Rethinking Ethnography in Central Europe

In eleven ethnographic chapters of Rethinking Ethnography in Central Europe examines how issues of global economic and cultural dependencies, mobilities, citizens activism, social movements, and socio-political aspects of post-socialist modernities articu

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Rethinking Ethnography in Central Europe

Editedb y

HanaC ervinkova, MichalB uchowski,a nd Zdeněk Uherek

RETHINKING ETHNOGRAPHY IN CENTRAL EUROPE

Copyright © Hana Cervinkova, Michal Buchowski, and Zdeneˇ k Uherek, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-52448-5 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-57126-0 ISBN 978-1-137-52449-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137524492 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data. Rethinking ethnography in Central Europe : / edited by Hana Cervinkova, Michal Buchowski, Zdeneˇ k Uherek. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Ethnology—Europe, Central—Case studies. 2. East Europeans— Europe, Western—Social conditions—Case studies. 3. Post-communism— Europe, Eastern—Case studies. 4. Europe, Central—Social conditions— 21st centruy—Case studies. I. Cervinkova, Hana, 1973– editor of compilation. II. Buchowski, Michal, editor of compilation. III. Uherek, Zdeneˇ k, editor of compilation. DAW1026.R47 2015 305.800943—dc23

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Contents

Acknowledgments

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Introduction OnR ethinkingE thnographyi nC entralE urope: Toward Cosmopolitan Anthropologies in the“ Peripheries” Michal Buchowski and Hana Cervinkova

1

Part I Mobilities 1 Othering the Self: National Identity and Social Class in MobileL ives MarekP awlak

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2 RenegotiatingS ymbolicC apital,S tatus,a ndK nowledge: PolishP hysiciansi nS weden KatarzynaW olanikB oströma ndM agnus Öhlander

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3 MobileE ntrepreneurs:T ransnationalV ietnamesei n theC zechR epublic GertrudH üwelmeier

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4 PavlivkaI odineS pringW ater:T ransnationalE ntrepreneurship inP ost-TransitionC ontexts ZdeněkU hereka ndV eronikaB eranská

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5 GivingB irthi nB erlin:R eproductiveE xperienceso f PolishM igrantW omen IzabellaM ain

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Part II Contesting Transition: Activisms and Expert Knowledge 6 NewU rbanA ctivismi nS lovakia:T heC aseo f BanskáB ystrica AlexandraB itušíková

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7 Feminista ndQ ueerS exT herapy:T heE thnographyo f Expert Knowledge of Sexuality in Poland AgnieszkaK ościańska

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8 Civil Society and EU Integration of Serbia: Toward a Historical Anthropologyo fG lobalizingP ostsocialistE urope MarekM ikuš

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Part III Postsocialist Modernities 9 On the Roa