Natália Slivková
Biographic Data
| ID | 817668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natália Slivková |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natália |
| FAMILY NAME | Slivková |
| SIGNATURE | SLIVKOVÁ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9277-5353 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From Stigma to Support
What To Do About Conspiracy Theories?
Increasingly social activists, journalists and policy makers have expressed concern over the proliferation of conspiracy theories in the public space. There is a growing fear of their impact on social cohesion and democracy, their power to erode trust in state institutions and science. These concerns often come with an expectation that it is the responsibility of academics to engage with conspiracy beliefs by countering them. But should they? \n …
Politics After the Pandemic
Politics After the Pandemic
One feature of post-pandemic politics is controversy over "conspiracy theory".What makes a theory a conspiracy theory?Why are they so popular?Who deploys the phrase and to what end?Providing an accessible tour through the social science of power and ideology, Lagalisse and Drkiewicz offer a mini-series on "conspiracy theory" as a form of social critique that indexes broad mistrust in institutions and the state, and why scholars of the Global Nort…
Politics After the Pandemic
One feature of post-pandemic politics is controversy over "conspiracy theory".What makes a theory a conspiracy theory?Why are they so popular?Who deploys the phrase and to what end?Providing an accessible tour through the social science of power and ideology, Lagalisse and Drkiewicz offer a mini-series on "conspiracy theory" as a form of social critique that indexes broad mistrust in institutions and the state, and why scholars of the Global Nort…
Are You with Us or Against Us
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, two contrasting images quickly became representative of the crisis. On the one hand, there were heroic doctors working day and night with the novel virus, risking their lives and making sacrifices to save others. On the other, there were ‘anti-maskers’ and ‘anti-vaxxers’: people doubting if the virus is real, questioning the effectiveness of protective measures, suspicious that the crisis is nothing more than an el…
Forum
It has been a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. It is clear that the impact of this war goes far beyond Ukraine. We already know that it will have long-lasting consequences for the regional and global economy, in particular for energy and food security. The war is reshuffling old geo-political arrangements and alliances. It is also shaping the political landscapes of European states: international relations, inflation and migrat…
Between the Covid-19 Pandemic and Saving the World
is paper presents a research case study that explores in depth the question of the function of conspiracy theories and their uses among a religious community during a Global Pandemic. Falun Dafa is a new religious movement that emerged in China and was banned by the Chinese Communist Party. Growing into a global community, it has nowadays followers in many countries, including Bulgaria. e movement's complex doctrine includes visions of the impend…
Angels in White Coats or Angels of Death? Rumours and Conspiracy Narratives about Medical Specialists in Bulgaria during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The article discusses a thematic group of rumours and conspiracy narratives, propagated mainly through Facebook, according to which the real culprits for the spread of the coronavirus infection and the growing number of deaths in Bulgaria are medical specialists. Since the very beginning of the pandemic, rumours about false COVID-19 diagnoses and particularly about falsified death acts have been intensively circulating on social media. In Faceboo…
“We Are in Control”
Female spiritual influencers on Instagram engage with conspiracy content and appeal to the issue of control over female bodies to bridge the gap between mainstream and fringe online spaces. I use the concept of "third space" to analyse the dynamics of Instagram communities around spiritual influencers and highlight how these communities operate as spaces for political discussion while simultaneously appearing apolitical from the outside. Analysin…
Doubting the Malagasy Remedy. Rumours and Suspicion During Covid-19 in Madagascar
Aer the world came into the grip of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Madagascar suddenly moved into the spotlight of global media attention. Backed up by low incident rates and no deaths, the president of Madagascar announced in April that local scientists had found a cure for COVID-19. During a TV broadcast, he sipped from a bottle dubbed Covid-Organics (CVO) and heralded the herbal concoction as a remedy for the global crisis. e World Health O…
Conspiracy Theories, Rumours and Gossip at The Time of Crisis
