Anna M Kłonkowska
Biographic Data
| ID | 350459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna M Kłonkowska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna M |
| FAMILY NAME | Kłonkowska |
| SIGNATURE | KŁONKOWSKA A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gdańsk |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5065-4975 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Researching Vulnerable Groups
The article aims to describe vulnerable groups in the context of qualitative research in social science with special attention to ethical and methodological dilemmas. This is a theoretical study, which does not aspire to offer solutions or guidelines, but rather show elements worth taking notice of and analyzing when research is planned and carried out. We argue that in the social sciences, vulnerability is relational and crucial. However, social…
Interpersonal Communication Between Transgender and Cisgender People
Interpersonal communication between transgender/gender-diverse and cisgender people is an understudied area within the fields of communication studies and gender studies; studies on Canadian and Polish interpersonal communication dynamics involving these demographic groups are even rarer. The purpose of this research project therefore was two-fold. On an applied level, this study sought to document and analyze interpersonal communication dynamics…
Towards a Ritualized Public Space Above Divisions
The article refers to anthropological, sociological and pedagogical aspects of reframing – in a creative way – the rituals addressed to children at the threshold of puberty. Based on a presentation of a new ritual of farewell to childhood, the paper is a theoretical reflection on the need of introducing new rituals that create ground for animation-educational practice. This practice – by revivifying creativity in areas considered so far closed an…
On Walls and Bridges
Two widely recognized transgender identity formations—the medical model, which emerged from the findings of mid-twentieth-century sexologist Harry Benjamin and is reliant on incremental hormonal and surgical interventions, and the social construct model, which relies on experiential standpoint within a poststructural frame—are often considered dichotomous, even oppositional, categories within the transgender social movement. Such political positi…
“Be Glad That You Are Ill”
In Poland, most of the existing information on transgender has been heavily influenced by the pathologizing, medicalizing discourses of the 1980s and early 1990s, and deeply rooted in the essentialist perception of gender. In contrast, under the influence of queer theory and social constructionism, Polish social studies re-discovered the theory of transgender in the late 2000s. Combining these two competing viewpoints and discourses has shaped a…
Personal and Collective Trans-Mythologies
Embedded within the biographies of some transgender people are narratives elements more frequently found in culturally-specific legends settings and the interplay of mythological figures. Individuals who specifically identify as transsexuals (unlike other, non-binary or gender-queer transgender people) sometimes report the wish, the dream, and/or the desire to understand or alleviate their experienced gender incongruence in a surprisingly creativ…
Masculinity
The presentation of this article is to address in detail the situational experiences and social circumstances of trans men living in Poland today. Based on results arrived at through the author's research, this article focuses on a number of accounts by transgender people of social reception of trans masculinity in Poland. The arising problems which trans men face in these situations are highlighted by the severity of the kinds of social pressure…
Articles
“More-or-less body”
The article presents results of a study aimed at exploring social concepts associated with bodily ‘normativity’ and ‘passability’: the notion of normative body weight and attitude towards over- and underweight individuals. We were particularly interested in the common concepts and notions associated with normative body weight as well as possible reasons for rejection of people whose bodies do not fall within the socially shared knowledge of what …
Making Transgender Count in Poland
The article examines the criteria for determining which individuals become legible as transgender in Poland and how expert medical and legal discourses normalize the gender identity, sexuality, and gender performativity of this group. Only those transgender people who fit the outdated model of the “true transsexual” are allowed to (in fact expected to) undergo a physical transition. Once transitioned, they are expected to blend into society and p…
Dual-Unity or Dichotomy? Androgyny and Social Construction of Gender Bipartition / Dvilypis Vieningumas Ar Dichotomija? Hermafroditizmas Ir Lyties Dvejopumo Socialinis Konstruktas
The paper concerns mythology, rites, philosophical tradition and other intellectual inspirations, which have influenced the Western culture's approach to the male-female dualism in social categories and the culture's attitude towards the phenomenon of androgyny. This male-female bipartite category and the occurrence of transgressing it, or not fitting it, is analysed in relation to divergent philosophical and sociological theories, like the thoug…
Kultura
Making Transgender Count in Poland
The article examines the criteria for determining which individuals become legible as transgender in Poland and how expert medical and legal discourses normalize the gender identity, sexuality, and gender performativity of this group. Only those transgender people who fit the outdated model of the “true transsexual” are allowed to (in fact expected to) undergo a physical transition. Once transitioned, they are expected to blend into society and p…
On Walls and Bridges
