DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).01 Author: Elena Marushiakova Affiliation: Honorary Professor, University of St Andrews, School of History, St Katharine’s Lodge, The Scores 14, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9BA, Scotland, UK; Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Klemensova 19, 813 64 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Email: elena.marushiakova@savba.sk ORCID iD: orcid.org/0000-0001-5333-2330 Author: Vesselin Popov…
The Phenomenon of Ostalgie in Czech and German Television Series DOI (CS): https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).02cs DOI (EN): https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).02en Author: Kateřina Kočárková Affiliation: Fakulta sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky, Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic Email: katerina.kocarkova@gmail.com Language: Czech / English Issue: 1/2025 (24) Pages: 38–70 (CS); 71–105 (EN) Keywords (CS):…
Fenomén ostalgie v českém a německém televizním seriálu DOI (CS): https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).02cs DOI (EN): https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).02en Author: Kateřina Kočárková Affiliation: Fakulta sociálních věd Univerzity Karlovy, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky, Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic Email: katerina.kocarkova@gmail.com Language: Czech / English Issue: 1/2025 (24) Pages: 38–70 (CS); 71–105 (EN) Keywords (CS): Kultura vzpomínání,…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).03 Author: Andrei Dörre Affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Malteserstr. 74-100, 12249 Berlin, Germany Email: andrei.doerre@fu-berlin.de Language: English Issue: 1/2025 (24) Pages: 106–118 (13 pages) Keywords: Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Free Economic Zones (FEZs), Tajikistan, economic policy, regional development, investment incentives, post-Soviet transition, infrastructure, Central Asia; global value chains, development planning…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).04 Author: Rediet Adane Derebe Affiliation: ALKAN Health Science Business and Technology College, Bahir Dar Campus, Ethiopia Email: redietadanederebe@gmail.com Language: English Issue: 1/2025 (24) Pages: 119–137 (19 pages) Keywords: Amhara, Ethiopia, mobility, checkpoints, sovereignty, vernacular governance, affective control, everyday state, conflict, anthropology of power Abstract This article examines the everyday governance of mobility in…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).05 Author: Giustina Selvelli Affiliation: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Email: giustina.selvelli@gmail.com Language: English Issue: 1/2025 (24) Pages: 138–156 (19 pages) Keywords: Armenian Diaspora, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Script Choice, Armenian Alphabet, Linguistic Landscape, Armenian Graveyard, Collective Memory Abstract This article explores the symbolic power of script choice in shaping diasporic…
Rekonstrukce identity žen uprchlých před válkou z Ukrajiny / The Reconstruction of Identity Among Women Displaced by the War in Ukraine DOI (CS): https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).06cs DOI (EN): https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).06en Author: Andrea Preissová Krejčí Affiliation: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik, Bezručovo náměstí 885/14, 746 01 Opava, Czech Republic Email: andrea.krejci@email.cz Language: Czech / English Issue: 1/2025…
Rekonstrukce identity žen uprchlých před válkou z Ukrajiny / The Reconstruction of Identity Among Women Displaced by the War in Ukraine DOI (CS): https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).06cs DOI (EN): https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).06en Author: Andrea Preissová Krejčí Affiliation: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Fakulta veřejných politik, Bezručovo náměstí 885/14, 746 01 Opava, Czech Republic Email: andrea.krejci@email.cz Language: Czech / English Issue: 1/2025…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2024.230201 Author: Tereza Hejzlarová Affiliation: Katedra asijských studií, Univerzita Palackého, tř. Svobody 26, 779 00, Olomouc, Czech Rep. Email: alabaj@email.cz Author: Martin Rychlík Affiliation: Rektorát Univerzity Karlovy, Ovocný trh 560/5, 116 36, Praha 1, Czech Rep. Email: martin.rychlik@ruk.cuni.cz Author: Martin Soukup Affiliation: Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky, FSV Univerzity Karlovy, Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110…
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2024.230202 Author: German Kim Affiliation: Institute for Asian Studies, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Avenue 71, Almaty, Kazakhstan Email: germankim01@yahoo.com Language: English Issue: 2/2024 (23) Pages: 23-41 (19 pages) Keywords: Silk Road, Kazakh baskur, Ornamentation, Nomadic culture, Cross-cultural studies, Symbolism in patterns, Traditional weaving Abstract This article explores the Silk Road, one of history’s…