Essays about: "Gypsies"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the word Gypsies.

  1. 6. CONSTRUCTION OF MOKEN IDENTITY IN THAILAND : A CASE STUDY IN KURABURI

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Sun Mee Lee; [2009]
    Keywords : “sea gypsies”; Moken; Thailand; ethnic identity; internal external definition; negotiating identity.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore Moken identity in Thailand and to expand the knowledge about them. Many Moken live on Surin Island and other islands, but some of them managed to settle down on the mainland after the tsunami in 2004. This is a case study of the Moken living in a village in Kuraburi. READ MORE

  3. 7. THE HUMAN RIGHT TO EDUCATION OF THE VANNIYALA-ETTO COMMUNITY (THE FOREST-DWELLERS) IN SRI LANKA AS AN EMPWERMENT RIGHT

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Shirani Rajapakse; [2006]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sri Lanka is a small island in the Indian Ocean with a population of 19.5 million. UN (2005), <&semichttp://news.bbc. READ MORE

  4. 8. Children's Welfare in Multicultural Societies : A Case study of the Norwegian Rom people's Resistance towards Education

    University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Sigrid Anna Eggen; [2006]
    Keywords : Multiculturalism; cultural rights; children s rights; liberalism; toleration; paternalism;

    Abstract : The Norwegian Rom community (Gypsies) leads a life outside large society. Most of the members are illiterate and poor and they are dependent on social security. Moreover, the Rom children are not going to school because education is not a part of the Rom culture. READ MORE

  5. 9. Urak Lawoi : A fieldstudy of the original people the Urak Lawoi of the Andaman Sea, Ko Lanta - and the problems they face with rapid tourism development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Ann-Charlotte Granbom; [2005]
    Keywords : Urak Lawoi; sea gypsies; Chao Ley; Chao Lay; sea nomads; boat people; indigenous people; tourism; lifestyles; båtfolk; nomader; ursprungsbefolkningar; turism; livsstilar; Thailand; socialantropologi; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay is about the indigenous people Urak Lawoi in Andaman Sea, outside the west coast of Thailand. The study shows what happens to them when they are being deprived of their territory and are being forced to abandon their culture, lifestyle and traditional economic subsistence. READ MORE