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A question of ethics : the creative orthodoxy of Buddhist monks in the Mongolian gold rush
(2016-02-08) - Journal articleAddressing the intersections of economic opportunities and scriptural interpretation, this article examines how Buddhist monks involved in the Mongolian gold rush view the ethics of mining. Commonly regarded an act of theft ... -
History, kinship and comunidad : learning to live together amongst Amahuaca people on the Inuya River in the Peruvian Amazon
(University of St Andrews, 2014) - ThesisThis thesis examines the processes through which Amahuaca people began living in Native Communities where they have legal titles to land, and are organized through the ‘corporate’ body of elected officials mandated by ... -
Blok laif : an ethnography of a Mosbi settlement
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisThis thesis is about urban sociality in the context of an urban settlement in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. I explore issues of urban life through everyday stories of settlers who reside in a settlement (also known as ... -
Guyana and its El Dorados : forest resources and the REDD+ initiative from the perspective of Wakokoa and Isseruru
(University of St Andrews, 2016) - ThesisThis thesis explores the likely outcome of implementing REDD+ initiative in two Amerindian villages in Guyana. The dissertation is based on eighteen months fieldwork in Wakokoa and Isseruru villages. The aim is to ... -
"Others before self" : Tibetan pedagogy and childrearing in a Tibetan children's village in the Indian Himalaya
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisThis anthropological study examines ontogeny of ideas about self and others and approaches human capacity for intersubjectivity as emergent in the course of life, by looking at how it is shaped through mediation of the ...
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