Opin vísindi

Fletta eftir efnisorði "Mannfræði"

Fletta eftir efnisorði "Mannfræði"

Röðun: Raða: Niðurstöður:

  • Icon
    Life in Solitary: Anthropological Assumptions as Self-Fulfilling Prophecies 
    Sandberg, Ole (University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of History and Philosophy, 2021-05-23)
    Claims about human nature are unavoidable in political theory. A theory about which social arrangements are best for human beings must make some claims about the nature of the human beings - how they behave, what they desire, etc. These anthropological ...
  • Icon
    On the Threshold : Experiencing Liminality in the Íslendingasögur 
    Heiniger, Anna Katharina (University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies, 2018)
    The present thesis explores how the anthropological concept of liminality can be applied to the corpus of the Íslendingasögur and how this unprecedented, interdisciplinary discussion contributes to the understanding of the sagas themselves as well as ...
  • Icon
    Pokot Masculinity: The Role of Rituals in Forming Men 
    Jónsson, Kjartan (University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2006-06)
    ABSTRACT This thesis is a contribution to masculinity studies, and is a case study about the world of Pokot men in Kenya. In it I try to answer the questions: How do the rituals Pokot men go through from birth to death, the age-set system, and the ...
  • Icon
    Queer(ing) Migrations to Iceland: Homo(trans)nationalism, migrant hierarchy, and the politics/sense of (un)belonging 
    Sólveigar- og Guðmundsdóttir, Linda (University of Iceland, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics, 2024-03)
    This doctoral research examines three distinct but interconnected groups of queer migrations to Iceland, that is, individuals coming from the Global South, from Central and Eastern Europe and from the Global North. The general aim of the project is ...