Recenzované články | Peer-reviewed articles – Kulturní studia / Cultural Studies

Concerned about Purity and Power: The Zionist Churches in Southern Africa

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-02(25).01 Author: Christoffer H. Grundmann Affiliation: Vöchtingstr. 31, D – 72076 Tübingen, Germany Email: Christoffer.Grundmann@valpo.edu Language: English Issue: 2/2025 (25) Pages: 3–27 (25 pages) Keywords: African Indigenous Churches (AICs), Zionist Churches, Prophet-Healer movements, Faith healing, Christianity, Southern Africa, Ritual practice, Religion and medicine, Intercultural theology Abstract The emergence of African Indigenous Churches (AICs) in…

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The Carpatho Rusyns in Serbia and Eastern Europe and the Ukrainian Crisis

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-02(25).02 Author: Marc Stegherr Affiliation: Institute for Slavic Philology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany Email: marcstegherr@hotmail.com Language: English Issue: 2/2025 (25) Pages: 28–40 (13 pages) Keywords: Carpatho-Rusyns, minority policy, Ukraine, Serbia, language standardization, autonomy and separatism, Russian influence, European integration Abstract This article explores the historical and contemporary position of the Carpatho-Rusyn…

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Exploring Croatian-American Cultural Identity and Participation

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-02(25).03 Author: Andrea R. Lee Affiliation: College of Education, Austin Peay State University, 601 College Street, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA Email: leea@apsu.edu Language: English Issue: 2/2025 (25) Pages: 41–63 (23 pages) Keywords: Croatian American, Croatian values, Croatian culture, cultural participation, cultural identity, ancestry, genealogy Abstract Cultural identity and participation play a critical role in…

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Cultural Memory on Tapa: Bark Cloth from the Uruwa Valley of Papua New Guinea

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-02(25).04 Author: Martin Soukup Affiliation: Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Email: soukup@antropolog.cz Language: English Issue: 2/2025 (25) Pages: 64–82 (19 pages) Keywords: Painted Tapa, New Guinea, the Nungon People, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea Art, Bark Cloth, Cultural Memory Abstract This study explores the production and cultural significance of bark cloth…

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Between the University and the Monastery: The Ethiopian Church and the Transformation of Knowledge

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-02(25).05 Author: Asrat Tsegaw Affiliation: Church educators and itinerant scholars of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition, based in Lalibela, Ethiopia Author: Tilahun Tsegaye Affiliation: Church educators and itinerant scholars of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition, based in Lalibela, Ethiopia Language: English Issue: 2/2025 (25) Pages: 83–103 (21 pages) Keywords: Ethiopia, Orthodox Church, ʾAbənnat Təmhərt,…

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Dom/Garachi in Azerbaijan among the Dom Communities in the Middle East and North Africa

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…

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Fenomén ostalgie v českém a německém televizním seriálu

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):…

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The Phenomenon of Ostalgie in Czech and German Television Series

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,…

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Special Economic Zones in Tajikistan: An Economic Policy Instrument for Development?

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…

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Governing by Checkpoints: Everyday Mobility and Control in Wartime Amhara

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…

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