The thesis presents and discusses the contemporary exile or displacement of a diasporic community who between 1965 and 1973 were expelled from the Chagos archipelago in the centre of the Indian Ocean. Their majority, some ...

This thesis is an analysis of the relationship between the local population and the migrant workers in a Chinese industrialised village. The mutual antagonisms and the segregation between the two groups are so profound ...

Avhandlingen handler om hvordan natursyn utgjør en del av folks livsstil. Ved å forstå holdninger til og handlinger ovenfor dyr som uttrykk for natursyn, undersøkes identitetsprosesser i en bred kontekst. Relasjoner til ...

The dissertation examines how the Indian community in Durban has retained their marriage practices after migrating from India and how they are practiced today. The fieldwork was conducted from January to May 2004. ...

Nyheten falt som en bombe for alle 900 tilsatte da det ble kjent at det var lagt planer om at de ulike institusjonene de arbeidet ved skulle flyttes fra Oslo til andre kanter av landet. Det ble organisert en intens ...

This thesis examine the extent to which national and international development assistance to rural areas in Nepal have influenced local perceptions of development, and whether or not these ideas are commonly shared among ...

Elitefeminister tar i bruk ulike strategier for å endre kvinners sosiale og politiske situasjon i den Islamske Republikken Iran. Gjennom uformelle nettverk og med tidsskrifter som arena samarbeider religiøse og sekulære ...

This thesis examines the construction and reconstruction of identity among Cambodians in Australia. The fieldwork was carried out in a suburb of Melbourne from December 2003 until June 2004. In this thesis I discuss the ...

Denna uppsatsen är en studie om modernitet och bygger på ett fältarbete utfört i Istanbul. Som den ända staden i världen är Istanbul lokaliserad på två olika kontinenter. Den utgör en fysisk och geografisk brygga, men ...

In this thesis I study the relationship between civil society, ideology and everyday practices as this is played out in an environmental youth NGO called PiM in Murmansk, Russia. The term civil society is a common reference ...