Social Anthropology Theses: Recent submissions
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The way of the unfinished : approaching migrant lives in São Paulo through resonance
(University of St Andrews, 2016-10-07) - ThesisIn following several international migrants in the city of São Paulo, I found that inarticulate moments of hesitation, uncertainty, or suspension punctuated their trajectories. These fleeting and subtle instances revealed ... -
Bridging worlds : movement, relatedness and social change in two communities of Cartagena de Indias Bay
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisThe island of Barú, located along the Atlantic coast of Colombia, has occupied, since the colonial era, a geographical and social interstitial position. The island was a strategic space in key processes and events of ... -
The perpetual return of the ancestors : an ethnographic account of the Southern Tepehuan of Mexico and their deities
(University of St Andrews, 2015) - ThesisThis thesis is an ethnographic account of the different ritual domains of interaction between the O’dam of Northern Mexico and their gods. For the O’dam, also known as the Southern Tepehuan, gods, divinities, and ... -
Self-esteem, dreams & indignation : lessons from an emerging middle-class private high school in Northeast Brazil
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis provides an ethnography of the final year at an emerging middle-class private high school in the Northeast of Brazil. It draws on 15 months of fieldwork, including participant observation in the classroom wherein ... -
Perceiving and participating in cultural heritage : an ethnography about the process of preservation of Ouro Preto, Brazil
(University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - ThesisThis thesis discusses the promises and pitfalls of city preservation in Ouro Preto, a Brazilian city preserved nationally and hailed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Using interviews, archival material, ethnographic ...