Two widely recognized transgender identity formations—the medical model, which emerged from the findings of mid-twentieth-century sexologist Harry Benjamin and is reliant on incremental hormonal and surgical interventions, and the social construct model, which relies on experiential standpoint within a poststructural frame—are often considered dichotomous, even oppositional, categories within the transgender social movement. Such political positi…
Masculinity
The presentation of this article is to address in detail the situational experiences and social circumstances of trans men living in Poland today. Based on results arrived at through the author's research, this article focuses on a number of accounts by transgender people of social reception of trans masculinity in Poland. The arising problems which trans men face in these situations are highlighted by the severity of the kinds of social pressure…
Kultura
Dual-Unity or Dichotomy? Androgyny and Social Construction of Gender Bipartition / Dvilypis Vieningumas Ar Dichotomija? Hermafroditizmas Ir Lyties Dvejopumo Socialinis Konstruktas
The paper concerns mythology, rites, philosophical tradition and other intellectual inspirations, which have influenced the Western culture's approach to the male-female dualism in social categories and the culture's attitude towards the phenomenon of androgyny. This male-female bipartite category and the occurrence of transgressing it, or not fitting it, is analysed in relation to divergent philosophical and sociological theories, like the thoug…
Articles
“More-or-less body”
The article presents results of a study aimed at exploring social concepts associated with bodily ‘normativity’ and ‘passability’: the notion of normative body weight and attitude towards over- and underweight individuals. We were particularly interested in the common concepts and notions associated with normative body weight as well as possible reasons for rejection of people whose bodies do not fall within the socially shared knowledge of what …
Making Transgender Count in Poland
The article examines the criteria for determining which individuals become legible as transgender in Poland and how expert medical and legal discourses normalize the gender identity, sexuality, and gender performativity of this group. Only those transgender people who fit the outdated model of the “true transsexual” are allowed to (in fact expected to) undergo a physical transition. Once transitioned, they are expected to blend into society and p…
Masculinity
The presentation of this article is to address in detail the situational experiences and social circumstances of trans men living in Poland today. Based on results arrived at through the author's research, this article focuses on a number of accounts by transgender people of social reception of trans masculinity in Poland. The arising problems which trans men face in these situations are highlighted by the severity of the kinds of social pressure…
Personal and Collective Trans-Mythologies
Embedded within the biographies of some transgender people are narratives elements more frequently found in culturally-specific legends settings and the interplay of mythological figures. Individuals who specifically identify as transsexuals (unlike other, non-binary or gender-queer transgender people) sometimes report the wish, the dream, and/or the desire to understand or alleviate their experienced gender incongruence in a surprisingly creativ…
“Be Glad That You Are Ill”
In Poland, most of the existing information on transgender has been heavily influenced by the pathologizing, medicalizing discourses of the 1980s and early 1990s, and deeply rooted in the essentialist perception of gender. In contrast, under the influence of queer theory and social constructionism, Polish social studies re-discovered the theory of transgender in the late 2000s. Combining these two competing viewpoints and discourses has shaped a…
On Walls and Bridges
Two widely recognized transgender identity formations—the medical model, which emerged from the findings of mid-twentieth-century sexologist Harry Benjamin and is reliant on incremental hormonal and surgical interventions, and the social construct model, which relies on experiential standpoint within a poststructural frame—are often considered dichotomous, even oppositional, categories within the transgender social movement. Such political positi…
Towards a Ritualized Public Space Above Divisions
The article refers to anthropological, sociological and pedagogical aspects of reframing – in a creative way – the rituals addressed to children at the threshold of puberty. Based on a presentation of a new ritual of farewell to childhood, the paper is a theoretical reflection on the need of introducing new rituals that create ground for animation-educational practice. This practice – by revivifying creativity in areas considered so far closed an…
Interpersonal Communication Between Transgender and Cisgender People
Interpersonal communication between transgender/gender-diverse and cisgender people is an understudied area within the fields of communication studies and gender studies; studies on Canadian and Polish interpersonal communication dynamics involving these demographic groups are even rarer. The purpose of this research project therefore was two-fold. On an applied level, this study sought to document and analyze interpersonal communication dynamics…
Researching Vulnerable Groups
The article aims to describe vulnerable groups in the context of qualitative research in social science with special attention to ethical and methodological dilemmas. This is a theoretical study, which does not aspire to offer solutions or guidelines, but rather show elements worth taking notice of and analyzing when research is planned and carried out. We argue that in the social sciences, vulnerability is relational and crucial. However, social…
Sociology (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Transgender (6 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works)