In this special issue, we examine gossip, rumours and conspiracy theories in times of crisis. Most recently, interest in this topic has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic But this is not the first socio-medical crisis that has prompted alternative explanations
Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories are one way of dealing with gaps between hopes and reality, between the visible and the hidden, and between expert and lay knowledge. They are meaning systems that either explain or make sense of specific events or of social, political, or economic systems of power. Conspiracy theories assume that some actors intentionally conspire to harm others for their own benefit. Often they are linked to feelings of persecution against a…
What should academics do about conspiracy theories? Moving beyond debunking to better deal with conspiratorial movements, misinformation and post-truth
Many people use conspiracy theories to make sense of a changing world and its ever more complexif social structures (e.g., international financial systems, global bodies of governance), tragic events (e.g., terrorist attacks, man-made catastrophes, or natural disasters), or socio-political and economic issues (e.g., security, migration, distribution of resources, health care). The widespread flourishing of conspiracy theories in this context has …
Taking vaccine regret and hesitancy seriously. The role of truth, conspiracy theories, gender relations and trust in the HPV immunisation programmes in Ireland
This paper considers the dual approach to conspiracy theories in anthropological studies. While some anthropologists suggest treating them seriously because they might reveal some truths, others argue that conspiracy theories require serious attention, because they are alarming and present a threat to social cohesion and democracy. Analysing conflicts over HPV immunisation programmes in Ireland, this paper investigates if there is a way of bridgi…
Institutionalised Dreams
Using examples from Poland, Elżbieta Drążkiewicz explores the question of why states become donors and individuals decide to share their wealth with others through foreign aid. She comes to the conclusion that the concept of foreign aid requires the establishment of a specific moral economy which links national ideologies and local cultures of charitable giving with broader ideas about the global political economy. It is through these processes t…
Scientific Intimacy
As the coronavirus started to spread in Ireland, the epidemiological data became the most sought-after information in the country. This article will examine the ways in which COVID-19 redefined the intimacies of the relationships that health professionals and the members of the public have with medical data. It will focus on Irish examples and explore how the context of the pandemic turned numbers from abstract cognitive tools into important and …
Repealing Ireland's Eighth Amendment
In 2018, the Irish public voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which since 1983 banned abortion in the country. While this was a watershed moment in Irish history, it was not unconnected to wider discussions now taking place around the world concerning gender, reproductive rights, the future of religion, Church–State relationships, democracy and social movements. With this Forum, we want to prompt some anthropological i…
Institutionalised Dreams
Neutrality in foreign aid
Since the late 1990s, researchers have been predicting that the era of neutrality in aid politics is coming to an end and that foreign organizations will have to take a more engaged stance. Yet while the boundaries between humanitarianism and development are fading, in some cases the neutrality norm is actually expanding rather than giving way to an engaged paradigm. Recognizing that the principles of neutrality and independence have different me…
State Bureaucrats' and 'Those NGO People
One of the characteristics of Polish foreign aid is its focus on the 'transition experience' and civil society. This specific celebration of the 'Polish success story' contrasts sharply with public debates that frequently criticise the weaknesses of Polish civil society and the difficulties in state - non-state relations. The Polish Aid apparatus itself is not immune to these problems, often exhibiting antagonistic relations between NGOs and the …
From Recipient to Donor
Research on development aid has focused on Western powers-the global South's 20th century colonial masters-largely ignoring the practices of donors who are not members of the West-dominated Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC). This article informs about the world of "non-DAC donors," through examining Polish development aid and its sociocultural foundations. Since around 2000, Polan…
Forum
It has been a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. It is clear that the impact of this war goes far beyond Ukraine. We already know that it will have long-lasting consequences for the regional and global economy, in particular for energy and food security. The war is reshuffling old geo-political arrangements and alliances. It is also shaping the political landscapes of European states: international relations, inflation and migrat…
