Where Boundaries are Drawn
(2022) SANK03 20221Social Anthropology
- Abstract
- In this paper I will be analyzing a Scottish political party and their collective identity. This includes the party’s history and how their collective identity is created by drawing boundaries, as well as showing solidarity. I will be using an anthropological approach and anthropological theory to help define their collective identity. I will be using theories and concepts from Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s “We and Us” and “Norms and Social Control”, along with Victor Turner on
how groups use “performance”. I will show how they use their daily paper to draw boundaries towards others, while at the same time showing solidarity with the broader left movement. Different forms of the party’s activism will also be explained. Information that I have... (More) - In this paper I will be analyzing a Scottish political party and their collective identity. This includes the party’s history and how their collective identity is created by drawing boundaries, as well as showing solidarity. I will be using an anthropological approach and anthropological theory to help define their collective identity. I will be using theories and concepts from Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s “We and Us” and “Norms and Social Control”, along with Victor Turner on
how groups use “performance”. I will show how they use their daily paper to draw boundaries towards others, while at the same time showing solidarity with the broader left movement. Different forms of the party’s activism will also be explained. Information that I have accumulated is mainly through semi-structured interviews and participatory observation. (Less)
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- author
- Winther, Ian-Sebastian LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- An anthropological study of the collective identity in a Scottish communist party
- course
- SANK03 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social anthropology, collective identity, performance, politics, communism
- language
- English
- id
- 9083376
- date added to LUP
- 2022-06-08 10:43:53
- date last changed
- 2022-06-08 10:43:53
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