Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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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, ... -
The meanings of sobreparto : postpartum illness and embodiment of emotions among Andean migrants in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis concerns a postpartum condition known as sobreparto among female Andean migrants in the lowland city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. While sobreparto is a traditionally Andean illness, its occurrence in ... -
Anthropology in the vernacular : an ethnography of doing knowledge on Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis absorbs and reflects on Choiseul Island responses and caution towards the making of anthropological knowledge. Initial interests that can easily become familiar to anthropology as research topics such as village ... -
In the name of the tourist : landscape, heritage, and social change in Chinchero
(University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines social change in the Quechua-speaking town of Chinchero (Peru), located 30 km away from the city of Cuzco. It does so by studying the conditions created by touristic development in the Region. It is ...