Essays about: "Applied Anthropology"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words Applied Anthropology.

  1. 11. Anemia in the Andes - Health promotion and Ethnography in the Northern Peruvian highlands

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Max Filip Sundqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : Perú; Health Promotion; Applied Anthropology; Development Anthropology; Sociology; Communication for Development; Latin America; South America; Anemia; Ethnography; Qualitative method; Rural Perú; Social Change; Neo Liberalism;

    Abstract : In this study I will present an investigation conducted at two communities in the northernPeruvian highlands during the months of February and March of 2019. I applied an anthropological perspective to Communication for Development and investigated how health promotion concerning anemia was perceived by different groups (health care workers and Patients) at the communities. READ MORE

  3. 12. Beyond Being Physically Active: Culturing the Ageing Body

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Yuanita Budiman; Kei Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : ageing body; active ageing; exercise; social interaction; elderly; embodiment; applied cultural analysis; medical anthropology; qualitative research; ethnography; MACA; Cultural Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how physical activity and social interaction assist in generating better performance of the ageing body. A multifaceted ethnographic material was collected from January to February 2018 at a health and training centre called Gerdahallen, located in Lund, Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 13. Humans as a terrain - A connection between human terrain systems and neoliberalism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Alexander Størner; [2017]
    Keywords : Human terrain system; neoliberalism; antropology; applied anthropology; afghanistan; united states; united states military; social science; ethics; human terrain team; David Price; Montgomery McFate; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis tries to connect how the human terrain system is a development of neoliberalism that anthropologists need to consider. I have explained how the history of anthropology has always have had a connection with the military. READ MORE

  5. 14. Ephemeral Selves: A semiotic cultural analysis of a Swedish bicycle helmet campaign

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Robin Öberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Applied Cultural Analysis; Bicycle Helmets; C.S. Peirce; Cultural Anthropology; Ephemeral Selves; European Ethnology; Evaluation; Governance; MACA; Marketing; Material Culture; Materiality; Mixed-Methods Approach; Performance; Policy; Semiotics; Social Self; Statistics; Traffic Safety Campaign; Qualitative Insight; Cykelhjälmar; Efemära Själv; Europeisk Etnologi; Kvalitativ Insikt; Kulturantropologi; Marknadsföring; Materiell Kultur; Materialitet; Riktlinjer; Semiotik; Socialt Själv; SPSS; Statistik; Styrmedel; Tillämpad Kulturanalys; trafiksäkerhetskampanjer; Uppträdande; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2014, Lund municipality in Sweden handed out 830 bicycle helmets for free. Such governance campaigns are commonplace in Sweden, yet no campaign has ever been evaluated. There are two research aims to this thesis. First, to evaluate how many of the 830 cyclists actually wear the bicycle helmets that they received. READ MORE

  6. 15. 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