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Bride kidnapping in Northern Kyrgyzstan as the initial stage of subjectivity-forming process

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Pietrowiak S.
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, Doświadczenia
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2020
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issue 6
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Kyz ala kachuu (Kyrgyz: кыз ала качуу) translated as “to take a young woman and run away” is a form of women kidnapping for marriage purposes in Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic). This term applies to either of the performed actions: kidnapping with permission from the future wife, and without her consent. In this article, I propose an anthropological interpretation of bride kidnapping, using the concept of ‘person-making’. In my analysis, I go beyond the act of kidnapping itself, which I present as part of a wider social process. Drawing on my fieldwork in Northern Kyrgyzstan, I show that marriage through kidnapping is the first stage in the social process of building female subjectivity and the way ofreproduction of Kyrgyz families. The reproduction takes place through the acquisition, familiarization, and constitution of subjectivity resulting from the collective agency of all the family members.
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Niematerialny świat Dul-dul at. O procesie zanurzania w świat Innych, o relacjach, ludziach i innych bytach

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Pietrowiak S.
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, Doświadczenia
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2021
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issue 7
265-285
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This essay is a non-linear record of memories from the author’s anthropological field- work in southern Kyrgyzstan. The research concerns a place called Dul-dul at, a site of petroglyphs with a dominant motif of animals interpreted as a pair of horses. The area at the foot of the rock with petroglyphs is also a pilgrimage and ritual site for healing and spiritual practices. The narrative of memories shows the transformation not only of the place of research, but also of the researcher: between the first stay (in 2006) to the last (in 2019). Subsequent studies reveal the dependencies of people involved in social rela- tions on the material and non-material world of Dul-dul at. Consecutive memories reveal layers of knowledge and ignorance, and how the researcher penetrates the community of the Others and the way they perceive the world.
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Błędne koło błazna, czyli krok wstecz z letniej kuchni Gulnary

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Pietrowiak S.
Etnografia. Praktyki, Teorie, Doświadczenia
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2016
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issue 2
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The paper is a reflection on participating in distinct cultures while conducting anthropological research. The observations, recorded by me in my fieldwork diary, contain feelings, memories and judgements, resulting from my personal involvement and experiences, and serve as a pretext for considering anthropological knowledge and the way in which it is created. The snapshots excerpted from some events and interviews do not concern a single character, although they create a consistent story – an image of Kyrgyz social life, in which marriage by abduction is still practiced. Among various practices found in Kyrgyz fami- lies, I continually experience and interpret this particular custom, which is hard to accept in the “Western world”. Most of the questions I raised are seemingly without answers. However, dense descriptions of events, together with large quantity of examples and ob- servations should bring the readers to their own conclusions. The paper is based on field studies in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2014 in the north-western Kyrystan, in district of Talas Province.  
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