Oksana Kovzele
Biographic Data
| ID | 813119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oksana Kovzele |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oksana |
| FAMILY NAME | Kovzele |
| SIGNATURE | KOVZELE O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Daugavpils University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9696-4212 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Coping with Trauma through Christian Holiday Observances in the Testimonies of Latvian Deportees
This qualitative research aims to analyse testimonies collected by Daugavpils University (DU) between 2003 and 2024 and stored at the Oral History Centre of DU Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (Latvia). This collection of more than 1,200 records includes 193 life stories of Latvian deportees who in the 1940s were arrested and transported to the most remote and disadvantaged regions of the Soviet Union. Because many deportees were not d…
Transformations in Midsummer’s Eve Celebrations in Soviet and Post-Soviet Latvia
Celebrations are constantly exposed to gradual transformation processes promoted by diverse historical, political and social factors. This qualitative study is based on data from semi-structured interviews conducted in the southeastern region of Latvia, Latgale. It analyses transformations in the celebration of the summer solstice festival -Midsummer's Eve (Ji) -from the synchronic (at a specific point in time) and diachronic (through different p…
Transformations of Old Believer Wedding Rites in Latvia
The wedding 2 is an integral part of family life. The ways in which it is organised can differ not only between representatives of different religious groups, but also between members of the same denomination. By applying cultural-historical, ethnographic and qualitative data processing method, the paper focuses on transformations in Old Believer wedding rites between the first half of the 20th century and the present. Analysis of interviews cond…
Ethno-Religious Minority in the Borderland
Territorially scattered or dispersed minorities have been representing certain realities of political geography, therefore the risk of ethnic or religious conflicts due to rapid globalization and cosmopolitanism tendencies demands a search for new conflict-reducing mechanisms. The Old Believersâ community of Latvia, an ethnic-denominational group within the Russian ethnos, presents a sustainable form of the countryâ s political, ethnic, cultural,…
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Ethno-Religious Minority in the Borderland
Territorially scattered or dispersed minorities have been representing certain realities of political geography, therefore the risk of ethnic or religious conflicts due to rapid globalization and cosmopolitanism tendencies demands a search for new conflict-reducing mechanisms. The Old Believersâ community of Latvia, an ethnic-denominational group within the Russian ethnos, presents a sustainable form of the countryâ s political, ethnic, cultural,…
Transformations of Old Believer Wedding Rites in Latvia
The wedding 2 is an integral part of family life. The ways in which it is organised can differ not only between representatives of different religious groups, but also between members of the same denomination. By applying cultural-historical, ethnographic and qualitative data processing method, the paper focuses on transformations in Old Believer wedding rites between the first half of the 20th century and the present. Analysis of interviews cond…
Transformations in Midsummer’s Eve Celebrations in Soviet and Post-Soviet Latvia
Celebrations are constantly exposed to gradual transformation processes promoted by diverse historical, political and social factors. This qualitative study is based on data from semi-structured interviews conducted in the southeastern region of Latvia, Latgale. It analyses transformations in the celebration of the summer solstice festival -Midsummer's Eve (Ji) -from the synchronic (at a specific point in time) and diachronic (through different p…
Coping with Trauma through Christian Holiday Observances in the Testimonies of Latvian Deportees
This qualitative research aims to analyse testimonies collected by Daugavpils University (DU) between 2003 and 2024 and stored at the Oral History Centre of DU Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (Latvia). This collection of more than 1,200 records includes 193 life stories of Latvian deportees who in the 1940s were arrested and transported to the most remote and disadvantaged regions of the Soviet Union. Because many deportees were not d…
Political science (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (1 works)