Costanza Curro
Biographic Data
| ID | 6179592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Costanza Curro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Costanza |
| FAMILY NAME | Curro |
| SIGNATURE | CURRO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Becoming a European prisoner
Over the past three decades many former Soviet states introduced reforms to the penal systems they inherited from socialist regimes. In most countries of the post-Soviet space, these reforms have been depicted by policy-makers as projects of 'Europeanization'. This article investigates the discursive construction of penal reform in Georgia and Estonia after these countries gained independence. We examine images and practices of punishment and ans…
Excessive hospitality
This article investigates the making of personhood through conspicuous hospitality practices in the Republic of Georgia, focusing on how this process has underpinned moral boundary drawing in Georgia’s recent history – from the late Soviet era, through the 1990s, to the years following the Rose Revolution in 2003. Largely perceived and defined as tradition by local people and external observers, hospitality is a powerful device to organise social…
A critical assessment of informal practices as resistance
This paper investigates the form of male street socialization known as birzha as an informal practice which upholds norms opposed to those emanating from official institutions. Repressed by state power, birzha falls into the conceptual framework which regards informal practices as forms of resistance generating counterhegemonic narratives vis-à-vis the official system. The paper questions this framework’s appropriateness for understanding informa…
Davabirzhaot! Conflicting claims on public space in Tbilisi between transparency and opaqueness
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the form of young male socialisation referred to as birzha , in its relation to public space in Georgia. Birzha defines a group of young men who meet regularly in urban open spaces in Tbilisi’s neighbourhoods. Partly considered as the initial step of a criminal career, belonging to birzha is a mark of identification with one’s local group. The contested nature of public space is illustrated by…
A critical assessment of informal practices as resistance
This paper investigates the form of male street socialization known as birzha as an informal practice which upholds norms opposed to those emanating from official institutions. Repressed by state power, birzha falls into the conceptual framework which regards informal practices as forms of resistance generating counterhegemonic narratives vis-à-vis the official system. The paper questions this framework’s appropriateness for understanding informa…
Excessive hospitality
This article investigates the making of personhood through conspicuous hospitality practices in the Republic of Georgia, focusing on how this process has underpinned moral boundary drawing in Georgia’s recent history – from the late Soviet era, through the 1990s, to the years following the Rose Revolution in 2003. Largely perceived and defined as tradition by local people and external observers, hospitality is a powerful device to organise social…
Davabirzhaot! Conflicting claims on public space in Tbilisi between transparency and opaqueness
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the form of young male socialisation referred to as birzha , in its relation to public space in Georgia. Birzha defines a group of young men who meet regularly in urban open spaces in Tbilisi’s neighbourhoods. Partly considered as the initial step of a criminal career, belonging to birzha is a mark of identification with one’s local group. The contested nature of public space is illustrated by…
Davabirzhaot! Conflicting claims on public space in Tbilisi between transparency and opaqueness
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the form of young male socialisation referred to as birzha , in its relation to public space in Georgia. Birzha defines a group of young men who meet regularly in urban open spaces in Tbilisi’s neighbourhoods. Partly considered as the initial step of a criminal career, belonging to birzha is a mark of identification with one’s local group. The contested nature of public space is illustrated by…
A critical assessment of informal practices as resistance
This paper investigates the form of male street socialization known as birzha as an informal practice which upholds norms opposed to those emanating from official institutions. Repressed by state power, birzha falls into the conceptual framework which regards informal practices as forms of resistance generating counterhegemonic narratives vis-à-vis the official system. The paper questions this framework’s appropriateness for understanding informa…
Excessive hospitality
This article investigates the making of personhood through conspicuous hospitality practices in the Republic of Georgia, focusing on how this process has underpinned moral boundary drawing in Georgia’s recent history – from the late Soviet era, through the 1990s, to the years following the Rose Revolution in 2003. Largely perceived and defined as tradition by local people and external observers, hospitality is a powerful device to organise social…
Becoming a European prisoner
Over the past three decades many former Soviet states introduced reforms to the penal systems they inherited from socialist regimes. In most countries of the post-Soviet space, these reforms have been depicted by policy-makers as projects of 'Europeanization'. This article investigates the discursive construction of penal reform in Georgia and Estonia after these countries gained independence. We examine images and practices of punishment and ans…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (2 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Ambivalence (1 work)