Natalia Bloch
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 108581 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Natalia Bloch |
| NOMBRES | Natalia |
| APELLIDO | Bloch |
| FIRMA | BLOCH N |
| AFILIACIONES | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1341-550X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 10 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Beyond refugee camps
In the wake of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Poland received the greatest number of refugees. While for some it was a transit country and a significant number returned to Ukraine following the stabilisation of the front, nearly one million refugees remained in Poland on a long-term basis. The majority were women with children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. It was the gravest humanitarian crisis in Polan…
The failed struggle for heritage ownership in an Indian village
The residents of Hampi village, located within a UNESCO World Heritage site in southern India, benefited from local material heritage by developing the informal tourism sector. However, since 2011 they have been undergoing forced displacement, and their dwellings and small businesses have been demolished. Their entrepreneurial skills and economic self-sufficiency – which can be interpreted as a grassroots form of pro-poor tourism – have not been …
Is a Woman a Better Refugee Than a Man? Gender Representations of Refugees in the Polish Public Debate
Within the framework of global mobility regimes, some bodies are encouraged to move while others are pushed back. Nation-states create control mechanisms to block those who are “undesirable”. Apart from political utility, the colour of the bodies is indicated by the critics as the main criterion of division. However, one more important dimension that intersects with race here is the gender of these bodies. A woman fits the figure of an ideal vict…
Boundary-Making and Political Activism in Protracted Exile
For over six decades the Tibetan diaspora in India has followed a strategy of ‘non-assimilation’ towards Indian society. A majority of Tibetans still reside in self-governed settlements and maintain their self-imposed statelessness. Tibetan refugees have constructed boundaries that—according to the diaspora leaders—enable them to continue their political struggle for a free Tibet while in a state of protracted exile and imposed waiting. In this a…
Wdowy, polityczki, feministki i ja. Esej o antropologii na rogu ulicy
In the article, I tell the stories of a few female research partners of mine, who accompanied me during ethnographic fieldwork on forced displacement at the UNESCO World Heritage site in Hampi, India. These women differed in every respect: their ethnic origin and caste, religious affiliation, age, marriage status, social position, level of education, and person- ality. What they had in common was their agency in challenging social expectations an…
Engaged Anthropology and the Need for Empathy
This paper is an attempt to consider how engaged anthropology could be practiced in connection with the refugee/migrant crisis. The author presents in detail three anthropological interventions conducted in Poznań, a city in western Poland: (1) the project “We’re All Migrants: (Re)gained Migration Memory”; (2) the campaign “Adopt a Lifejacket”; and (3) the campaign “Gallery without a Home.” At the same time, she criticises the sedentary perspecti…
Beyond a sedentary Other and a mobile tourist
Taking the informal tourism sector in India as a case study, this article demonstrates ethnographically that dichotomous classifications often taken for granted when conceptualizing human mobilities are undermined in people's everyday practices. One of them is the binary between mobile cosmopolitan tourists ("guests" from the Global North) and local "hosts" (i.e. service providers from the Global South), who are denied the right to be mobile. The…
Refugees as Donors
Jamyang was 25 years old when he first arrived in McLeod Ganj—a hill station located in Upper Dharamshala, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Dharamshala is the seat of the 14th Dalai Lama and other Tibetan refugees, and already a popular tourist destination. It was 2001; four years earlier, Jamyang had trudged through the Himalayan passes during his 13-day escape from Tibet. Since he was a monk, the exiled Tibetan administration s…
Poszukiwanie dobrego życia na globalnym Południu. Migranci w nieformalnym sektorze turystycznym w Indiach
Prace Etnograficzne » 2019 » Tom 47, Numer 2 » Poszukiwanie dobrego Å1⁄4ycia na globalnym PoÅudniu. Migranci w nieformalnym sektorze turystycznym w Indiach A A A
Barbarians in India. Tourism as moral contamination
Barbarians in India. Tourism as moral contamination
Boundary-Making and Political Activism in Protracted Exile
For over six decades the Tibetan diaspora in India has followed a strategy of ‘non-assimilation’ towards Indian society. A majority of Tibetans still reside in self-governed settlements and maintain their self-imposed statelessness. Tibetan refugees have constructed boundaries that—according to the diaspora leaders—enable them to continue their political struggle for a free Tibet while in a state of protracted exile and imposed waiting. In this a…
Beyond a sedentary Other and a mobile tourist
