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Journal: Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne

Facing adversity: the socio-economic and cultural barriers encountered by hindu migrant taxi drivers in Saudi Arabia

Amrendra Kumar Singh , Tulasi Das Majhi

Language: EN | Published: 17-06-2024 | Abstract | pp. 1-18

This paper examines the socio-economic and cultural challenges faced by Hindu migrant taxi drivers in Saudi Arabia, focusing on the interplay between economic vulnerability, cultural isolation, and resilience. Based on longitudinal ethnographic research, it highlights how the kafala system, high recruitment fees, long hours, and restricted religious practice deepen precarity, while community networks and adaptive strategies enable drivers to persist despite systemic neglect and pandemic-related hardships.

2024-06-17



Journal: Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne

The latest history of Cracow in local ludic performances

Ryszard Kantor

Language: PL | Published: 20-02-2013 | Abstract | pp. 118-139

One of the forms of popularising the knoweldge on the past is local historical performances. They are ludic in character, but also perform didactic functions with regard to a younger and older generation. They transmit patriotic information in an attractive form, and influence the process of shaping a historical awareness of Poles. The historical performances presented in the article show the history of Cracow. They are very popular among the inhabitants, though, arouse some concern, too. They are an example of the trivialization of scientific knowledge that is more and more often serving the role of fun. Its ludic, popcultural presentation has become a fairly unquestionably used canon of pedagogy these days. Historical performances seem to be yet another piece of evidence of the cumulation of the process of making modern culture more ludic.

2013-02-20