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Ethnography of Practical Nurse Education: Field Notes 2007-2010
The data consist of field notes in which the everyday life of practical nurse students was observed in an educational institution for social and health care in the capital area of Finland. The field notes include 120 days of observations throughout the three-year education programme. In addition to classes, the researcher also observed social situations outside them. In...
Patronen van kommunikatie en hun organisatorisch verband bij de landbouwvoorlichting in Suriname 1967-1969
The organization of communication patterns in agricultural information service / assistants were asked about the farmers in their districts / contacts with the farmers / the extent to which advice is accepted and implemented / progressive versus traditional farmers / the influence of politics ( patronage ) / relationship with personnel / characteristics of staff / time...
Biographical Interviews in Eastern Germany in 2007-08
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the data is to investigate to what degree the socialist past is constructed in the post socialist present of eastern Germany. Specifically, the project sought to explore: (1) the contentious character of memories of the socialist period, the changing and still unstable evaluations of that...
Charity, philanthropy and development in Colombo, Sri Lanka
The collection consists of the following elements: 1. Four sets of survey data covering the charitable activities of households (747 households), 261 private sector businesses and 39 public sector concerns, and 54 charities. 2. Qualitative data consisting of interviews with individual philanthropists, members of formal and informal charitable endeavours, directors of local...
Pioneers of Social Research, 1996-2018
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a qualitative data collection. The Pioneers of Social Research collection includes the full interview transcripts, interview summaries, edited thematic highlights, short biographies and links to audio extracts from detailed life story interviews conducted with some fifty pioneers of social...
RWAAI: Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage
The Repository and Workspace for Austroasiatic Intangible Heritage (RWAAI) is a digital multimedia resource dedicated to the maintenance of research materials documenting the intangible heritage of the Austroasiatic communities of Mainland Southeast Asia and India. It is the first resource dedicated to a specific language family in this diverse and dynamic region.
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Gendered Aspects of Migration from Southeast Europe
The research aimed to study migration as a gendered experience through the narratives of the lives of immigrants and immigrants from Albania and Bulgaria. In the last two decades, the geopolitical space of South-Eastern Europe has been redefined in the light of the political developments of the post-communist period and the thickening of a series of political, economic and...
Euxeinoupoli, a Multicultural Community
Euxeinoupoli is a relatively "new" village created in 1906 by Greek refugees from Eastern Rumelia, and was then inhabited by other ethnocultural groups (Pontic Greeks, Greeks from Asia Minor, Vlachs, Sarakatsani, Armenians and lately immigrants from Bulgaria and Albania). The purpose of this research was to investigate the concept of "community" and intercultural contact in...
Jewish Community of Volos
Compared to other Jewish communities in Greece, the community of Volos had much less Holocaust victims. This is mainly due to the fact that many Jewish families fled and found shelter at the mountainous villages of Pelion. This research, during which 9 testimonies were recorded, sought to record their experience while they were in "self-exile" at Pelion and upon their return...
The sponges fishing in Kalymnos
Kalymnos, one of the islands of the Dodecanese, is widely known as the "island of sponges", since its inhabitants, especially men, were engaged in the profession of sponge fishing. Sponge fishing, or as it is called sponge work, was one of the only men's vocational rehabilitation, as the island did not offer employment in any other field. The people's love and emotional...
Childtowns (1947-1980)
The network of 53 childtowns that were established by the Queen's Fund during the civil war played a vital role in the care, education and edification of orphan and poor children, and set the foundations for the current welfare system. The research began in 2009, focusing primarily on the Agia Sofia playground of Agria Volos and the experiences of the children who were...
German Reprisals at Drakeia: the Divided Memory
In December 1943, the Germans executed more than 100 men in the village of Drakeia in Pelion in retaliation for a guerrilla attack on a German patrol where an officer was killed. The execution created divisions in the village that has survived to this day, as part of the population blamed the rebels for the incident. The research, which involved a total of 33 interviews with...
Volos, as a "workplace".
From the late 19th century, Volos was a "workplace" and birthplace, in the early 20th century, of the Greek workers' movement. By the late 1970s it was a pole of attraction for in-country immigrants from the province to seek employment. Industrial labor, as well as the deindustrialisation of the 1970s and 1980s, marked the city. The survey, in which 18 meetings were held,...
Female Migrants from Eastern Europe
The aim of this research was to study the participation of women in the new wave of migration to Southern Europe. Interviews of 6 female and 2 male immigrants from Albania, Bulgaria, and Uzbekistan were conducted.
Listening to the Zoo Project Dataset, 2017-2021
This dataset comprises data gathered during a number of different work packages in the Listening to the Zoo project.The context of the research
Every year 700 million people visit zoological gardens worldwide, with more than 30 million of these visits taking place in the UK. Apart from the significant economic role they play as tourist attractions, many zoos also aim to...
