Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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Development agencies and their clients : the case of the En Nahud smallholder agricultural project (ENSAP), Sudan
(University of St Andrews, 1994) - ThesisThis thesis is concerned with rural development in Ghubeish village communities in En Nahud district, Northern Kordofan, Sudan. The area currently experiences an intervention in its traditional rain-fed agriculture by an ... -
Anthropology and development planning, with special reference to a large-scale agricultural project in Sudan
(University of St Andrews, 1989) - ThesisThis thesis is concerned with rural development in Nuba peasant communities of the Southern Kordofan region, Sudan. Peasants have always been considered by planners as scapegoats for the failure of state-designed rural ... -
The true, the good, and the beautiful : the dark side of humanist science ; a study in the anthropology of science and social history
(University of St Andrews, 2004) - ThesisHow do we systematise our knowledge without undermining mores and beliefs that have thus far guided our conduct? How do we account for free will in a cosmos made of molecules and universal laws? Is a metaphysical rebellion ... -
"Re-designing the nation": politics and Christianity in Papua New Guinea's national parliament
(University of St Andrews, 2018-06-28) - ThesisMy thesis addresses how Christianity can constitute itself as a creative force and a form of governance across different scales. I carried out 12 months of fieldwork between 2013 and 2015 in Papua New Guinea’s National ... -
The Hardtowners : an ethnographic study focused on a group of long-term unemployed one-parent families living within a Dundee council estate
(University of St Andrews, 2004) - ThesisThis is an ethnographic description and investigation of life on a Scottish council estate. It is based on five unemployed one-parent life histories focusing on their experiences, knowledge and emotions in and around a ...