Essays about: "Psychological anthropology"

Found 5 essays containing the words Psychological anthropology.

  1. 1. Unfold the Untold Stories: Journey of Permanent Resident, Bangladeshi Migrant Student in Sweden.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : MD Raihan Khandaker; [2024]
    Keywords : Aspirations and achievements of migrant students; Transnationalism and Bangladeshi student migrants in Sweden; Social anthropology; Socio-cultural challenges for migrant students in host countries; Spider net connections; and hidden barriers; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study investigates the experiences of Bangladeshi migrant students who have obtained permanent residency (PR) status in Sweden. This study examines the Bangladeshi migrant students’ aspirations and achievements, daily experiences, and challenges in maintaining their transnational identities in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. "The Good Swede" : Symbols and Narrative in Swedish Public Aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Vendela Runold; [2016]
    Keywords : Democratic Republic of Congo; Congo; DRC; aid; narrative; symbols; anthropology of aid; anthropology; Geertz; Bruner; Lizardo; public aid; Swedish aid; bistånd; svenskt bistånd; Demokratiska Republiken Kongo; Kongo; DRK; Utrikesdepartementet; Sida; humanitärt bistånd; utvecklingssamarbete; biståndsantropologi;

    Abstract : By research and interpretation of official documents published by the Swedish Ministery for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), this thesis aims to understand and shine a light on the symbols that shape the Swedish public aid culture and how these symbols function in a narrative of what Swedish aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo is and is not. The theoretic framework leans on both the symbolic/interpretative anthropology of Edward Bruner, Clifford Geertz and Sherry Ortner; Omar Lizardo's more contemporary writing on the power of symbols; and Jerome Bruner's psychological perspective on symbols. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Rebellion of the Chicken: Self-making, reality (re)writing and lateral struggles in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Adelaida Caballero; [2015]
    Keywords : self-making; lateral struggles; Equatorial Guinea; politics of the belly; the practice of everyday life; existential anthropology; creativity; agency; narrativity; display; enunciative procedures; Obiang Nguema; Macías Nguema; postcolonial states; suicides; Mamí Watá; construcción del yo; conflictos laterales; Guinea Ecuatorial; política del vientre; la práctica de la vida cotidiana; antropología existencial; creatividad; agencia; narratividad; display; procedimientos enunciativos; Obiang Nguema; Macías Nguema; estudios poscoloniales; suicidios; Mamí Watá;

    Abstract : Historical sources suggest that the bad reputation of Bioko island ―a product of mixed exoticism, fear of death and allure for profit— might have started as early as the first European explorations of sub-Saharan Africa. Today, the same elements seem to have been reconfigured, producing a similar result in the Western imagination: cultural exoticization, fear of state-sponsored violence and allure for profit are as actual as ever in popular conceptions of Equatorial Guinea. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Cultural Model of Internationalization: An Anthropological Study of the Motivations to Study Abroad Within a Group of Chinese Students

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Clara Nielsen; [2015]
    Keywords : Schema theory; Cultural model; Psychological anthropology; Social anthropology; Chinese students; Student mobility; Higher education; Internationalization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The present study is a qualitative exploration of the motivations to study abroad within a group of Chinese students. The insights presented here are founded on an ethnographic fieldwork at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. READ MORE

  6. 5. Stories of Significance : The Process and Practises of Sense-Making in the Sherlock Fan Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Kee Lundqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : coping theory; production of meaning; virtual anthropology; sherlock; tumblr; fan studies; fan psychology;

    Abstract : Building on professor of psychology Kenneth Pargament’s claim that people actively seek to establish a sense of significance and strive to minimize its loss, this study argues that fans of fictional works continually create a (subjectively seemingly) coherent interpretation of the source text that both builds upon and supports meaningful themes and phenomena found in the text. This, in turn, generates a subjective (though often communally negotiated) sense of significance. READ MORE