Anna Cieślewska
Biographic Data
| ID | 147912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Cieślewska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Cieślewska |
| SIGNATURE | CIEŚLEWSKA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jagiellonian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8483-3311 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religious ‘things’ and memories of the Nagorno-Karabakh
In the Karabakh Conflict’s Shadow
This report from the project Azerbaijanis and Armenians in Georgia: Uneasy Peace and Conflict Mobility in the Context of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War presents the findings of field research conducted particularly in the rural areas of Kvemo Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti, and cities of Tbilisi, Marneuli, and Akhalkalaki, and media research carried out between 2020 and 2022. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has affected not only Armenia and Azerbaijan b…
Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus since the Fall of the Soviet Union, by Bayram Balchi
Second Wife, Second Life
This article focuses on transnational polygamous marriages of migrants in Russia and how transnational polygynous practices influence people’s understanding of marriage, love and family. The paper shows how polygamous migrant marriages are negotiated between families, by presenting the perspective of individuals involved in such relationships in Russia. It argues that transborder relationships contribute to the transformation of social interactio…
Local Development in Practice
the paper explains the issue of cooperation between the mahalla communities and a foreign ngo. the main goal of this paper is to examine the way in which the communities respond to ideas of social development introduced by an outside ngo using the example of the project implemented by the polish centre for International aid (pcIa) and the tajik ngo mehrangez, entitled 'reinforcing local community development through institutional support for maha…
Transforming the Social Role of Female Religious Professionals in Tajikistan
This article considers the recent and contemporary transformation of the role of the female religious practitioners in Tajikistan who act as spiritual leaders for the women of the traditionally sedentary population of Central Asia. These women are known as bibi otun/bibi khalifa and function within the sphere of daily life and traditions and are regarded as possessing spiritual knowledge that links them to God. The social and religious environmen…
Community, the State and Development Assistance
For centuries, the mahalla as a quarter within cities and villages, regulated the life of sedentary communities maintaining relative autonomy at the grass-root level. During the Soviet period, the mahalla underwent transformation, nevertheless, its practices and traditions still shaped local relationships. The rapid changes after the collapse of the USSR also affected the mahalla, which has been included into the legislative framework of Tajikist…
The relationship between the traditional, self-governing institution of mahallah, state administration and international donors
Drawing on the experience of producing and screening the ethnographic film Standard-bearers of Hussein. Women commemorating Karbala, produced in 2003, the author/filmmaker addresses how to explore visually and represent subtle religious expressions and experiences embedded in objects and actions, and how to conduct audio-visual representation of women while managing local gendered aesthetics and ethics of representation. The author reflects on ho…
Second Wife, Second Life
This article focuses on transnational polygamous marriages of migrants in Russia and how transnational polygynous practices influence people’s understanding of marriage, love and family. The paper shows how polygamous migrant marriages are negotiated between families, by presenting the perspective of individuals involved in such relationships in Russia. It argues that transborder relationships contribute to the transformation of social interactio…
Transforming the Social Role of Female Religious Professionals in Tajikistan
This article considers the recent and contemporary transformation of the role of the female religious practitioners in Tajikistan who act as spiritual leaders for the women of the traditionally sedentary population of Central Asia. These women are known as bibi otun/bibi khalifa and function within the sphere of daily life and traditions and are regarded as possessing spiritual knowledge that links them to God. The social and religious environmen…
The relationship between the traditional, self-governing institution of mahallah, state administration and international donors
Drawing on the experience of producing and screening the ethnographic film Standard-bearers of Hussein. Women commemorating Karbala, produced in 2003, the author/filmmaker addresses how to explore visually and represent subtle religious expressions and experiences embedded in objects and actions, and how to conduct audio-visual representation of women while managing local gendered aesthetics and ethics of representation. The author reflects on ho…
Community, the State and Development Assistance
For centuries, the mahalla as a quarter within cities and villages, regulated the life of sedentary communities maintaining relative autonomy at the grass-root level. During the Soviet period, the mahalla underwent transformation, nevertheless, its practices and traditions still shaped local relationships. The rapid changes after the collapse of the USSR also affected the mahalla, which has been included into the legislative framework of Tajikist…
Transforming the Social Role of Female Religious Professionals in Tajikistan
This article considers the recent and contemporary transformation of the role of the female religious practitioners in Tajikistan who act as spiritual leaders for the women of the traditionally sedentary population of Central Asia. These women are known as bibi otun/bibi khalifa and function within the sphere of daily life and traditions and are regarded as possessing spiritual knowledge that links them to God. The social and religious environmen…
Local Development in Practice
the paper explains the issue of cooperation between the mahalla communities and a foreign ngo. the main goal of this paper is to examine the way in which the communities respond to ideas of social development introduced by an outside ngo using the example of the project implemented by the polish centre for International aid (pcIa) and the tajik ngo mehrangez, entitled 'reinforcing local community development through institutional support for maha…
Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus since the Fall of the Soviet Union, by Bayram Balchi
Second Wife, Second Life
This article focuses on transnational polygamous marriages of migrants in Russia and how transnational polygynous practices influence people’s understanding of marriage, love and family. The paper shows how polygamous migrant marriages are negotiated between families, by presenting the perspective of individuals involved in such relationships in Russia. It argues that transborder relationships contribute to the transformation of social interactio…
In the Karabakh Conflict’s Shadow
This report from the project Azerbaijanis and Armenians in Georgia: Uneasy Peace and Conflict Mobility in the Context of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War presents the findings of field research conducted particularly in the rural areas of Kvemo Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti, and cities of Tbilisi, Marneuli, and Akhalkalaki, and media research carried out between 2020 and 2022. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has affected not only Armenia and Azerbaijan b…
Religious ‘things’ and memories of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Armenian (2 works) · Central asia (2 works) · China (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works)