Evgenia Mesaritou
Biographic Data
| ID | 826912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Evgenia Mesaritou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Evgenia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mesaritou |
| SIGNATURE | MESARITOU E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cyprus |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5312-3467 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Of pilgrimages and restorations: Religion, heritage and politics in divided Cyprus
This paper explores the intersections of religion, heritage, and politics in divided societies by focusing on two events that occurred in Cyprus before the crossing points opened (2003). These are the Greek and Turkish Cypriot reciprocal pilgrimages to a Christian and Muslim site, respectively, and the two sites' restoration. I argue that in these events the Cyprus Issue effected the transformation of pilgrimage practices and sites into matters o…
Of Pilgrimages and Restorations: Religion, Heritage and Politics in Divided Cyprus – Corrigendum
Possessing and being possessed by the past: On the Ambivalences of Heritage as Religious Return
This paper explores the politics of religious patrimony by comparing two cases where the heritagization of religious sites results in feelings of loss and estrangement rather than return and restoration. We show how shrines can function simultaneously as public and civic places of religious assembly but also as material and sensorial expressions of ambivalent forms of belonging and un-belonging – to the past, to a territory, to a religious denomi…
When pilgrimage does not heal: Memory and loss in Greek Cypriots’ pilgrimages to Apostolos Andreas
Although the functions of pilgrimage have been well-documented in the literature, they should not be assumed a priori. Focusing on Greek Cypriots’ ‘return’ journeys to the monastery of Apostolos Andreas in Turkish occupied Karpass (Cyprus), I explore the different modalities of memory engendered by pilgrimage and the ways in which these interact with movement in producing unintentional, unwanted and at times uncomfortable effects and affects for …
Non “Religious” Knowing in Pilgrimages to Sacred Sites: Greek Cypriots’ “return” Pilgrimages to the Monastery of Apostolos Andreas (Cyprus)
Even though pilgrimages may often be directed toward what can conventionally be seen as “religious” sacred sites, religious and ritual forms of knowledge and ignorance may not necessarily be the only, or even the most prominent, forms in their workings. Focusing on Greek Cypriots’ return pilgrimages to the Christian-Orthodox monastery of Apostolos Andreas (Karpasia) under the conditions of Cyprus's ongoing division, in this article I explore the …
Liminality and the Liminoid
Beginning with Arnold van Gennep's (1960) analysis of rites of passage, and the ways in which these have been discussed by Edmund Leach (1961), this entry goes on to look at the ways in which the liminality of such rites' middle stage has been elaborated upon and differentiated from modern liminoid phenomena by Victor Turner. The usefulness of the concepts of liminality and the liminoid is illustrated through reference to certain ways in which th…
Minority Students’ Responses to Racism: The Case of Cyprus
While research has focused on the role of racism in (re)producing ethnic/racial inequalities in education, there is very little research that investigates how variability in minority students’ responses to racism can be explained. By using an ecological approach to integrate existing research on actors’ responses to racism, this study finds that researchers have generally neglected factors and processes situated at the micro- and meso-levels of a…
Introduction: Guiding the pilgrim
Drawing on existing research in the fields of pilgrimage and tourism studies, the introduction to this special issue reviews the ways in which guiding has been theorized and explored within the two fields, therefore putting them in dialogue with one another. Presenting guiding as a form of mediation, the authors construct a theoretical framework for the analysis of pilgrimage and guiding through adapting Eade and Sallnow’s (2000 [1991]) analytica…
He is among us, get it into your head, he is alive and always here: Saintly presence at the pilgrimage centre of Padre Pio and the importance of 'being there
The paper will focus upon the issue of saintly presence and the ways in which this is felt, experienced and enacted at the pilgrimage centre of Padre Pio. This issue will be examined in relation to the material and spatial structures of the pilgrimage centre and in particular the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie, at the crypt of which the tomb of Padre Pio was until recently emplaced. In examining the issue of saintly presence in relation to…
Testing the Relationship between Nationalism and Racism: Greek-Cypriot Students' National/Ethnic Identities and Attitudes to Ethnic Out-groups
This article builds on a growing body of research that shows an intrinsic but complex relationship between the concepts and the ideologies of nationalism and racism. In doing so, it investigates how different, meaningful national and ethnic in-group identifications of a dominant national/ethnic group (Greek-Cypriots) within a given national context (Cyprus) influence their perceptions of different, meaningful ethnic and racial minority out-groups…
Minority Students’ Responses to Racism: The Case of Cyprus
While research has focused on the role of racism in (re)producing ethnic/racial inequalities in education, there is very little research that investigates how variability in minority students’ responses to racism can be explained. By using an ecological approach to integrate existing research on actors’ responses to racism, this study finds that researchers have generally neglected factors and processes situated at the micro- and meso-levels of a…
Introduction: Guiding the pilgrim
Drawing on existing research in the fields of pilgrimage and tourism studies, the introduction to this special issue reviews the ways in which guiding has been theorized and explored within the two fields, therefore putting them in dialogue with one another. Presenting guiding as a form of mediation, the authors construct a theoretical framework for the analysis of pilgrimage and guiding through adapting Eade and Sallnow’s (2000 [1991]) analytica…
