Essays about: "Ethnology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the word Ethnology.

  1. 1. The Lack of Love : The Sacred and the Suffering Experiences of Female Involuntary Celibates

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Maria Brix Rasmussen; [2023]
    Keywords : femcel; Forever Alone Women; FAW; incel; involuntary celibacy; love; online environment; online community; lookism; objectively ugliness; Reddit; Discord; phenomenology; orientation; ethnology; ethnography;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the reality of female involuntary celibates. To understand how the identification of being a female involuntary celibate has developed online in a shared online environment, I explore the experiences from women who identify as femcels and women who identity as forever alone women. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fooling Around : An Ethnological Study of Bigfoot Hoaxes

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Author : Emma Elliott; [2022]
    Keywords : Bigfoot; hoaxing; hoaxers; ethnology; folklore;

    Abstract : This essay aims to get a deeper knowledge of “Bigfoot hoaxes” – how these hoaxes are carried out, by what type of persons, the reasoning behind the hoaxes and the consequences of them. The study investigates Bigfoot hoaxes as described in newspaper articles and in social media contexts, to see if there are any patterns to the hoaxers, the hoaxing activities and how the public reacts to them. READ MORE

  4. 3. Food choices: Negotiating identities and feeling at home in the social landscape of sharing a meal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Tess Waltenburg; [2021]
    Keywords : food; ethnology; cultural analysis; capital; phenomenology; eating habits; diets; sustainability; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This study highlights the sociocultural aspects of food consumption to analyse how identity, relationships and meaning is created in relation to food and meals. By using qualitative methods, a cultural analytical approach and theoretical perspectives by Sara Ahmed and Pierre Bourdieu, the aim is to create a deeper understanding of the sociocultural aspects of food, how it is consumed and how social surroundings can influence dietary choices. READ MORE

  5. 4. Monsters versus Humans : A Comparative Study of the Storytelling about Sasquatch and Stallo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Emma Elliott; [2021]
    Keywords : Sasquatch; Stallo; indigenous people; Native Americans; Sami; North America; Europe; ethnology; folklore; Sasquatch; Stalo; ursprungsbefolkning; ursprungsamerikaner; samer; Nordamerika; Europa; etnologi; folklore;

    Abstract : Abstract Elliott, E. 2022. Monsters versus Humans – A Comparative Study of the Storytelling about Sasquatch and Stallo This essay aims to get a deeper knowledge of how indigenous peoples have created discursive narratives to explain and understand the inexplicable occurrences in existence. READ MORE

  6. 5. Diffractive Assemblies and Invertebrate Spaces: Communal Struggle in the Mexican Anthropocene

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Talia Velez; [2020]
    Keywords : Latin-America; subaltern; postcolonial; decolonial; ethnology; cultural analysis; original peoples; Indigenous peoples; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : The importance of spaces of resistance lies in their ability to subvert and even change the hegemonic discourse. However, and despite extensive research on geopolitics and space-making processes, little has been said on the power that subaltern spaces can have in this area. READ MORE