Browsing Institutt for sosialantropologi by Document Types "Master thesis"
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A Moral Economy of Academic Minority Inclusions
(Master thesis, 2019)Scholarly discussions on the value of minority inclusion within the university places emphasis on confrontational struggle between claims for regulative facilitation of student wellbeing and claims for individual academic ... -
A review of scientific literature: pertaining the relationship between social media, political disinformation, and political polarization in the United States.
(Master thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven hevder at til tross for fremveksten av sosiale medier at politisk polarisering har økt jevnt siden 1960-tallet, men at sosiale medier legger til rette for ulike typer "perfekte miljøer" som intensivere ... -
A Spiritual Journey to the East: Experimentation in Alternative Living Among Western Travelers in a Spiritual Community in India
(Master thesis, 2013)What makes people from the West pursue happiness and inner self-fulfillment in a spiritual community in India? What triggers people to embark on a spiritual quest, and more importantly, what do they find? This thesis is ... -
A Touch of Alterity: A Study of a WWI/II Re-enactment Group in the West Country of the UK.
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven tilnærmer seg historisk “re-enactment” som gjennomføring av kulturell arv. Gjennom å gjøre re-enactment deltar folk i aktiviteter som hjelper dem å komme i kontakt med deres historie. Ved å leve, spise og ... -
Aktivisering og terapi gjennom samhandling med dyr : en studie av dyreassisterte intervensjoner i Trøndelag
(Master thesis, 2015)Denne masteroppgaven omhandler bruken av dyreassisterte intervensjoner (DAI) i Trøndelag. Gjennom empiriske eksempler fra fire ulike steder som driver med DAI gir oppgaven et innblikk i ulike former for DAI, ideologien bak ... -
"As if we have become used to it" – Time and practice amongst students in the economic crisis in Greece
(Master thesis, 2017)Greece has since the revelation of its public debt in 2009 experienced an economic crisis. Governments in Greece has since the emergence of the economic crisis implemented austerity measures, such as tax hikes and cuts in ... -
Bananas and Bullets: Non-Governmental Governmentality in Sri Lanka
(Master thesis, 2012)The state and the civil society are often presented as two opposing forces in both popular and academic circles. The state is ascribed with vertical properties, while the civil society, and thereby NGOs, are “rooted” and ... -
Becoming a "Foreigner" in Norway: The Experience of Policy-Based Civic Integration
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne masteravhandlingen utforsker utviklingen av samfunnsintegrering som et politisk tiltak i Norge. Gjennom beretningene til informanter fra feltstedet, et ressurssenter for innvandrere, diskuteres konsekvensene av ... -
Being Rwandan in Quebec: The Influence of Rwandan Politics on Identity Formation, Social Relations and Organisation in the Diaspora.
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis concerns Rwandese emigrants living in Quebec, Quebec, Canada, and the relations between them. It is based on 7,5 months ethnographic research in Quebec. The Rwandan diaspora in Quebec is constituted of individuals ... -
Beitegris i Trøndelag - En tradisjon i emning
(Master thesis, 2021)Den overordnede tesen i denne avhandlingen er at beitegris i Trøndelag er et fremvoksende fenomen, motivert av dyrevelferdsforestillinger og lokalmats kulturelle identitetspolitikk. Jeg har utforsket beitegris i Trøndelag, ... -
Blogg som arena for akkumulering av kapital - En studie i bloggeres semiotiske ressurser i et multimodalt spill
(Master thesis, 2017)Masteroppgaven gjør en sosialantropologisk analyse av norske blogger og bloggeres akkumulering av kapital, med utgangspunkt i Pierre Bourdieus begreper om sosial- og kulturell kapital. Ved hjelp av caser og eksempler ... -
«But I Don't Want to Touch the Cow Poop!» A Study of the Generational Differences in the Interpretation of Rites of Passages among the Newars of Kathmandu Valley
(Master thesis, 2018)Among the Newars, the indigenous inhabitants of Kathmandu valley, rites of passage are a central part of society. Through this thesis I will explore the differences between youth and adults in the interpretation of rites ... -
"Cambio!" : a study of economic instability in Buenos Aires, Argentina
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis attempts to describe some of the techniques that are employed to preserve economic value in Argentina, when the peso looses its purchasing power through inflation, and the exchange rate towards the US dollar ... -
Città del buon vivere : en studie av slow living og la dolce vita i den italienske byen Positano
(Master thesis, 2016)Denne avhandlingen omhandler Cittàslow- bevegelsens effekt i den italienske byen Positano. Den ser på hva Slow representerer for lokalbefolkningen, og hvordan denne livsstilen påvirkes i møte med den globale turismen. ... -
Creating stability in constant uncertainty : dealing with crisis in the Chilean aquaculture industry
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis is the result of a fieldwork conducted in Fish Inc., a Chilean branch of a Norwegian-owned company dealing with equipment for fish farming. The Chilean aquaculture industry has since the sanitary and financial ... -
Deliberating liberty : a study of social freedom among tea farmers in rudal Japan
(Master thesis, 2016)This ethnographic master’s thesis was prompted by a fieldwork at the Obubu tea company in Wazuka, a tea farming village in the countryside of Japan. The research method was one of participant observation, primarily by full ...