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Ontological formation of the Otaku subculture and subjects in Bangladesh
(BRAC University, 2016-04)
A study on the socio economic realities of Bangladesh based dancers: understanding their financial struggles and industry issues that set dance as a marginalized profession in Bangladesh
(Brac University, 2019-12)
This paper highlights the major nuances that constitute the life of a professional dancer in Bangladesh, within the local dance industry that exists. Given the socio-economic backdrop that Bangladesh has, earning from ...
Evolution of food consumption patterns in upper middle-class Dhaka and how it shaped individuals and their relations to others
(Brac University, 2021)
Food is an integral part of human life. What once was a mere form of sustenance, now embodies cultural values, markers of class and status, identity, and the imprint of change and development. As the economy of Bangladesh ...
A new world view and the promises of Tabligh: an ethnographic study
(Brac University, 2019-07)
The Tablighi Jamaat is a self-proclaimed non-political, transnational Islamic reform movement which was initiated in India in the 1920's. The founder of the Tablighi Jamaat, Moulana Muhammad Ilyas (1885-1944), founded the ...
Minority politics of Bengal muslims in late colonial era and their understanding of Pakistan
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-01)
This thesis reviews how the idea of Pakistan was accepted and explicated by the Bengali Muslims in late colonial era. The question of cultural autonomy was resolved by them based on linguistic, cultural and religious aspects ...
Identity in flux: a comparative study of Manta and Beday
(BRAC Univeristy, 2018-07-11)
Manta is one of the oldest traditional occupational communities who live in the southwest region of Bangladesh. This traditional occupational community lives on a boat which is severed as their own residence where they ...
Unexpected neighbours: The impact of the rohingya refugee influx on the education of indigenous communities in Teknaf
(Brac University, 2023-01)
Following the genocide on the Rohingya people in Myanmar back in August 2017,
about 1 million refugees have entered Bangladesh, which has created astronomic pressure on
the host community. Beyond immediate issues of ...
An ethnography on the Maizbhandar: locating within cultural, religious and political dimensions
(BRAC University, 2016-05)
With the rise of modernity and worldwide expansion of secularism as the principle of most of the modern states, many presumed that religion and its corollaries will become irrelevant by the twentieth century. But right at ...
The role of government on women entrepreneurs and development: a study on the Joyeeta Foundation
(Brac University, 2022-12)
The thesis examines women entrepreneurs to influence women's empowerment in society with the help of a government organization known as the Joyeeta Foundation. This thesis is about the effect of entrepreneurs on the way ...
Travails of an Insider: An Inside View on the Social Place of Mental Wellbeing
(Brac University, 2019)
Psychiatric illnesses are certainly no elusive phenomena, though continuing to be a
seldom conversed taboo. Societal neglect does not make it simple to treat patients and it need
not be mentioned that it is diametrically ...