Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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Ambiguity, nostalgia, dialectic : Saharan nation-states and the legacy of nomadic pastoralism
(University of St Andrews, 2021-06-28) - Thesis -
Translating identities : 'being a missionary' in Papua New Guinea
(University of St Andrews, 2006) - ThesisMany studies of missionaries have taken an historical perspective, looking particularly at missionaries’ role in colonialism. However, missionaries are still very much part of contemporary Papua New Guinea (PNG), with ... -
Negotiating small differences : conservation organisations and farming in Islay
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThis thesis concerns the relationship between two conservation organisations (Scottish Natural Heritage and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) and farming people in Islay, Scotland. The historical discourse of ... -
The owners : creative processes and personhood in the peasant community of San Pablo de Inkawasi (Lambayeque, Peru)
(University of St Andrews, 2021) - ThesisThis thesis is an exploration of how the Quechua-speaking peasants of the community of San Pablo de Inkawasi, in the Andes of northern Peru, make, grow or own things, domestic plants and animals and their own children; ... -
Echoes of endlessness : time, memory, and experience for heroin users in Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 2020-07-27) - ThesisDrawing on ethnographic research conducted from September 2016 to September 2017 in a county on the east coast of Scotland, this thesis explores heroin and poly-substance use in relation to time, temporality, and memory. ...