Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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The subversion of everyday life : an anthropological study of radical political practices : the Greek revolt of December 2008
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - Thesis -
In and around Beijing with Mr Yang and others : space, modernisation and social interaction
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06) - ThesisThe aim of my PhD project has been to understand how Hutong residents’ ideas about living space have been different from those living in the high-rise compound and how their concept of living space has been changed by both ... -
Nyungar wiring boodja : Aboriginality in urban Australia
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - ThesisThe present thesis examines the themes of ‘shared history,’ ‘place-making,’ and ‘reconciliation’ to assess how these come together in the establishment of an Aboriginal identity in Perth, Western Australia. Focusing on ... -
Transient observations : the textualizing of St Helena through five hundred years of colonial discourse
(University of St Andrews, 1999) - ThesisThis thesis explores the textualizing of the South Atlantic island of St Helena (a British Overseas Territory) through an analysis of the relationship between colonizing practices and the changing representations of the ... -
Locations of envy : an ethnography of Aguabuena potters
(University of St Andrews, 2012-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis is an anthropological exploration of the envy of Aguabuena people, a small rural community of potters in the village of Ráquira, in the Boyacá region of Andean Colombia. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork ...