Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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"Others before self" : Tibetan pedagogy and childrearing in a Tibetan children's village in the Indian Himalaya
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisThis anthropological study examines ontogeny of ideas about self and others and approaches human capacity for intersubjectivity as emergent in the course of life, by looking at how it is shaped through mediation of the ... -
The play, language and lore of Brazilian children in the Recôncavo of Bahia
(University of St Andrews, 1978) - ThesisThe study records and examines the play, language of Brazilian children in the Recôncavo area of the state of Bahia in Northeast Brazil, using an ethnographic-linguistic approach based on fieldwork, there in 1973-1974. The ... -
Emerging peoples : Marubo myth-chants
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisThis thesis explores the ontological grounds of the interrelations between music and myth among the Marubo, one of the several native peoples of the Pano linguistic family who live not far from the adventitious border ... -
Mobilisation and identity within the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
(University of St Andrews, 2005) - ThesisThis thesis examines political mobilisation into secular groups within Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. It focuses on context and identity in order to find out why and how Palestinians in the camps mobilise into these ... -
Italian entrepreneurs of the construction business in a time of economic recession : ideas, strategies and movements
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-22) - ThesisThis thesis is based on an ethnographic study of entrepreneurs of the construction business in Lombardy, Northern Italy. The aim is to gain some understanding of this business, of entrepreneurialism, and of individuals in ...