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1. 1. Healing The Wounds, Bridging The Divide : Exploring “Community Participation” in Post-Conflict Development through Trauma Healing in Rwanda

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Philip Kylilis; [2023]
   Keywords : Development; community participation; trauma; trauma healing; Rwanda; Genocide;

   Abstract : “Community participation” is a common concept in contemporary development initiatives worldwide. As an approach, it aims to include the targeted population in its planning and implementation, by recognizing the need in understanding local contexts, beliefs, and values. READ MORE

3. 2. 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 teologi

   Author : Katja Stroeven; [2022]
   Keywords : Sinner; Liberation; Justification; Trauma; Sin; Simultaneity; Simul; Queer theology; Martin Luther; Hamartiology; Lutheran anthropology;

   Abstract : 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

4. 3. The Self and the Group - Identity-making among political activists in northeast Italy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Emanuele Lars Ruggero Bergquist; [2021]
   Keywords : Social anthropology; social centers; radical left; political activism; no-global movement; Italy; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on representation modes among Italian political activists, engaged in multiple fights against globalization and neo-capitalism, by illustrating how participants in the Italian no-global movement build their identity. Through a number of interviews and participant observation, which build the empirical ground of this study, the activist and the group are juxtaposed, their role in the urban setting clarified and their political activism illustrated. READ MORE

5. 4. Framing Nature : A discussion on the ethics of animal confinement in animal parks

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Hampus Thörnqvist; [2019]
   Keywords : Animal Rights; Animal Welfare; Animal Confinement; Experience Industry; Exhibition; Anthropomorphism; Ecological Justice; Radical Anthropology;

   Abstract : The confinement of animals is today a widespread, widely accepted practice, regardless of the intention behind it. The confinement of animals for entertainment purposes, however, poses ethical questions that transgress the body of the animal itself and onto the boundaries of the human. READ MORE

6. 5. Be More Human - An Anthropological Analysis of Subject Formation in a Late Modern Crossfit Community

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Wiktor Hansson; [2017]
   Keywords : Social Anthropology; Crossfit; Body; Pain; Material Anthropology; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This article explores the ideals and motivations behind the increasingly popular physical practice of Crossfit. Through an analysis of data collected through interviews, observation and deep hanging out (and working out) this article attempts to thicken the conventional analysis of lifestyle practices sin late modern capitalism. READ MORE