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    • We are all one. Kola, the nut which brings peace, joy and life in Nso’ society, Cameroon 

      Kilian, Lamtur Tanlaka (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-08-30)
      This thesis is about the consequences of kola nut use amongst the Nso' people. It offers an analysis of the socio-cultural context where kola is used and its cultural significance. The sense of unity, togetherness, and belonging is one of the issues that is connected to the production and reproduction of the social world we are engaged in. Thus, this study on kola nut practices is all about how ...

    • When the past becomes the future : aspects of cultural revitalization among the Gbaya in Bertoua, East-Cameroon 

      Ndanga, Dieudonné Ngnantare (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2007-10-22)
      This work is done in a context where groups and associations for culture revitalization flourish in Cameroon. By focussing on the actors, means and challenges of culture revival, I aim to describe the outcome of a process of de-tribalisation during which ethnic groups have had to relinquish their traditions in order to subscribe to modernisation as prescribed by states government and through ...

    • The Wireless Set: Navigating Vulnerability and Resilience in environments of globalisation 

      Andrews, Esme (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-15)
      Both islands and the ageing experience are often understood in relation to globalisation processes. This project acknowledges ageing islanders as having an acute embodied experience of the - often-disembodied - way in which environment is dominantly conceptualised under globalisation. It thus seeks to understand Scotland’s non-linked isles’ experience of care provision under a national service, based ...