Enacting Citizenship

Abstract

This open access book presents new, empirically-based ethnographic and sociological studies of Kurdish women's activism and its implications for their rights and the dynamics of citizenship across different social, cultural, and political fields. Organized into five sections, the book explores the ecological and cultural aspects of citizenship and activism; the interplay between activism and family life; the status of citizens and stateless people in marginalized conditions; and the historical development of Kurdish citizenship in various regions of Kurdistan and the diaspora. It offers an in-depth exploration of lived citizenship, social movements, and women activism in the Global South, as well as a comprehensive study of contemporary Kurdish society, politics, and culture. This book is an essential read for researchers in Kurdish studies, women's and gender studies, family studies, peace and conflict studies, migration studies, environmental studies, and art and literary studies. Wendelmoet Hamelink (PhD) is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Gender Research (STK) of the University of Oslo, Norway Joanna Bocheńska (PhD) is Associate Professor at the Institute of Oriental Studies at Jagiellonian University, Poland. Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach (PhD) is Associate Professor at the Center for Advanced Studies of Population and Religion (CASPAR) and Department of International Relations, Krakow University of Economics, Poland. Karol Kaczorowski (PhD) is Associate Professor at CASPAR and at the Department of International Relations at the Krakow University of Economics, Poland. Hayal Hanoğlu (PhD) is postdoctoral research fellow at CASPAR at the Krakow University of Economics, Poland. Marcin Skupiński University of Warsaw, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Warsaw. Krakow University of Economics, CASPAR, Krakow, Poland. Azad Hajiagha (PhD) is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Oriental Studies at Jagiellonian University, Poland. Hüseyin Rodi Keskin (MA) graduated from the department of Zazaki language and literature at Bingol University, Turkey. He also has a Master's degree in Oriental philology and Iranian studies at Jagiellonian University, Poland.