Essays about: "Applied Anthropology"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words Applied Anthropology.
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6. Constructing the Ideal Parent in Post-Genocide Rwanda : Social Engineering and Informality in Kigali Settlements after Genocide
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : Previous studies of post-genocide Rwanda illutrates how nation-building and the government’s urgency to break with the past results in aims to rearrange society in order to prevent further violence and hostility. Developmental aims are also embedded in the broader project of post-genocide nation-building, adapted to promote a new and improved way of life after the genocide. READ MORE
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7. The adaption of cultural activities : A qualitative study on families with young children during a pandemic
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITAbstract : Libraries play an important role in society by offering cultural activities to families with younger children. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the libraries had to restrict their services. Due to the restrictions, families have lost many of the opportunities that the library offered. READ MORE
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8. The Enchantment of Noble Masculinity : A look at the material enchantment of nobility through the professional uniforms of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt in fin de siècle Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/ModevetenskapAbstract : The analytical framework of enchanted objects has mainly been studied in the fields of anthropology and religion, but can equally be applied to fashion and dress. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the material process of enchantment through the fragments of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt’s professional uniforms from fin de siècle Sweden. READ MORE
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9. The Engineering Person : Arendt and an Anthropology of Engineering Ethics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : In this thesis Hannah Arendt’s theories of science and technology are applied in an ethnographic study of engineering ethics. Seeking to gain further understanding of Arendt’s thoughts, her concepts of The Archimedean Point and Earth Alienation is applied in interviews with engineering students in Sweden’s Uppsala University. READ MORE
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10. TURN THE LIGHTS ON: A multilevel analysis of sustainable energy implementation in the global south: The case of Monkey Bay, Malawi
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development StudiesAbstract : Nation-wide access to sustainable energy is central to socio-economic development in Malawi. It is particularly challenging in rural areas where a significant amount of the population does not have access to energy, let alone sustainable energy. READ MORE