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Keep it tight : family, learning and social transformation in New Mexico, United States
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-07) - ThesisThis dissertation examines learning as part of social transformation in a semi-rural town in New Mexico, United States. It incorporates a focus on young people through direct work with children and observations in school ... -
Une ethnographie réciproque : Étudier les vies roms et non-roms en collaboration
(2018-05) - Journal articleMost academic representations of Roma women are produced by non-Roma scholars and the lives of Roma women are generally studied in isolation from those of non-Roma women. In this article we (Liria, a Gitana street seller, ... -
The epidemiologist as culture hero : visualizing humanity in the age of “the next pandemic”
(2016) - Journal articleConcern over the “coming plague,” a projected microbiological catastrophe threatening the survival of humanity, has come to generate a new cinematic figure: the epidemiologist as culture hero. The visual narrative of the ... -
'Homeawayness' : experiencing moments of home among Chinese labour migrants
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisMigration is a major feature of contemporary human life, while making home is ubiquitous. Being away from home creates a space for a migrant to rethink home and to make a home beyond something fixed, spatial, and material. ... -
Not-the-Troubles : an anthropological analysis of stories of quotidian life in Belfast
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisTo understand the complexity of life in a city one needs to consider a spectrum of experience. Belfast has a history of conflict and division, particularly in relation to the Troubles, reflected in comprehensive academic ...
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