Social Anthropology: Recent submissions
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What is a schema? : Invited contribution to symposium on Philippe Descola
(2014) - Journal itemComment on Descola, Philippe. 2013. Beyond nature and culture. Translated by Janet Lloyd with a foreword by Marshall Sahlins. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. -
Self-esteem, dreams & indignation : lessons from an emerging middle-class private high school in Northeast Brazil
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis provides an ethnography of the final year at an emerging middle-class private high school in the Northeast of Brazil. It draws on 15 months of fieldwork, including participant observation in the classroom wherein ... -
Perceiving and participating in cultural heritage : an ethnography about the process of preservation of Ouro Preto, Brazil
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis discusses the promises and pitfalls of city preservation in Ouro Preto, a Brazilian city preserved nationally and hailed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Using interviews, archival material, ethnographic ... -
The path to ethnogenesis and autonomy : Kallawaya-consciousness in plurinational Bolivia
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis examines the construction of ethnic identity, autonomy and indigenous citizenship in plurinational Bolivia. In 2009, the Kallawayas, an Andean indigenous nation, took advantage of legislation in Bolivia’s new ... -
The infliction of descent : an overview of the Capanahua descendants’ explanations of the generative process
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis traces the ways of explaining the generative process by the eastern Peruvian descendants of the Capanahua. These predominately Spanish-speaking people tend to emphasize the discontinuity with their ancestors, ...