; women s liberation; Orientalism; Swedish culture; ethnology; Idéhistoria; slöja; kristendom; religion; pingströrelsen; Svensk kyrkan; genus; kvinnosakskamp; orientalism; svensk kultur; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This study takes its point of departure in the tradition of Christian women covering their hair for religious and cultural reasons, hereafter called veiling. The aim has been to investigate what ideas were projected onto the veil in Sweden during the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as when and how the tradition of veiling disappeared among most Christian Swedes. LÄS MER

  3. 2. “Everybody Welcome to France” : Secularism, Governmentality & Fantasy in the French Republic 2003-2011

    Författare :Per-Erik Nilsson; Mattias Gardell; Joan W. Scott; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; France; republic; nation; integration; assimilation; nationalism; secularism; secularist; secularization; laïcité; Islam; other; veil; identity; tolerance; freedom of conscience; gender equality; citizenship; critical religion; discourse; discourse analysis; illiberalism; republicanism; Religionshistoria; History of Religions; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : What does it mean to be “secular”? How are “secular” identities constructed and negotiated? How can one understand that “secularism” has become an important marker of identity for nationalistic forces in Europe?In the dissertation “Everybody, Welcome to France” the author sets out to inquire into the topic of secularism and national identity in contemporary France. The specific research question is how France has been articulated as a “secular” republic in political speech and legislative text in 2003-2011 and how this articulation relates to conceptions of “nation”, “integration”, and “citizenship”. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Diasporic Narratives of Sexuality : Identity Formation among Iranian- Swedish Women

    Författare :Fataneh Farahani; Lena Gerholm; Beverley Skeggs; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; women’s sexuality; discursive analysis; gender; Islam; Iran; Sweden; veil; virginity; migration; diaspora; agency; hybrid identity; cultural routes; Orientalism; narrative; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the sexuality of Iranian women living in Sweden. Considering sexuality as gendered and socio-culturally constructed, I examine the impact of Iranian Islamic discourses, contemporary socialization and migration on women’s narrations of sexuality. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Silence : Disputes on the Ground and in the Mind among the Iraqw in Karatu District, Tanzania

    Författare :Lars Hagborg; Aud Talle; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; dispute; conflict; reconciliation; narrative; Iraqw; Karatu; Tanzania; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation argues that interpersonal disputes do not escalate among the Iraqw in Karatu district, Tanzania, because of an indigenous institution called wakari, which entails the erasure of all social contact between opponents in an irreconcilable dispute. In order to clarify the relationship between the role of wakari and other factors influencing the unfolding of a dispute, such as the role of the state, social structure and cultural values promoting peace, the dissertation discusses extensively how local communities have been integrated into colonial and post-colonial systems, and how meanings of peace, conflict, prosperity and poverty are articulated in different contexts by different actors. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Population Genetic Methods and Applications to Human Genomes

    Författare :Lucie Gattepaille; Mattias Jakobsson; Kevin Thornton; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Population genetics; Human evolution; Genetic diversity; Genetic differentiation; Adaptation; Population structure; Effective population size; Biology with specialization in Evolutionary Genetics; Biologi med inriktning mot evolutionär genetik;

    Sammanfattning : Population Genetics has led to countless numbers of fruitful studies of evolution, due to its abilities for prediction and description of the most important evolutionary processes such as mutation, genetic drift and selection. The field is still growing today, with new methods and models being developed to answer questions of evolutionary relevance and to lift the veil on the past of all life forms. LÄS MER