Qualitative and Quantitative Data for Tuberculosis Infection Prevention and Control in KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape, South Africa, 2018-2021
This multidisciplinary project adopted a 'whole systems' approach using methods from epidemiology, anthropology, and health systems research (Systems dynamic modelling) to understand the context, practice, and the potential for effective implementation of IPC for TB in South Africa. This project was conducted over four years (2017–2021) and had three stages:
1) observe &...
Photographs of Cham taken on Hainan Island, Vietnam and Malaysia 2016-2019
The body of work was created by the professional photographer James Sebright in 2017, during an ESRC/AHRC-funded research project entitled ‘Cham Centuries' on Cham resident in Malaysia, Vietnam and the island of Hainan in the People’s Republic of China. As well as supporting academics’ anthropological research on the project, the photographs are a research object in their...
Rural change and anthropological knowledge in post-colonial India: a comparative 'restudy' of F.G. Bailey, Adrian C. Mayer and David Pocock, 1950-2012
This dataset results from an anthropological project that ‘restudied’ three villages in India that had originally been studied by anthropologists in the 1950s. The villages are Sundarana in Gujarat, Jamgod in Madhya Pradesh and Bisipada in Orissa. Sundarana was studied by David F. Pocock in 1953-1956; Jamgod by Adrian Mayer in 1954-1956 and Bisipada by F.G. Bailey in...
Anti-microbials in Society - Thailand, Study 2, 2017-2021
The AMIS Project Thailand (Study 2, MOPH) is an anthropological research project aimed at better understanding the role of antimicrobials in daily life in Thai society in diverse contexts and with different actors, including health care providers, farmers, day wage urban workers, scientists and policy-makers. The research focuses on the ways in which antimicrobials enable...
Sexual relationships and birthcontrol in Ghana 1973 : A case study of a rural town
Marriage / divorce / partner and children / pregnancies / living with husband / family role behaviour / best method for birth-control / abortion / sexual intercourse / desired number of children / moral points of view.
Employment of Sociology and Anthropology Graduates, 1966
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To investigate the nature of employment taken up by anthropology and sociology graduates some five years after being awarded their degrees.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
This study was part of a larger longitudinal project designed to map career choices and job influences of sociology...
Concepts of Healthy Eating Food Research: Phases I and II, 1992-1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This anthropological study was established to investigate people's own notions of the relationship between the food they ate and their health. In order to do this it was considered important to situate food choices in their social and cultural context.
The first project (Phase I) was set in Lewisham, an...
Attitudes of Students at the London School of Economics, 1989-1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To conduct a course exercise that collects questionnaire-based information each year from a sample of students at the London School of Economics. The studies focus on background characteristics relevant to a student population, on attitudes to selected political and social issues, and on participation in...
Ethnography of biomedicine collaborations: bioethics, clinical trails, malaria science and IVF, 2007-2010
This research focuses on the global biomedical economy. At present this field is characterised by multiple interests, markets and country partners brought together by novel and diverging knowledge relations in the pursuit of new drugs, therapies and health interventions. Within the various communities that make up this field, the idea of collaboration has emerged as the...
Foreign Ethnographic Collections in Scotland, 18th-20th Century
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the study was to examine foreign ethnographic material in Scotland, and record it and its environmental conditions. The main disciplines covered include ethnography, social anthropology, fine arts and decorative arts.Main Topics:Location, description, acquisition and provenance of...
The Earthquake in Volos
During the period 1954-1957 there was a series of devastating earthquakes and floods that leveled much of the city of Volos and became the starting point for rebuilding the urban center. This research, which is part of the wider context of 'disaster anthropology', was intended to document the experiences of residents from this event.
Immigrants from Albania
Includes 9 interviews - narratives of life with immigrants from Albania. The research aimed to understant the experience of migration, but also to combat the stereotypes of the students about the Albanian immigrants.
Anti-Microbials in Society - Uganda Study, 2017-2021
The AMIS Project Uganda is an anthropological research project aimed at better understanding the use of antimicrobials in Ugandan society. The study used a mixed-methods approach to investigate the roles and context of antimicrobials in daily life in Tororo, Wakiso and Kampala districts from the perspective of health care providers, farmers and day wage urban workers. The...
Anthropology of Ebola: transmission dynamics and outbreak socialities, 2015-2016
This archive presents: (1) Transcripts of 47 semi-structured interviews and 12 spontaneously occurring focus group discussions, including notes from direct observations and informal discussions conducted throughout the study; (2) transcripts from 9 in-depth interviews with Sierra Leonean volunteers and health responders - including hospital managers, health staff, contact...
Extreme Citizen Science: Analysis and Visualisation - Baka Story, 2021
The collection includes the audio recording of Mokila story by Bruno Ewundi, a Baka elder in south-eastern Cameroon. The story describes the belief by the indigenous Baka people that hunters called Tuma can shape-shift into other animals, specifically in this account, elephants. The elder outlines an instance of this. Oral consent was gained to share this story in a...