He is among us, get it into your head, he is alive and always here: Saintly presence at the pilgrimage centre of Padre Pio and the importance of 'being there
The paper will focus upon the issue of saintly presence and the ways in which this is felt, experienced and enacted at the pilgrimage centre of Padre Pio. This issue will be examined in relation to the material and spatial structures of the pilgrimage centre and in particular the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie, at the crypt of which the tomb of Padre Pio was until recently emplaced. In examining the issue of saintly presence in relation to…
Testing the Relationship between Nationalism and Racism: Greek-Cypriot Students' National/Ethnic Identities and Attitudes to Ethnic Out-groups
This article builds on a growing body of research that shows an intrinsic but complex relationship between the concepts and the ideologies of nationalism and racism. In doing so, it investigates how different, meaningful national and ethnic in-group identifications of a dominant national/ethnic group (Greek-Cypriots) within a given national context (Cyprus) influence their perceptions of different, meaningful ethnic and racial minority out-groups…
Testing the Relationship between Nationalism and Racism: Greek-Cypriot Students' National/Ethnic Identities and Attitudes to Ethnic Out-groups
This article builds on a growing body of research that shows an intrinsic but complex relationship between the concepts and the ideologies of nationalism and racism. In doing so, it investigates how different, meaningful national and ethnic in-group identifications of a dominant national/ethnic group (Greek-Cypriots) within a given national context (Cyprus) influence their perceptions of different, meaningful ethnic and racial minority out-groups…
Introduction: Guiding the pilgrim
Drawing on existing research in the fields of pilgrimage and tourism studies, the introduction to this special issue reviews the ways in which guiding has been theorized and explored within the two fields, therefore putting them in dialogue with one another. Presenting guiding as a form of mediation, the authors construct a theoretical framework for the analysis of pilgrimage and guiding through adapting Eade and Sallnow’s (2000 [1991]) analytica…
He is among us, get it into your head, he is alive and always here: Saintly presence at the pilgrimage centre of Padre Pio and the importance of 'being there
The paper will focus upon the issue of saintly presence and the ways in which this is felt, experienced and enacted at the pilgrimage centre of Padre Pio. This issue will be examined in relation to the material and spatial structures of the pilgrimage centre and in particular the Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie, at the crypt of which the tomb of Padre Pio was until recently emplaced. In examining the issue of saintly presence in relation to…
Minority Students’ Responses to Racism: The Case of Cyprus
While research has focused on the role of racism in (re)producing ethnic/racial inequalities in education, there is very little research that investigates how variability in minority students’ responses to racism can be explained. By using an ecological approach to integrate existing research on actors’ responses to racism, this study finds that researchers have generally neglected factors and processes situated at the micro- and meso-levels of a…
Liminality and the Liminoid
Beginning with Arnold van Gennep's (1960) analysis of rites of passage, and the ways in which these have been discussed by Edmund Leach (1961), this entry goes on to look at the ways in which the liminality of such rites' middle stage has been elaborated upon and differentiated from modern liminoid phenomena by Victor Turner. The usefulness of the concepts of liminality and the liminoid is illustrated through reference to certain ways in which th…
Non “Religious” Knowing in Pilgrimages to Sacred Sites: Greek Cypriots’ “return” Pilgrimages to the Monastery of Apostolos Andreas (Cyprus)
Even though pilgrimages may often be directed toward what can conventionally be seen as “religious” sacred sites, religious and ritual forms of knowledge and ignorance may not necessarily be the only, or even the most prominent, forms in their workings. Focusing on Greek Cypriots’ return pilgrimages to the Christian-Orthodox monastery of Apostolos Andreas (Karpasia) under the conditions of Cyprus's ongoing division, in this article I explore the …
When pilgrimage does not heal: Memory and loss in Greek Cypriots’ pilgrimages to Apostolos Andreas
Although the functions of pilgrimage have been well-documented in the literature, they should not be assumed a priori. Focusing on Greek Cypriots’ ‘return’ journeys to the monastery of Apostolos Andreas in Turkish occupied Karpass (Cyprus), I explore the different modalities of memory engendered by pilgrimage and the ways in which these interact with movement in producing unintentional, unwanted and at times uncomfortable effects and affects for …
Of pilgrimages and restorations: Religion, heritage and politics in divided Cyprus
This paper explores the intersections of religion, heritage, and politics in divided societies by focusing on two events that occurred in Cyprus before the crossing points opened (2003). These are the Greek and Turkish Cypriot reciprocal pilgrimages to a Christian and Muslim site, respectively, and the two sites' restoration. I argue that in these events the Cyprus Issue effected the transformation of pilgrimage practices and sites into matters o…
Of Pilgrimages and Restorations: Religion, Heritage and Politics in Divided Cyprus – Corrigendum
Possessing and being possessed by the past: On the Ambivalences of Heritage as Religious Return
This paper explores the politics of religious patrimony by comparing two cases where the heritagization of religious sites results in feelings of loss and estrangement rather than return and restoration. We show how shrines can function simultaneously as public and civic places of religious assembly but also as material and sensorial expressions of ambivalent forms of belonging and un-belonging – to the past, to a territory, to a religious denomi…
Sociology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Pilgrimage (6 works) · Religious Tourism and Spaces (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works)