Sökning: "Anthropology of development"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 56 uppsatser innehållade orden Anthropology of development.

1. 1. Vaccine development during a pandemic : A case study of an academic research group in Sweden and their vaccine(s) against SARS-CoV-2

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Författare :Anna Tarnovskaya; [2023]
   Nyckelord :vaccine development; COVID-19; discursive practices; situational analysis; grounded theory; DNA vaccine;

   Sammanfattning : This ethnographic study examines the multiple ways in which a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 disease and infection is known in an academic research group in Sweden. This academic research group has been working to develop a vaccine since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. LÄS MER

3. 2. World Heritage in the Making : An ethnography of the cultural heritage conservation practices in İzmir, Türkiye

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Författare :Ece Karakaş; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Cultural heritage; UNESCO; World Heritage List; heritage conservation; heritage anthropology; multiculturalism; İzmir Studies; Türkiye;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is an ethnographic research of the cultural heritage conservation practices in İzmir, focusing particularly on the heritage site Historical Port City of İzmir’s conservation on individual, local, and global levels from an anthropological point of view. With its ongoing inscription process to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the study aims, first, to understand the motivation behind this inscription, the current conservation practices in the city that are undergone by individual and local actors, and to analyze the impact and connection between the individual, local and global efforts to protect İzmir’s multicultural and multilayered heritage. LÄS MER

4. 3. Healing The Wounds, Bridging The Divide : Exploring “Community Participation” in Post-Conflict Development through Trauma Healing in Rwanda

   Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Författare :Philip Kylilis; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Development; community participation; trauma; trauma healing; Rwanda; Genocide;

   Sammanfattning : “Community participation” is a common concept in contemporary development initiatives worldwide. As an approach, it aims to include the targeted population in its planning and implementation, by recognizing the need in understanding local contexts, beliefs, and values. LÄS MER

5. 4. Nairobi on Board: Skateboarders' Sensory Experiences of Community, Body, and Space

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Författare :Emmi Zittel; [2023]
   Nyckelord :social anthropology; skateboarding; Kenya; collective effervescence; ritual performance; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : In this paper, I argue skateboarding to be a ritualizing performance that acts as a catalyst for transformative energies and heightened emotional states. Aided by the sensory experience of riding a board, powerful feelings of connectedness and unity arise amongst those who practice skateboarding, so intense that they transgress day-to-day social boundaries and temporarily overcome the socioeconomic segregation of ordinary urban life. LÄS MER

7. 5. Ljusrevolution : Effekter av elektrisk belysning i historiska byggnader

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturvård

   Författare :Jonna Savioja Nilsson; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Conservation; historical buildings; lighting; light; electric lighting; heritage values; kulturvård; byggnader; belysning; ljus; historiska byggnader; elektrisk belysning; kulturvärden;

   Sammanfattning : Införandet av elektrisk belysning var en revolution på många områden, inte minst för byggnadsinteriörer. Syftet med belysningsändringar i nutid är ofta förbättringar av byggnadens funktion och tillgänglighet. Samtidigt är ljusbilden viktig för den historiska läsbarheten, stämningen och upplevelsen av en byggnad. LÄS MER