Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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Deze scriptie biedt een overzicht van enkele van de belangrijkste analyses aangaande de ongelijke geboorte ratio in India. Met name in Noord India worden aanzienlijk meer jongens geboren dan...Show moreDeze scriptie biedt een overzicht van enkele van de belangrijkste analyses aangaande de ongelijke geboorte ratio in India. Met name in Noord India worden aanzienlijk meer jongens geboren dan meisjes, waarbij deze ratio in sterke mate afwijkt van degene die elders in de wereld voorkomt. De algemeen geaccepteerde aanname is, dat de grote mate van ongelijkheid een gevolg is van sexe selectieve abortus, die mogelijk is geworden nadat sekse determinatie technieken (vruchtwaterpunctie, echoscopie) hun intrede hebben gedaan. In aansluiting daarop, suggereren onderzoekers dat er vaak sprake is van verwaarlozing van vrouwelijke baby’s en kleuters, waardoor het sterftecijfer onder meisjes hoger is dan dat onder jongens.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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Restoring law and order and trust in the state is a challenge in a post conflict situation. Especially in the case of Bosnia Herzegovina, where the state is not easy to define. Based on field...Show moreRestoring law and order and trust in the state is a challenge in a post conflict situation. Especially in the case of Bosnia Herzegovina, where the state is not easy to define. Based on field research in the city of Mostar this thesis tries to answer theShow less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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In Bamako, Mali, have I found two cultural styles in Bamako: 'cosmopolitan' and 'localist', based on the terms Ferguson (1999) uses in his book. These styles were most visible with immigrants, who...Show moreIn Bamako, Mali, have I found two cultural styles in Bamako: 'cosmopolitan' and 'localist', based on the terms Ferguson (1999) uses in his book. These styles were most visible with immigrants, who migrated from small villages elsewhere in Mali to the capital, later in their life. During my research I found that the choice for education is indeed related to cultural style. Norms are highly valuable among the different styles. These norms influence the choice for a specific type of education for children.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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Nowadays, transnational exhibitions play a significant role in the museum communication. By making transnational exhibitions, museums can communicate to each other, absorb others’ advantages and...Show moreNowadays, transnational exhibitions play a significant role in the museum communication. By making transnational exhibitions, museums can communicate to each other, absorb others’ advantages and become more international. Furthermore, visitors can have a better opportunity to know other cultures. In this thesis, I try to introduce how to make co-operation in a transnational exhibition. My case study is the Terracotta Warriors exhibition of National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden. I introduce the process of this transnational exhibition in my thesis, and describe museums how to negotiate a transnational exhibition, how to choose objects, and how to arrange objects. Meanwhile, I also try to find the co-operation between presentation and culture, such as how museums use limited objects to exhibit other culture in transnational exhibitions. My main theory support is from James Clifford, “Museum as contact zones” (Clifford, 1997).Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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De thesis is een zoektocht naar de manier waarop hiphop vanaf eind jaren ’80 begin jaren ’90 in het overwegend islamitische Indonesië vorm heeft gekregen en welke rol de populaire cultuur speelt in...Show moreDe thesis is een zoektocht naar de manier waarop hiphop vanaf eind jaren ’80 begin jaren ’90 in het overwegend islamitische Indonesië vorm heeft gekregen en welke rol de populaire cultuur speelt in het dagelijkse leven van jongeren in steden. Hierbij ligt vooral de nadruk op de achtergrond, motieven en muzikale producties van de artiesten (voornamelijk rappers) die hiphop muziek en cultuur maken en uitdragen, en niet in het bijzonder op de cultuurindustrie en de jonge consumenten van zowel binnen- als buitenlandse hiphop en bijbehorende stijlen. Bijzondere aandacht gaat in de case studies naar 'islamitische hiphop' in Jakarta.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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Deze scriptie exploreert de positionering van vier beeldend kunstenaars met een Turkse achtergrond, wonend en werken in Nederland, en hoe deze positionering eventueel tot uitdrukking komt in hun werk.
