Essays about: "educational anthropology"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words educational anthropology.
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1. Foreign students, loneliness, and the Swedish language : Analysis of social and cultural experiences of creating a community in Uppsala
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : This Bachelor thesis is about international students, who travelled to Uppsala to study abroad during the autumn exchange term, which took place between September 2021 to January 2022. Four students from different countries were interviewed about their cultural and social experiences when the students studied abroad and how they oriented themselves in a foreign environment. READ MORE
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2. Travel to and from Tánnak : An analysis of Indigenous Innovation in Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : What can female Sámi perspectives on Indigenous innovation unearth about implicit influencesof culture on the development of business and partnerships? Relying on approaches of BusinessAnthropology and indigenous studies, this paper aims to analyze the expressions and influencesof cultural values and patterns that affect the partnerships and entrepreneurial decisions inIndigenous innovation. Collected through qualitative and collaborative methods, the empiricaldata for the case study of the Tánnak company and its indigenous owners shed light on theposition of female Sámi innovators in Sweden. READ MORE
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3. One-Size-(does not)-Fit-All : Adult immigrant students' understanding of the determinants for success in learning Swedish as a second language
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : This thesis explores the experiences of adult immigrant students within four different classes of the course Swedish as a second language (svenska som andraspråk :SAS), which is a standardized course offered around Sweden. This course is structured by the national school board in Sweden and is aimed as a social policy for integration through language acquisition and learning to navigate Swedish society. READ MORE
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4. From food scarcity to obese children the rapid transformation of health and food consumption in Spain
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : Spain has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world in 2012. This study asks, why, through studying, which food environment some Spanish parents create for their children. It studies the historical perspective of resources of food and the image of body and health this interpretatively has generated. READ MORE
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5. Women of Thailand : A minor field study about how nine women in urban and rural areas of Thailand look at their lives in the area of education, gender equality and influence in society, from a democratic perspective.
University essay from Avdelningen för SocialantropologiAbstract : This study is based on a field study carried out in Thailand during November and December 2009. The material is based on in-depth interviews with nine women that live in the northern parts of Thailand. Seven of them belong to the Karen minority group. READ MORE
