Essays about: "Anthropology of Home"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Anthropology of Home.

1. 1. Unfold the Untold Stories: Journey of Permanent Resident, Bangladeshi Migrant Student in Sweden.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : MD Raihan Khandaker; [2024]
   Keywords : Aspirations and achievements of migrant students; Transnationalism and Bangladeshi student migrants in Sweden; Social anthropology; Socio-cultural challenges for migrant students in host countries; Spider net connections; and hidden barriers; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study investigates the experiences of Bangladeshi migrant students who have obtained permanent residency (PR) status in Sweden. This study examines the Bangladeshi migrant students’ aspirations and achievements, daily experiences, and challenges in maintaining their transnational identities in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. Foreign students, loneliness, and the Swedish language : Analysis of social and cultural experiences of creating a community in Uppsala

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Lars Wester; [2022]
   Keywords : Keywords: International students; mobility; Imagined communities; imaginaries; local belonging; sensory anthropology;

   Abstract : This Bachelor thesis is about international students, who travelled to Uppsala to study abroad during the autumn exchange term, which took place between September 2021 to January 2022. Four students from different countries were interviewed about their cultural and social experiences when the students studied abroad and how they oriented themselves in a foreign environment. READ MORE

4. 3. The Snowball Effect: the paradoxes of modern gender roles of the middle-class parents of Copenhagen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Hald Ytzen; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Anthropology; Parenthood; Gender Equality; Governmentality; Biopower; Masculinity; Intensive Mothering; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores access to central knowledge platforms of middle-class parents within the context of Copenhagen. Through a qualitative approach, including interviews and participant observation, access to the 3 main knowledge platforms is explored: firstly, direct contact with municipality health care visitors in the home; secondly, maternity groups constructed according to homogenic ideals and finally, the online community of Facebook. READ MORE

5. 4. Navigating Protracted Liminality - An anthropological study of the experiences of Syrian refugees in Istanbul in re-establishing livelihoods after displacement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nicoline Alletorp; Naya Marie Nord; [2016]
   Keywords : Social anthropology; Syrian refugees; Turkey; livelihoods; liminality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : On the basis of ethnographic fieldwork, this thesis sheds light on the experiences of urban Syrian refugees in re-establishing livelihoods in Istanbul after displacement. The first part of the thesis identifies social exclusion mechanisms, including lack of access to a stable legal status, education and permission to work legally, as well as extensive discrimination and harassment as constituting central challenges in the pursuit of livelihoods. READ MORE

6. 5. Living with Your Own Kind at the End of Life:

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Nanna Munch Larsen; [2015]
   Keywords : needs; culture; profiling; nursing home; social anthropology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is about the global trend of the profiling of nursing homes, with specific focus on two empirical cases of profiled nursing homes in Sweden and Denmark. The profiled nursing homes, and their social dynamics, are analyzed on the basis of data collected through ethnographic fieldwork and additional documentation. READ MORE