https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/72293 2026-04-05T00:55:08Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/79525 Title: "We all share the same blood" : the glocalization of the Philippine diaspora : the case for Malta Abstract: The notion of 'diaspora' suggests the idea of a people who have departed from their homeland yet still maintain links with fellow friends and family back in the migrants' place of origin. The vast increase in the amount of migration all throughout the world has proliferated the number of diasporas beyond the original Jewish Diaspora. Today several types of diaspora exist. In the case of the Philippine diaspora, the majority of the migrants voyage between various countries mostly for labour purposes. In continuity with the rest of Philippine migration worldwide, in Malta, most of the migrants are women working as domestic workers or else in the caring industry. Despite only arriving in Malta in the late 1970s, the Filipinas have made efforts to formally organize themselves into a community. More significantly, the migrants are continuously creating and maintaining transnational links with other parts of the diaspora, partly for purposes of bettering their socio-economic position. A number of migrants choose to return to their homeland after achieving their original goals for migrating. However, these are not always clear-cut and due to processes such as integration and re-diasporization, the migrants end up forging important relationships delaying the eventual return to the homeland. Description: B.A.(HONS)ANTHROPOLOGY 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/79520 Title: Keeping up appearances or the dreams we live by? : an ethnography of hairdressing in the village of Mellieħa Abstract: A first essential step to understanding the study, I have undertaken, is to contextualise it. A thorough description of the setting where my fieldwork took place will serve as an important framework for thinking. In my effort to provide a 'thick description' (Geertz, 1973 :6), I would have liked to delve into different contexts. Ranging from a physical description of Mellieha, followed by the actual social context, the religious context, the time context as well as the context of modern thinking. We cannot step outside the unique moment of time that houses us and shapes our view of the world beyond. My present day context inevitably shapes my thoughts and perceptions. Given my time and space limitations however, I will have to restrict my process of contextualisation, to a concise overview that will not be exhaustive, but hopefully it will serve as an effective prop and anchor for my work. In my fieldwork techniques, I follow closely Judith Okley' s methodology. Okley supports qualitative research methods. She believes in 'the totality of the experience' (Okley 1994:21). Being a full participant, immersing myself in the field, absorbing the minutest details, gave me the opportunity to learn. The non - arbitrary 'open-ended approach' (Okley 1994:20) advocated by Okley, encouraged me to supplement my ethnographic data with my feelings and intuition. Description: B.A.(HONS)ANTHROPOLOGY 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/79517 Title: Memory, identity and community : a study of the Greek community in Malta Abstract: The fieldwork for this dissertation was carried out throughout the year between April 1992 and April 1993. The fact that the Greek community does not occupy a particular geographical area, and since the majority who happen to be females and married to Maltese, tracing of Greek names and people was somewhat difficult during the early stages of the research. Knowing personally one of the informants helped me to get over the formal introductions with the Consul who, in turn made the first encounter with the community somewhat easier as he gave me some background knowledge about the ritual. Initially informants were referred to me by Maltese people who knew about my study. Later on, contacts were made by word of mouth as one informant after another got to know about the research. A number of the informants were second generation people. These people, turned out to be very helpful in constructing the community they knew as children. Description: B.A.(HONS)ANTHROPOLOGY 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/79515 Title: A review of anthropological and sociological works dealing with secularisation in Malta Abstract: For this dissertation I have chosen to pursue a library research rather than fieldwork, since what I will be covering but rather, is not directly secularisation in Malta, but rather, how secularisation is perceived by different people and different groups. For this I will be looking at writings by both anthropologists and sociologists and comparing and contrasting them. This is going to serve a dual purpose. Firstly I will be dealing directly with Paul Sant Cassia's questioning of the different views and methods of research by anthropologists and sociologists. Secondly, I will be using the convenience of having two seemingly opposing views as an aid, because I believe that it is largely through difference that we can really understand what we are looking at. I will start by creating a context, a general background on theories and definitions of secularisation. I will then proceed to describe the context that is more relevant to me, that is, the Maltese context. Once this outline is defined, I will go into specific ‘case studies', which in my case will be particular writings that deal specifically with Malta and the concept of secularisation. Description: B.A.(HONS)ANTHROPOLOGY 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z