Aleksandra Krzyżaniak, MA
Socio-cultural anthropologist and PhD student in the project Private Hosting of Refugees from Ukraine in Polish Homes. Everyday Humanitarianism and Encounters Across Difference (Department of Anthropology and Ethnology, Adam Mickiewicz University).
E-mail: aleksandra.krzyzaniak@amu.edu.pl
Research interests:
Anthropology of Ethnicity: nationalism and integralism; contemporary national and ethnic identities; cultural fundamentalism; ethnic politics.
Anthropology of Migration: contemporary perceptions of migrants; adaptation processes; EU migration policy; forced displacement; migration regimes; the "ideal victim" profile.
Political Anthropology: Polish politics (local and parliamentary); studying up; infrapolitics; identity politics (ethnicity, nationality, gender, queer); anthropology of the political right.
Gender Studies: socio-legal aspects of gender; gender politics; role and consequences of gender in Polish politics and public life; discourses of gender construction.
Feminist Critique: critique and deconstruction of patriarchy; deconstruction of feminism; history of feminist thought in Poland; feminism in Polish politics; feminist research; intersectionality.
Selected Publications:
♦ Bóg jest ze mną zawsze, bez względu na miejsce. Znaczenie migracji dla Kościoła Jezusa Chrystusa Świętych w Dniach Ostatnich na przykładzie gminy w Poznaniu. Raporty CeBaM UAM, 2/2024. Online.
♦ Dialectic of Fear: Centre-Liberal Media Discourse on Gender, LGBTQIA+ and Abortion in Contemporary Poland. Literatura Ludowa. Journal of Folklore and Popular Culture, 66(4), 2022 (77–89). DOI: 10.12775/LL.4.2022.005
♦ Liminalność i ofiara. „Midsommar. W biały dzień” jako przykład folk horroru. Literatura Ludowa. Journal of Folklore and Popular Culture. 65(3) 2021 (108-112). DOI: 10.12775/LL.3.2021.010
♦ [z M. Suchorski] Płeć kulturowa w polityce lokalnej – społeczne uwarunkowanie pozycji kobiet w kudowskim samorządzie terytorialnym. Etnologika. Poznańskie Studia Antropologiczne. 2/2020 (13-24). Online.
Research Projects:
♦2024–present (PhD candidate): Private Hosting of Ukrainian Refugees in Polish Homes: Everyday Humanitarianism and Encounters Across Difference (NCN OPUS grant UMO-2023/49/B/HS3/02706).
♦ 2022–2023 (Principal Investigator): Mobility as a Tool of Mormonism, Mormonism as a Tool of Mobility: The Case of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Poznań. Funded by the Center for Migration Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University.
♦2022-2023 (Principal Investigator) projekt Gender expression i performatywność płci społeczno-kulturowej w polityce lokalnej na przykładzie poznańskiego samorządu. Funded under ID-UB grant no. 049 Study@Research.
♦2022 (Principal Investigator) [z J. Kowalska] Diagnoza społeczności Lokalnych Osiedla Piątkowo Północ 2022. Charakterystyka i diagnoza potrzeb osób zamieszkujących osiedle Marysieńki w Poznaniu. Conducted for the Center for Eco-Development Promotion with funding from the Poznań Municipality Budget.
♦2020 (researcher) Community Archaeology in Rural Environments - Meeting Societal Challenges (JPICH.DH.17.035) under the Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage (JPICH) in Changing Environments (2019–2021).
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