Department of
Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology

List of projects 1997-2012

  1. Images of a Forest People, Punan Malinau: Identity, Sociality, and the Encapsulation in Borneo (Lars Kaskija, Spring 2012)
  2. The Shadows of the Past: A Study of Life-World and Identity of Serbian Youth after the Milosevic Regime (Jelena Spasenić, Spring 2012)
  3. In Search of the State: An Ethnography of Public Service Provision in Urban Niger (Gabriella Körling, Fall 2011)
  4. Flexible Science: An Anthropology of Scientists, Society and Nature in Vietnam (Eren Zink, Fall 2011)
  5. Medicine for Uncertain Futures: A Nigerian City in the Wake of a Crisis (Ulrika Andersson Trovalla, Spring 2011)
  6. Heterosexual Havana: Ideals and hierarchies of gender and sexuality in contemporary Cuba (Silje Lundgren, Spring 2011)
  7. The Shepherds of Þjórsárver: Traditional Use and Hydropower Development in the Commons of the Icelandic Highland (Helga Ögmundadóttir, Spring 2011).
  8. Culture, Conflict and Crises in the Icelandic Fisheries: An Anthropological Study of People, Policy and Marine Resources in the North Atlantic Arctic (Níels Einarsson, Spring 2011)
  9. Managing Laponia: a world heritage site as arena for Sami ethno-politics in Sweden (Carina Green, Fall 2009)
  10. The Cursed Leaf: An Anthropology of the Political Economy of Cocaine Production in Southern Colombia (Oscar Jansson, Fall 2008)
  11. Derrière la vitrine du développement: aménagement forestier et pouvoir local au Burkina Faso (Sita Zougouri, Fall 2008)
  12. Bodily practices and medical identities in southern Thailand (Claudia Merli, Spring 2008)
  13. Outside the World. Cohesion and Deviation among Old Colony Mennonites in Bolivia (Anna Sofia Hedberg, Fall 2007)
  14. Morality as Practice. The Santo Daime, an Eco-Religious Movement in the Amazonian Rainforest (Titti Kristina Schmidt, Fall 2007)
  15. Just Labor: Labor ethic in a post-Soviet reindeer herding community (Vladi Vladimirova, Fall 2006)
  16. The Threatened Paradise: Tourism on a Greek Island (Peter Smekal, Fall 2006)
  17. Walking in the SpiritThe Complexity of Belonging in Two Pentecostal Churches in Durban, South Africa (Kristina Helgesson, Fall 2006)
  18. Being a Bush Wife: Women's Lives Through War and Peace in Northern Sierra Leone (Chris Coulter, Fall 2006) 
  19. Pregnoscape: Den gravida kroppen som arena för motstridiga perspektiv på risk, kön och medicinsk teknik (Birgitta Hellmark Lindgren, Spring 2006)
  20. Neither Here Nor There: An Anthropological Study of Gujarati Hindu Women in the Diaspora (Elizabeth Åsa Hole, Fall 2005)
  21. La Famiglia: The Ideology of Sicilian Family Networks (Eva Carlestål, 2005)
  22. Paths to Adulthood: Freedom, Belonging, and Temporalities in Mbunda Biographies from Western Zambia (Michael Barrett, 2004)
  23. In search of a fulfilling identity in a modern world: Narratives of Indigenous Identities in Sweden and Canada (Ebba Olofsson, VT 2004)
  24. To Make Do in the City: Social Identities and Cultural Transformations among Aymara speakers in La Paz, Bolivia (Charlotta Widmark, HT 2003)
  25. Living with Bad Surroundings: War and Existential Uncertainty in Acholiland, Northern Uganda (Sverker Finnström, HT 2003)
  26. Sweet battlefields: Youth and the Liberian Civil War (Mats Utas, VT 2003)
  27. I Am Tsunki: Gender and Shamanism among the Shuar of Western Amazonia (Marie Perruchon, 2003)
  28. Negotiating Wilderness in a Cultural Landscape: Predators and Saami Reindeer Herding in the Laponian World Heritage Area (Åsa Nilsson Dahlström, 2003)
  29. Kommersiell mediekultur: En etnografisk studie av TV-producenter och TV-produktion (Katarina Graffman, 2002)
  30. An Unpredictable Past: Guerillas, Mayas, and the Location of Oblivion in War-torn Guatemala (Staffan Löfving, 2002)
  31. The politics of Ndebele ethnicity: Origins, Nationality, and Gender in Southern Zimbabwe (Björn Lindgren, 2002)
  32. När-demokrati: Jämlikhet och ledarskap i en gotländsk strandbygd (Carl von Rosen, 2002)
  33. Negotiating involuntary resettlement: A Study of Local Bargaining during the Construction of the Zimapán Dam (Inga-Lill Aronsson, 2002)
  34. A Man of Power: Gender and HIV/AIDS in Zambia (Paul Dover, 2001)
  35. The Power of Being: A Study of Poverty, Fertility and Sexuality among the Kuria in Kenya and Tanzania (Ann-Britt Bernhardsdotter, 2001)
  36. Silence: Disputes on the Ground and in the Mind among the Iraqw in Karatu District, Tanzania (Lars Hagborg, 2001)
  37. No Peace of Mind: The Tibetan Diaspora in India (Åsa Tiljander-Dahlström, 2001)
  38. War Within: Everyday Life in Sarajevo under Siege (Ivana Macek, 2000)
  39. Hierarchy, Utility and Metaphor in Mapuche Botany (Juan-Carlos Gumucio, 1999)
  40. Perceiving Motherhood and Fatherhood: Swedish Working Parents with Young Children (Clarissa Kugelberg, 1999)
  41. Between Peace and Justice: Dispute Settlement between Karaboro Agriculturalists and Fulbe Agro-pastoralists in Burkina Faso (Sten Hagberg, 1998)
  42. The Performance of Tradition: An Ethnography of Hira Gasy Popular Theatre in Madagascar (Ingela Edkvist, 1997)
  43. "Building the Nation Back Up": The Politics of Identity on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Mikael Kurkiala, 1997)