This research explores Multiple Religious Belonging (MRB) in contemporary South Korea. It studies whether people express belongings to multiple religions in South Korea, from which religions these...Show moreThis research explores Multiple Religious Belonging (MRB) in contemporary South Korea. It studies whether people express belongings to multiple religions in South Korea, from which religions these belongings are drawn and in which combinations. Furthermore, it researches how self-identified religious affiliation relates to performed religious practices. Lastly, this thesis explores whether complex forms of belonging in the Korean context can be fruitfully studied through the Multiple Religious Belonging paradigm. This is done through a literature study as well as a survey which are both approached through approaches from the MRB paradigm.Show less
This thesis examines ethnic conflicts in contemporary Fiji through historicizing this social phenomenon. Considering Fiji’s colonial past and its post-colonial time, it also investigates the idea...Show moreThis thesis examines ethnic conflicts in contemporary Fiji through historicizing this social phenomenon. Considering Fiji’s colonial past and its post-colonial time, it also investigates the idea of race and its relationships between colonialism and nationalism, arguing that the racial categories used in Fiji’s ethnic conflicts were first created under several colonial practices and were strengthened during the nation-building process of Fiji. Apart from that, based on firsthand interviews with locals, this thesis proposes that the racial rhetoric mainly around indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians reflects the iTaukei-vulagi contradictions in their everyday life. This thesis also takes this ethnic tension further and connects it with a concrete case study field—the Fiji Museum—to see how this ethnic tension in Fiji has become an ideology of exclusion through nation-building processes that have permeated every aspect of Fijian society.Show less
India is in the throes of one of the darkest moments in the nation’s history. The deadly COVID-19 pandemic, resulting from the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been ravaging the lives and...Show moreIndia is in the throes of one of the darkest moments in the nation’s history. The deadly COVID-19 pandemic, resulting from the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been ravaging the lives and livelihoods of people all over the world, and the people of India are no exception. Primarily cultural, ethnic or religious minority communities are expected to be disproportionately impacted by the virus and its aftermath (Al Saba 2020). In an attempt to increase international awareness of the situation of marginalised minority communities during this global crisis, this thesis will cover the impact of COVID-19 on one such community, Indian Muslims.Show less