State Bureaucrats' and 'Those NGO People
One of the characteristics of Polish foreign aid is its focus on the 'transition experience' and civil society. This specific celebration of the 'Polish success story' contrasts sharply with public debates that frequently criticise the weaknesses of Polish civil society and the difficulties in state - non-state relations. The Polish Aid apparatus itself is not immune to these problems, often exhibiting antagonistic relations between NGOs and the …
Institutionalised Dreams
From Recipient to Donor
Research on development aid has focused on Western powers-the global South's 20th century colonial masters-largely ignoring the practices of donors who are not members of the West-dominated Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and its Development Assistance Committee (DAC). This article informs about the world of "non-DAC donors," through examining Polish development aid and its sociocultural foundations. Since around 2000, Polan…
State Bureaucrats' and 'Those NGO People
One of the characteristics of Polish foreign aid is its focus on the 'transition experience' and civil society. This specific celebration of the 'Polish success story' contrasts sharply with public debates that frequently criticise the weaknesses of Polish civil society and the difficulties in state - non-state relations. The Polish Aid apparatus itself is not immune to these problems, often exhibiting antagonistic relations between NGOs and the …
Neutrality in foreign aid
Since the late 1990s, researchers have been predicting that the era of neutrality in aid politics is coming to an end and that foreign organizations will have to take a more engaged stance. Yet while the boundaries between humanitarianism and development are fading, in some cases the neutrality norm is actually expanding rather than giving way to an engaged paradigm. Recognizing that the principles of neutrality and independence have different me…
Institutionalised Dreams
Using examples from Poland, Elżbieta Drążkiewicz explores the question of why states become donors and individuals decide to share their wealth with others through foreign aid. She comes to the conclusion that the concept of foreign aid requires the establishment of a specific moral economy which links national ideologies and local cultures of charitable giving with broader ideas about the global political economy. It is through these processes t…
Scientific Intimacy
As the coronavirus started to spread in Ireland, the epidemiological data became the most sought-after information in the country. This article will examine the ways in which COVID-19 redefined the intimacies of the relationships that health professionals and the members of the public have with medical data. It will focus on Irish examples and explore how the context of the pandemic turned numbers from abstract cognitive tools into important and …
Repealing Ireland's Eighth Amendment
In 2018, the Irish public voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which since 1983 banned abortion in the country. While this was a watershed moment in Irish history, it was not unconnected to wider discussions now taking place around the world concerning gender, reproductive rights, the future of religion, Church–State relationships, democracy and social movements. With this Forum, we want to prompt some anthropological i…
Institutionalised Dreams
Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories are one way of dealing with gaps between hopes and reality, between the visible and the hidden, and between expert and lay knowledge. They are meaning systems that either explain or make sense of specific events or of social, political, or economic systems of power. Conspiracy theories assume that some actors intentionally conspire to harm others for their own benefit. Often they are linked to feelings of persecution against a…
What should academics do about conspiracy theories? Moving beyond debunking to better deal with conspiratorial movements, misinformation and post-truth
Many people use conspiracy theories to make sense of a changing world and its ever more complexif social structures (e.g., international financial systems, global bodies of governance), tragic events (e.g., terrorist attacks, man-made catastrophes, or natural disasters), or socio-political and economic issues (e.g., security, migration, distribution of resources, health care). The widespread flourishing of conspiracy theories in this context has …
Taking vaccine regret and hesitancy seriously. The role of truth, conspiracy theories, gender relations and trust in the HPV immunisation programmes in Ireland
This paper considers the dual approach to conspiracy theories in anthropological studies. While some anthropologists suggest treating them seriously because they might reveal some truths, others argue that conspiracy theories require serious attention, because they are alarming and present a threat to social cohesion and democracy. Analysing conflicts over HPV immunisation programmes in Ireland, this paper investigates if there is a way of bridgi…
