Essays about: "Historical anthropology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words Historical anthropology.
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1. World Heritage in the Making : An ethnography of the cultural heritage conservation practices in İzmir, Türkiye
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : This thesis is an ethnographic research of the cultural heritage conservation practices in İzmir, focusing particularly on the heritage site Historical Port City of İzmir’s conservation on individual, local, and global levels from an anthropological point of view. With its ongoing inscription process to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the study aims, first, to understand the motivation behind this inscription, the current conservation practices in the city that are undergone by individual and local actors, and to analyze the impact and connection between the individual, local and global efforts to protect İzmir’s multicultural and multilayered heritage. READ MORE
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2. Taking the Buddha out of Buddhism: A literature study on the concept of mindfulness
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : This paper was aimed at synthesising a comprehensive understanding of the sometimes opposing conceptualisations and practical applications of mindfulness in Western societies. Mindfulness is a part of a meditation practice derived from ancient Buddhist doctrine, in the form of the Pāli word sati. READ MORE
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3. What Happens on Earth is Felt in Heaven : A Queer-Theological Study on the Anthropological Aspects of the Sinner in the Lutheran Concept of Justification in Relation to Indecency, Liberation, and Trauma
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologiAbstract : This textual analysis aims to identify and explore liberating, indecent, and anthropological understandings of the sinner in Lutheran interpretations of the doctrine of justification. The underlying assumptions and the themes discernible within the works of Martin Luther are examined along with “traditional,” and contemporary radical, queer interpretations of Lutheran justification. READ MORE
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4. In the Arms of Our Ancestors: The Universal Social Phenomenon of Human Child Care
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : Care is a fundamental need to all human children, in all cultures and through all of human existence. While child care is universal, its practices are cultural-specific. READ MORE
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5. The Eschatologically-informed Anthropology of Diadochus of Photice and the Formation of an Eschatological Tradition
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskapAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate what potential role eschatological anthropology played in the writings of the monk-bishop Diadochus of Photice (c. 400–c. 486) in order to ease some of the historical tension between the ecclesiastical tradition and the monastic tradition. READ MORE
