K Sedlenieks
Biographic Data
| ID | 40911 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Sedlenieks |
| GIVEN NAMES | K |
| FAMILY NAME | Sedlenieks |
| SIGNATURE | SEDLENIEKS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Riga Stradiņš University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1751-2956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Growing up in Europe
‘Daughters Too Are Our Children.’ Gender Relations and Inheritance in Njeguši
The stereotypes of Montenegrin gender relations depict men doing war and women constrained to lead extremely hard lives consisting of reproduction and domestic work. In this study with a focus on Njeguši, the author instead demonstrates how gender relations are characterised by a dynamic process which defies attempts to present a one-dimensional picture. For example, the widespread tradition that sons inherit, to the exclusion of daughters, prove…
Liquid crystal and the A1
In this paper I argue that the state is best imagined through the metaphor of a liquid crystal – a substance that, at the same time, is both structured and fluid. I combine several well‐established views on the state (as an entity that has structure, but that also needs movement), and demonstrate that the state comes into being not only through vertical (and hence hierarchical) activities, but also through multiple other attempts to build transpa…
Phantom rebellion
The article is centred around an event in Njeguši, a small village in Montenegro, whereby a group of people tried to honour their ancestor by inauguration of a small church and a commemorative building. Unexpectedly, the event was forbidden, the police showed up as if to prevent violence. I interpret this event through reference to various phantoms that one could have encountered in this process and argue that people in Njeguši, just as well as e…
What Do Latvian “Peaceful Peasants” Do? A Peace System in A Rural Parish of Latvia
Keywords: anthropology of peaceconflict resolutionLatvia Additional informationNotes on contributorsKlāvs SedlenieksKlāvs Sedlenieks holds an MPhil degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He currently works as a researcher at the University of Latvia and as a lecturer in social anthropology at Riga Stradins University. His main research interests: economic and political anthropology, anthropology of peace, …
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What Do Latvian “Peaceful Peasants” Do? A Peace System in A Rural Parish of Latvia
Keywords: anthropology of peaceconflict resolutionLatvia Additional informationNotes on contributorsKlāvs SedlenieksKlāvs Sedlenieks holds an MPhil degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. He currently works as a researcher at the University of Latvia and as a lecturer in social anthropology at Riga Stradins University. His main research interests: economic and political anthropology, anthropology of peace, …
Liquid crystal and the A1
In this paper I argue that the state is best imagined through the metaphor of a liquid crystal – a substance that, at the same time, is both structured and fluid. I combine several well‐established views on the state (as an entity that has structure, but that also needs movement), and demonstrate that the state comes into being not only through vertical (and hence hierarchical) activities, but also through multiple other attempts to build transpa…
Phantom rebellion
The article is centred around an event in Njeguši, a small village in Montenegro, whereby a group of people tried to honour their ancestor by inauguration of a small church and a commemorative building. Unexpectedly, the event was forbidden, the police showed up as if to prevent violence. I interpret this event through reference to various phantoms that one could have encountered in this process and argue that people in Njeguši, just as well as e…
‘Daughters Too Are Our Children.’ Gender Relations and Inheritance in Njeguši
The stereotypes of Montenegrin gender relations depict men doing war and women constrained to lead extremely hard lives consisting of reproduction and domestic work. In this study with a focus on Njeguši, the author instead demonstrates how gender relations are characterised by a dynamic process which defies attempts to present a one-dimensional picture. For example, the widespread tradition that sons inherit, to the exclusion of daughters, prove…
Growing up in Europe
Sociology (4 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Algorithm (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works)