Taking the informal tourism sector in India as a case study, this article demonstrates ethnographically that dichotomous classifications often taken for granted when conceptualizing human mobilities are undermined in people's everyday practices. One of them is the binary between mobile cosmopolitan tourists ("guests" from the Global North) and local "hosts" (i.e. service providers from the Global South), who are denied the right to be mobile. The…
Refugees as Donors
Jamyang was 25 years old when he first arrived in McLeod Ganj—a hill station located in Upper Dharamshala, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Dharamshala is the seat of the 14th Dalai Lama and other Tibetan refugees, and already a popular tourist destination. It was 2001; four years earlier, Jamyang had trudged through the Himalayan passes during his 13-day escape from Tibet. Since he was a monk, the exiled Tibetan administration s…
Barbarians in India. Tourism as moral contamination
Refugees as Donors
Jamyang was 25 years old when he first arrived in McLeod Ganj—a hill station located in Upper Dharamshala, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Dharamshala is the seat of the 14th Dalai Lama and other Tibetan refugees, and already a popular tourist destination. It was 2001; four years earlier, Jamyang had trudged through the Himalayan passes during his 13-day escape from Tibet. Since he was a monk, the exiled Tibetan administration s…
Poszukiwanie dobrego życia na globalnym Południu. Migranci w nieformalnym sektorze turystycznym w Indiach
Prace Etnograficzne » 2019 » Tom 47, Numer 2 » Poszukiwanie dobrego Å1⁄4ycia na globalnym PoÅudniu. Migranci w nieformalnym sektorze turystycznym w Indiach A A A
Engaged Anthropology and the Need for Empathy
This paper is an attempt to consider how engaged anthropology could be practiced in connection with the refugee/migrant crisis. The author presents in detail three anthropological interventions conducted in Poznań, a city in western Poland: (1) the project “We’re All Migrants: (Re)gained Migration Memory”; (2) the campaign “Adopt a Lifejacket”; and (3) the campaign “Gallery without a Home.” At the same time, she criticises the sedentary perspecti…
Beyond a sedentary Other and a mobile tourist
Taking the informal tourism sector in India as a case study, this article demonstrates ethnographically that dichotomous classifications often taken for granted when conceptualizing human mobilities are undermined in people's everyday practices. One of them is the binary between mobile cosmopolitan tourists ("guests" from the Global North) and local "hosts" (i.e. service providers from the Global South), who are denied the right to be mobile. The…
Wdowy, polityczki, feministki i ja. Esej o antropologii na rogu ulicy
In the article, I tell the stories of a few female research partners of mine, who accompanied me during ethnographic fieldwork on forced displacement at the UNESCO World Heritage site in Hampi, India. These women differed in every respect: their ethnic origin and caste, religious affiliation, age, marriage status, social position, level of education, and person- ality. What they had in common was their agency in challenging social expectations an…
Boundary-Making and Political Activism in Protracted Exile
For over six decades the Tibetan diaspora in India has followed a strategy of ‘non-assimilation’ towards Indian society. A majority of Tibetans still reside in self-governed settlements and maintain their self-imposed statelessness. Tibetan refugees have constructed boundaries that—according to the diaspora leaders—enable them to continue their political struggle for a free Tibet while in a state of protracted exile and imposed waiting. In this a…
Is a Woman a Better Refugee Than a Man? Gender Representations of Refugees in the Polish Public Debate
Within the framework of global mobility regimes, some bodies are encouraged to move while others are pushed back. Nation-states create control mechanisms to block those who are “undesirable”. Apart from political utility, the colour of the bodies is indicated by the critics as the main criterion of division. However, one more important dimension that intersects with race here is the gender of these bodies. A woman fits the figure of an ideal vict…
Beyond refugee camps
In the wake of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Poland received the greatest number of refugees. While for some it was a transit country and a significant number returned to Ukraine following the stabilisation of the front, nearly one million refugees remained in Poland on a long-term basis. The majority were women with children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. It was the gravest humanitarian crisis in Polan…
The failed struggle for heritage ownership in an Indian village
The residents of Hampi village, located within a UNESCO World Heritage site in southern India, benefited from local material heritage by developing the informal tourism sector. However, since 2011 they have been undergoing forced displacement, and their dwellings and small businesses have been demolished. Their entrepreneurial skills and economic self-sufficiency – which can be interpreted as a grassroots form of pro-poor tourism – have not been …
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