Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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Relations that unite and divide : a study of Freedom of Information legislation and transparency in Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 2009-06-23) - ThesisThis research (the first long-term ethnographic study of FOI in Britain) investigates concepts at the heart of FOI - transparency, trust, secrecy, truth, private, public, power and agency. Eighteen months participant ... -
Syntactic relations in San Martin Quechua
(University of St Andrews, 1977) - ThesisLinguistic description has been described as "the application of a particular linguistic theory to a selected field of linguistic phenomena". The thesis presented here offers a partial application of Axiomatic Functionalism, ... -
Carving wood and creating shamans : an ethnographic account of visual capacity among the Kuna of Panamá
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06-25) - ThesisThis thesis is an ethnographic account of the carving of wooden ritual statues and of the shamanic figure of the seer among the Kuna of the San Blas archipelago of Panamá. Through a study of the production of wooden ritual ... -
Culture of indifference : dilemmas of the Filipina domestic helpers in Hong Kong
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06-25) - ThesisIn this study, an examination of the everyday experiences of the contract migrant Filipina domestic helpers exposes a culture of indifference which pervades the Hong Kong society on all levels--individual, community, and ... -
Gente de isla - island people : an ethnography of Apiao, Chiloé, southern Chile
(University of St Andrews, 2008-06-24) - ThesisThis thesis is based upon fieldwork carried out in the island of Apiao, in the archipelago of Chiloé, southern Chile. It is an ethnographic exploration of the way the small community of Apiao conceive of communication and ...