Muslim minorities’ in Kraków? Inter-relations between the Urban living spaces and the experience of spatial life of minority groups

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ID6255752
AuthorsMagdalena Pycińska (0000-0001-9294-3230, Jagiellonian University, corresponding author), Ida Balwierz (0000-0003-2414-3316, Jagiellonian University)
Year2025
Volume25
Issue2
Pages211-234
Publication date2025-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnicities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7968 • E-ISSN: 1741-2706
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/14687968241289749
OpenAlexW4403307055
LanguageEN
References cited16

Minority group experiences in urban settings are always subjected to the problem of top-down or external categorisations which are related to interpersonal and material interactions within the city. To catch those interdependencies our research is concerned with whether people externally categorized by us as ‘Muslims’ in the city of Krakow determine or motivate their actions and relationships mainly on the basis of religion and whether they engage in constant, regular interactions with others as ‘Muslims’. The aim of our article is twofold. First it highlights the need for researchers to examine their own assumptions about the categories they are using. Social categories determine the outcome of the research and position externally the research subjects in social networks that not necessarily mirror their actual experiences. The study therefore is exploring whether the category of ‘Krakow Muslim’ reflects their experience of the city. The second aim is to propose a variation of the ‘living space maps’ analysis, introduced by Martha Muchow (1935), to explore whether our research subjects experience the city in a religious manner and if they experience religion in a specific way in Krakow

Geography · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Philippine History and Culture · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces

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