Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Sexual discourse about elderly people in Japan and Britain
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThis thesis attempts to pursue and envisage the concrete pathway relating elderly people's sexuality at a discourse level in a broader socio-political context in Japan and Britain as modernised industrial societies. Three ... -
Remaking selves and remaking public space : combating sexual harassment in Cairo post 2011
(University of St Andrews, 2018-06) - ThesisThis thesis focuses on the work of a social movement based in Cairo that dedicated itself to the addressing and reducing sexual harassment, or taḥarush in the streets. Based on a year and five months of fieldwork, this ...