Essays about: "anthropology of religion"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the words anthropology of religion.

  1. 16. Creating People and Places : How the journalistic narrative shapes our image of the world

    University essay from Institutionen för religion och kultur

    Author : Jukka Nylund; [2006]
    Keywords : Social Anthropology; Journalism; Place; the distant other; enemy images; the refugee;

    Abstract : Media is one of the most important gateways to the world beyond for most people. Every day we are presented with images of distant places and peoples and the events they are a part of. During the years the way these news events have been presented to the public has changed but still they create images within us of these distant places and peoples. READ MORE

  3. 17. Conservation for Whom? Telling Good Lies in the Development of Central Kalahari

    University essay from Institutionen för religion och kultur

    Author : Anna Stadler; [2005]
    Keywords : Indigenous; Tourism; Central Kalahari; Botswana; Social Anthropology; Conservation; Protected areas; Indigeneity; Socialantropologi; Naturbevarande; Urbefolkning; Turism; Central Kalahari; Botswana;

    Abstract : This essay is based on a study of the relocation of the G//ana and G/wi San from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana. The purpose of the study is to assess the conflicts that have arisen as a result of the relocation-programs, in order to highlight the situation of the San. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Emotional Influence on Human Decision-making : On Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Henrik Levinsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Damasio; Emotions; somatic marker; Philosophical anthropology; Filosofisk antropologi; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : According to Damasio, emotions are essential for the decision-making process in the personal and social domain. This idea supports Damasio's ?somatic marker hypothesis?. The hypothesis is about how emotions function to guide human decision-making processes. READ MORE

  5. 19. Gender, religion and society : a study of women and convent life in coptic orthodox Egypt

    University essay from Kulturantropologiska avdelningen

    Author : Karolina Jeppson; [2003]
    Keywords : Cultural anthropology; egypt; coptic orthodox; monasticism; religion; gender; agency; power; freedom; Kulturantropologi;

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