Theses - Social Anthropology
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The ‘truth about Ebola’: Insecure epistemologies in post-outbreak Forest Guinea
This dissertation examines the ways in which the ‘truth’ about an outbreak of zoonotic disease stabilises through the labour of sampling animals. While scarcely any case of Ebola had ever been reported in West Africa, the ... -
The three hearths: Custom, church and state as colliding orders of time and space in Asmat, Indonesian Papua
This study examines the intersection of ‘customary’ ritual, Catholic religion, and state-centred politics among the Asmat of Indonesian Papua, and how these processes order time and space. Asmat are famous in anthropological ... -
'You are all my people': building disabled community in Uganda's microentrepreneur economy
In 1995 Uganda adopted a new Constitution mandating parliament and local councils to include disabled members, elected by registered disabled people in each community. Consequently, Uganda has an unusually institutionalised ... -
Becoming Accountable: Jehovah's Witnesses and the responsibilities of evangelism
For Jehovah’s Witnesses, evangelism is of prime importance. It forms the core of their identity and is shaped by an ethics of communication. Witness evangelism is a fundamentally pedagogical process through which one “learns ...
