Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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Little Being in the Great Art Worlds : an anthropological study on self, creativity, aspiration and escape among young Chinese artists in London
(2025-06-30) - ThesisThis thesis delves into the life and art-practice experiences of young Chinese artists (also Chinese-speaking and Sino-phone artists) navigating the art scenes of London. Drawing from a year-long fieldwork study, it explores ... -
Ghosts and ancestral spirits as witnesses of World War Two in Papua New Guinea
(2025-06-30) - ThesisMy thesis explores relationships with the ‘ghosts of war’ – foreign war dead from Australia, Japan, and the United States – in former battlefield sites in Papua New Guinea. I focus on two sites prominent in PNGs World War ... -
'We are a kula people' : spatiotemporal roads of care in southeastern Papua New Guinea
(2025-06-30) - ThesisIn this thesis I examine the implications of the statement ‘we are a kula people’ made by my participants in Duau, located on the northeastern corner of Normanby Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. Specifically ... -
Rivers of knowledges : Indigenous academics’ experiences in Brazilian universities
(2025-06-30) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the dialogue between Indigenous knowledges and academic knowledge within Brazilian universities, exploring whether such a dialogue exists and how it is being shaped. It examines the potential for ... -
The good energy : community, ethics, and the economy in an Italian electricity cooperative
(2025-06-30) - ThesisBased on 17 months of ethnographic fieldwork — conducted both online and in-person — with ènostra, a renewable energy cooperative headquartered in Milan, Italy, this doctoral research investigates the cooperative’s trajectory ...