Rola polskich liderek w tworzeniu i roz- wijaniu stowarzyszeń migranckich w Berlinie. Motywacje, cele i skutki. Studium przypadku

• Authors: Szczepaniak-Kroll Agnieszka

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The role of Polish women leaders in the creation and development of migrant associations in Berlin. Motivations, goals and effects. A study of cases

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

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The article is a contribution to the trend in anthropological studies on the relations of power. It refers to Pierre Bourdieu’s theory that power is wielded by people with a certain habitus, or disposition. The leadership of Polish women in migrant associations is a special kind of power, as it is non-violent power. It is founded on their specific ability to influence others, and used in building relations with members of associations that function as partnerships based on cooperation. The heroines of this article – female activists from the migrant environment and working on behalf of migrants, thanks to their style of activity joined a small group of women who managed to pass through the so-called leadership labyrinth in a masculinized milieu of leaders of broadly conceived organizations. The text is intended to answer the question who are those women leaders in Germany, in Berlin – Poles organizing aid for others, creating new strategies of functioning in this area. The aim is to determine what induced them to undertake this kind of activity, how their actions are currently targeted and what characterizes the leadership of the Poles, making it extremely effective. The article is based on the thesis that the strategies of activity of the women leaders manifest the characteristics of increasingly valued transformational leadership, in a feminine version, giving it a special peculiarity, additionally shaped by specific migration conditions. The presented material is based on research conducted by the author, an anthropologist, in Germany between 2015-2018. Field work of a qualitative nature was carried out using the technique of semi-structured and family interviews. The article is a study of two selected cases which are representative of other similar cases observed in Berlin. Its purpose is to offer an insight into a certain phenomenon and at the same time a dynamically developing process, which defines the specificity and one of the directions of the activity of migrant organizations, not only in the German context.

Keywords

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leadership; migrant organizations; women leaders; migrations; women migrants; Berlin

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 2 (375)
• Pages: 225-253

Contributors

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Szczepaniak-Kroll Agnieszka

• Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN Poznań