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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Deze scriptie gaat over de constructie en dynamiek van de collectieve Kaapverdiaanse identiteit van de Kaapverdiaanse gemeenschap in Rotterdam. Hoe wordt door deze gemeenschap de Kaapverdiaanse...Show moreDeze scriptie gaat over de constructie en dynamiek van de collectieve Kaapverdiaanse identiteit van de Kaapverdiaanse gemeenschap in Rotterdam. Hoe wordt door deze gemeenschap de Kaapverdiaanse identiteit op collectief niveau geconstrueerd en wat zijn de percepties hierover op individueel niveau? De percepties op individueel niveau geven hierbij de dynamiek aan die onder de constructie van deze Kaapverdiaanse identiteit schuil gaat. Het uitgangspunt is het concept van 'stille migranten', een vorm van labeling die deze gemeenschap uniek maakt binnen Nederland.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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The mitumba trade of second-hand clothing in Kenya has been growing rapidly the last twenty years, making the street vendors selling from huge piles of second-hand clothing very familiar in the...Show moreThe mitumba trade of second-hand clothing in Kenya has been growing rapidly the last twenty years, making the street vendors selling from huge piles of second-hand clothing very familiar in the street view. The complexity of this network behind the import, unpacking, distribution, adjusting, selling and buying of second-hand clothes, has been examined through a three month field study in Mombasa, the biggest harbor city of Kenya. By taking this chain of relationships as departure, trust and distrust have been uncovered as mechanisms which create tensions, chooses, manipulations, commitments and expectations for second-hand clothing traders. Trying to make a living in this trade requires the strategic use of reputation, social connections and information, making the complexity and applications of trust in this value chain of key importance for the study of the second-hand clothing market.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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In Hindu North India marriage is a family-centred event. The vast majority of marriages is arranged, which means that family elders have an important input in the choice for a prospective spouse...Show moreIn Hindu North India marriage is a family-centred event. The vast majority of marriages is arranged, which means that family elders have an important input in the choice for a prospective spouse for their younger members. When arranging a marriage, the family seeks to form an alliance with another family with whom they share a number of characteristics and whose background is thus considered compatible in terms of caste, class and religion. Therefore, apart from the formation of new kinship ties, marriage is a crucial act in confirming and reproducing existing social and economic boundaries. However, the marital landscape appears to be changing as young individuals increasingly prefer what they label as love marriages. In this thesis I focus on how such love marriages are perceived amongst Hindus in North India and in which manner they differ from arranged marriages. Furthermore I look at how this increased preference for love marriages impacts local family and gender relations. I argue how love marriages are not dichotomous to arranged marriages but instead show a lot of overlap. I show how not only young individuals, but their family elders and close kin as well creatively invent strategies in order to adapt marriages to the changing socio-economic circumstances.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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Museums today, as the International Council of Museums (ICOM) portrays, are viewed as non-profit institutions, open to the public, promoting education, research, study and entertainment. They are,...Show moreMuseums today, as the International Council of Museums (ICOM) portrays, are viewed as non-profit institutions, open to the public, promoting education, research, study and entertainment. They are, like James Clifford suggests, institutions that serve as a communication point for different cultures. Additionally modern museums are considered to have a strong social character as oppose to their past nationalistic one. Taking into account all these elements, this inquiry attempts to understand the meaning that a modern Ethnographic museum tries to communicate to the public. In order to achieve that, an Ethnographic exhibition in the making is being examined. To understand the importance and sensitivity of the subject displayed, past museum exhibitions of the same culture are mentioned along with the social impact they carried. Different stages of this exhibition, as well as the decision making process are being presented. A more thorough and complete image of meaning construction in an Ethnographic museum is given by introducing other recent exhibitions displayed by the same museum. Through interviews conducted with the museum personnel, this study anatomizes meaning construction in an Ethnological museum. The negotiation of the different views and agendas of the individuals, and the communities, participating in the exhibition making process, as well as external factors influencing that procedure, are being analyzed. Concluding, this study explores on what level, meaning created in a modern Ethnological museum is educational or recreational and to what expense.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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This thesis is a result of anthropological research that I conducted at the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden (Museum of Ethnology). The research is about the change in the organization of the museum in...Show moreThis thesis is a result of anthropological research that I conducted at the Volkenkunde Museum in Leiden (Museum of Ethnology). The research is about the change in the organization of the museum in the last 25 years. The change of organization had an influence on the decision making process and consequently on the image that is being formed in exhibitions. The aim of this thesis is to explain how image-forming is been done in a decision making process. Specifically I will do this in relation to permanent and temporary Indonesian exhibitions at the museum. I use the term ‘imagined community’, introduced by Benedict Anderson, to show that the image that is formed in Indonesian exhibitions is an imagined one. When the museum went through a change of organization in the 1990’s, it also redecorated the exhibition halls. For the discussion on the new design of the museum I use the distinction made in Sally Price’s book ‘“primitive art in civilized places” between objects displayed in art and ethnology museum. As a case study I will describe my internship at the Volkenkunde Museum on the Queen Wilhelmina doll collection.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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This thesis investigates the ways in which metalfans in the Netherlands cope with prejudice and stigma. This thesis explores the collectivity of metalfans in order to explain how the group they...Show moreThis thesis investigates the ways in which metalfans in the Netherlands cope with prejudice and stigma. This thesis explores the collectivity of metalfans in order to explain how the group they belong to attaches great importance to authenticity. The concept of authenticity is used to show how the issues that contribute to prejudice and stereotypes about metalfans and the metalscene, are also the issues that contribute to being a more authentic metalfan. Another major issue is the indiffernt reaction of metalfans to their stigmatization and the prejudices that exist, which is in conclusion also explained through the authenticity concept.Show less
Master thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (MSc)
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The thesis looks at how collectors of three types of dolls (Barbie, Blythe, Ball-jointed dolls)shape their collections, how they form a relationship with the collected objects and how collectors...Show moreThe thesis looks at how collectors of three types of dolls (Barbie, Blythe, Ball-jointed dolls)shape their collections, how they form a relationship with the collected objects and how collectors interact with each other both online and offline.Show less
