Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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'Es una comunidad libre' : contesting the potential of indigenous communities in southeastern Bolivia
(University of St Andrews, 2012-06-21) - ThesisThe thesis is a study of a Guaraní community (comunidad) situated in the Department of Santa Cruz in the southeastern lowlands of Bolivia. The thesis uses the concept of ‘comunidad’ as a focus of investigation. While this ... -
The social reproduction of Jamaica Safar in Shashamane, Ethiopia
(University of St Andrews, 2011-11-30) - ThesisSince the 1950s, men and women, mainly Rastafari from the West Indies, have moved as repatriates to Shashamane, Ethiopia. This is a spiritually and ideologically oriented journey to the promised land of Ethiopia (Africa) ... -
Epidemic events : state-formation, class struggle and biopolitics in three epidemic crises of modern China
(University of St Andrews, 2010-06-25) - ThesisBased on extended research on Chinese medical and epidemiological archival material dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, and on six months of internship in epidemiology in Beijing’s Medical School and in Haidian ... -
Kametsa asaiki : the pursuit of the 'good life' in an Ashaninka village (Peruvian Amazonia)
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis thesis is an ethnographic study of the pursuit of kametsa asaiki (‘the good life’) in an Ashaninka village by the Bajo Urubamba River (Peruvian Amazonia). My study centres on Ashaninka social organization in a context ... -
Placing Paamese : locating concerns with place, gender and movement in Vanuatu
(University of St Andrews, 2011-06) - ThesisThis is a study of coming to know what it is to be Paamese. The work seeks to present an anthropological understanding of ontological concerns that constitute a Paamese perception of subjectivities. I take my lead from ...