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Опубликовано в коллективной монографии: Т.Щитцова, Т. Артимович, Е. Ковтяк. И. Полещук: Без будущего. Депрессия и авторитарное общество. Вильнюс 2020. Глава 1.
¿Cuánto puede contribuir el estudio de las imágenes y representaciones, ya sea como arte, ritos o simulacros, a comprender relaciones de poder y de agencia? Ésta es la pregunta que replantea el conjunto de estudios etnográficos en... more
Published by the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh.
Available from: http://www.crfr.ac.uk/assets/briefing-72for-web.pdf
Available from: http://www.crfr.ac.uk/assets/briefing-72for-web.pdf
Capability theorists disagree on how to determine, for normative purposes, which capabilities are to be treated as basic, with Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen taking opposite views. This paper will scrutinize this list debate. It has two... more
Even though scholars and feminists have accused intersectional theory for being superficial, inadequate, context bereft and fashionably more populist than academic, its applicability in addressing multi-layered forms of discrimination... more
With current constraints of public funding of research the question of principal investigator (PI) success has gained prominence. Yet understanding grant success remains problematic. While often associated with peer acceptance of the... more
Resumo - Este ensaio tem como enquadramento uma etnografia sobre a imigração recente de uma família de brasileiros para Portugal. Descreve o papel central das coisas que trouxeram consigo na reconstrução de hábitos, lembranças e status... more
This article is based on qualitative research in Mexico City focused on low-income women who face intimate partner violence. It is in line with works that question, through the lens of intersectionality, the false opposition between... more
Authors: Melanie Heath, Jessica Braimoh, and Julie Gouweloos
This is a longitudinal study of the identity process through times of dramatic social change. Using a narrative psychological approach this research follows the life stories of five Egyptian bloggers as they write their stories on online... more
Halliday’s description of register as ‘a variety of language, corresponding to a variety of situation’, with situation interpreted ‘by means of a conceptual framework using the terms “field”, “tenor” and “mode”’ (Halliday, 1985/89: 29,... more
Este trabajo busca indagar en las condiciones y repercusiones de volver a poner en escena una obra emblemática del teatro de los años de dictadura en Chile, "Tres Marías y una Rosa", tres décadas después y sin ninguna modificación... more
The present article argues that despite growing rates of single living worldwide, alternative representations of the single women who do not necessarily spend their life 'waiting for the one' are regularly absent from public view. By... more
In this paper, I review recent contributions to theories of resistance and agency in the context of anthropology of Egypt. Drawing on ethnography conducted in Egypt after the January 25th Revolution and then after the election of Mohamed... more
The aim of this paper is to explore the complexity of the concept of the victim within the context of organ trading. By examining the intricate phenomenon of organ trade, we show how prevailing notions of victimhood form the basis of... more
A.C. Dalmasso, “Bodies Becoming Screens. How the Machines Experience the World”. In Plaitano G, Venturini S, Villa P (eds.) FilmForum 2019 “Moving Pictures, Living Machines. Animation, Automation and the Imitation of Life in Cinema and... more
[The politics of Agency in the History of Prostitution: A Problematization of the dichotomy between voluntarism and coercion]
En las sociedades contemporáneas la figura de la víctima ya opera como sinónimo de ciudadanía. En el caso español, la víctima violencia de género ha venido a ocupar una posición central en esta generalización victimal en un proceso... more
Examensübungsklausur zu Problemen der mittelbaren Täterschaft.
Since the beginning of 2010s, the movement of unaccompanied minors from Eritrea has significantly increased and has become the object of international concern. This migration is often explained by media and humanitarian actors as the... more
Over 5.5 million Syrian refugees were forcibly displaced worldwide according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR, 2017), fleeing an inhumane war in their country. Many of them are now facing a different kind of war: they are being accused of... more
This article explores the ways in which feminist and women’s agency is articulated in the Cypriot context through the paradigms of nationalism, peace, and conflict. It does so to broaden our understanding of gendered and peace agency in... more