Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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The sickness : sociality, schooling, and spirit possession amongst Amerindian youth in the savannahs of Guyana
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisThe goal of this thesis is to explore the recent changes in the social landscape of a Wapishana village, due to long-term separation from kin. I consider the impact of a recent educational shift from small scale community ... -
Becoming the centaur : developing non-dominant human-horse relationships in Yorkshire
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisThis project will add to and build upon the existing anthropological literature on human-animal relations by challenging how categories such as ‘nature’, ‘culture’, ‘ethics’, ‘domestication’, and ‘kinship’ are deployed ... -
"Doctors of our knowledge" : kinship, research, and embodiment in an Amerindian village in Guyana
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisEthnography of how people in Surama—a mostly Makushi, Amerindian Village in the North Rupununi of Region 9 in Guyana—conceive of “work” as social formation, “development” as a local manifestation, and knowledge tied to ... -
The nature and causes of allomorphy in Cuzco Quechua : with special reference to the marking of person and the 'empty morph' ni-
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - ThesisIt is the purpose of this thesis to examine the reasons why Cuzco Quechua, an Amerindian language of Latin America, uses allomorphs, or multiple forms, to represent the minimal semantic units of the language (or morphemes). ...