Mariam Darchiashvili
Biographic Data
| ID | 89061 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mariam Darchiashvili |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mariam |
| FAMILY NAME | Darchiashvili |
| SIGNATURE | DARCHIASHVILI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ilia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1500-0620 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ethnographic Perspectives on Female Peacemaking in Customary Contexts in Central Eurasia
This article is interested in how, why and to what extent women contribute to peacemaking in customary contexts in Central Eurasia. Using the concept and methodology of Ethnographic Peace Research (EPR), an interdisciplinary and inter-regional team conducted iterative ethnographic and pilot participatory explorations in fives villages in Georgia’s Dusheti region, in an urban Uzbek community in Osh, among women traders in Osh bazaars, and in Kyrgy…
Societal peacemaking in customary contexts in Central Eurasia
Everyday Peace Formation from Below in Rural Georgia
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Nested Liminalities
Based on an ethnographic fieldwork among Georgian migrants in Russia, the paper focuses on the management of deceased bodies abroad during the pandemic of COVID-19. More precisely, the paper identifies three levels of liminality, which contribute to the "making of death" in this context: that of death, that of migration, and that of the pandemic. The paper looks at the material and emotional expectations and constraints that surround the repatria…
Informal Networks in the Black Sea Region
In 2014, local community members nailed a pig’s head to the door of a Muslim boarding house in Kobuleti, a small town in Adjara, to argue that ‘this is a Christian place.’ They expressed fears about the building owner, who was thought to be of Turkish origin. Enlargement of the boarding house was perceived as a possible Islamization of the town and an increase of transborder flows in the region. In this article, I examine the agency of the boardi…
Seasonal migration and symbolic power
The repatriation and inclusion of Muslim Meskhetians, forcefully displaced by the Soviet government from Georgia to Central Asia during the 1940s, is still ongoing. In 1977, some Meskhetian families settled in the village of Nasakirali in western Georgia. The Soviet Georgian government built houses for the repatriates in a separate district, referred to as the “Island.” The location acquired a symbolic meaning for Meskhetians. After 40 years of r…
Nested Liminalities
Based on an ethnographic fieldwork among Georgian migrants in Russia, the paper focuses on the management of deceased bodies abroad during the pandemic of COVID-19. More precisely, the paper identifies three levels of liminality, which contribute to the "making of death" in this context: that of death, that of migration, and that of the pandemic. The paper looks at the material and emotional expectations and constraints that surround the repatria…
Seasonal migration and symbolic power
The repatriation and inclusion of Muslim Meskhetians, forcefully displaced by the Soviet government from Georgia to Central Asia during the 1940s, is still ongoing. In 1977, some Meskhetian families settled in the village of Nasakirali in western Georgia. The Soviet Georgian government built houses for the repatriates in a separate district, referred to as the “Island.” The location acquired a symbolic meaning for Meskhetians. After 40 years of r…
Informal Networks in the Black Sea Region
In 2014, local community members nailed a pig’s head to the door of a Muslim boarding house in Kobuleti, a small town in Adjara, to argue that ‘this is a Christian place.’ They expressed fears about the building owner, who was thought to be of Turkish origin. Enlargement of the boarding house was perceived as a possible Islamization of the town and an increase of transborder flows in the region. In this article, I examine the agency of the boardi…
Nested Liminalities
Based on an ethnographic fieldwork among Georgian migrants in Russia, the paper focuses on the management of deceased bodies abroad during the pandemic of COVID-19. More precisely, the paper identifies three levels of liminality, which contribute to the "making of death" in this context: that of death, that of migration, and that of the pandemic. The paper looks at the material and emotional expectations and constraints that surround the repatria…
Everyday Peace Formation from Below in Rural Georgia
( )
Ethnographic Perspectives on Female Peacemaking in Customary Contexts in Central Eurasia
This article is interested in how, why and to what extent women contribute to peacemaking in customary contexts in Central Eurasia. Using the concept and methodology of Ethnographic Peace Research (EPR), an interdisciplinary and inter-regional team conducted iterative ethnographic and pilot participatory explorations in fives villages in Georgia’s Dusheti region, in an urban Uzbek community in Osh, among women traders in Osh bazaars, and in Kyrgy…
Societal peacemaking in customary contexts in Central Eurasia
Sociology (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Islam (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (2 works) · Peacemaking (2 works)