Between the Covid-19 Pandemic and Saving the World
is paper presents a research case study that explores in depth the question of the function of conspiracy theories and their uses among a religious community during a Global Pandemic. Falun Dafa is a new religious movement that emerged in China and was banned by the Chinese Communist Party. Growing into a global community, it has nowadays followers in many countries, including Bulgaria. e movement's complex doctrine includes visions of the impend…
Angels in White Coats or Angels of Death? Rumours and Conspiracy Narratives about Medical Specialists in Bulgaria during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The article discusses a thematic group of rumours and conspiracy narratives, propagated mainly through Facebook, according to which the real culprits for the spread of the coronavirus infection and the growing number of deaths in Bulgaria are medical specialists. Since the very beginning of the pandemic, rumours about false COVID-19 diagnoses and particularly about falsified death acts have been intensively circulating on social media. In Faceboo…
“We Are in Control”
Female spiritual influencers on Instagram engage with conspiracy content and appeal to the issue of control over female bodies to bridge the gap between mainstream and fringe online spaces. I use the concept of "third space" to analyse the dynamics of Instagram communities around spiritual influencers and highlight how these communities operate as spaces for political discussion while simultaneously appearing apolitical from the outside. Analysin…
Doubting the Malagasy Remedy. Rumours and Suspicion During Covid-19 in Madagascar
Aer the world came into the grip of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Madagascar suddenly moved into the spotlight of global media attention. Backed up by low incident rates and no deaths, the president of Madagascar announced in April that local scientists had found a cure for COVID-19. During a TV broadcast, he sipped from a bottle dubbed Covid-Organics (CVO) and heralded the herbal concoction as a remedy for the global crisis. e World Health O…
Conspiracy Theories, Rumours and Gossip at The Time of Crisis
In this special issue, we examine gossip, rumours and conspiracy theories in times of crisis. Most recently, interest in this topic has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic But this is not the first socio-medical crisis that has prompted alternative explanations
Politics After the Pandemic
Politics After the Pandemic
One feature of post-pandemic politics is controversy over "conspiracy theory".What makes a theory a conspiracy theory?Why are they so popular?Who deploys the phrase and to what end?Providing an accessible tour through the social science of power and ideology, Lagalisse and Drkiewicz offer a mini-series on "conspiracy theory" as a form of social critique that indexes broad mistrust in institutions and the state, and why scholars of the Global Nort…
Politics After the Pandemic
One feature of post-pandemic politics is controversy over "conspiracy theory".What makes a theory a conspiracy theory?Why are they so popular?Who deploys the phrase and to what end?Providing an accessible tour through the social science of power and ideology, Lagalisse and Drkiewicz offer a mini-series on "conspiracy theory" as a form of social critique that indexes broad mistrust in institutions and the state, and why scholars of the Global Nort…
Are You with Us or Against Us
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, two contrasting images quickly became representative of the crisis. On the one hand, there were heroic doctors working day and night with the novel virus, risking their lives and making sacrifices to save others. On the other, there were ‘anti-maskers’ and ‘anti-vaxxers’: people doubting if the virus is real, questioning the effectiveness of protective measures, suspicious that the crisis is nothing more than an el…
Forum
It has been a year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started. It is clear that the impact of this war goes far beyond Ukraine. We already know that it will have long-lasting consequences for the regional and global economy, in particular for energy and food security. The war is reshuffling old geo-political arrangements and alliances. It is also shaping the political landscapes of European states: international relations, inflation and migrat…
What To Do About Conspiracy Theories?
Increasingly social activists, journalists and policy makers have expressed concern over the proliferation of conspiracy theories in the public space. There is a growing fear of their impact on social cohesion and democracy, their power to erode trust in state institutions and science. These concerns often come with an expectation that it is the responsibility of academics to engage with conspiracy beliefs by countering them. But should they? \n …
From Stigma to Support
Political science (16 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (11 works) · Politics (10 works) · Pandemic (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works)