Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Short presentation
I am an anthropologist interested in the intersections between the state power, psy-sciences, and selfhood. I have conducted research in different field sites across China, where I explored the emerging pop psychology and New Age spirituality networks. In 2020, I defended my PhD dissertation “Healing the Nation through Self-Discovery: The Chinese New Age Milieu and the Politics of Emotion” at the University of Hong Kong (2020), where I later worked as a postdoc researching the proliferation of Indian new religious movements and spiritual tourism among the Chinese middle class. In 2022, I joined ENGEROM as a Postdoctoral Fellow. I critically examine the cross-fertilization of Chinese official and grassroot discourses on the impact of the pandemic on mental health, as part of a larger project “Covid-19 and Global Mental Health: The Importance of Cultural Contexts.”
Education/Academic qualification
Anthropology, PhD, The University of Hong Kong
Award Date: 12 Jun 2020
Anthropolgy, China Studies, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Hong Kong
1 Sep 2020 → 30 Jun 2022
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- anthropology
- psy-sciences
- affect
- self-cultivation
- spirituality
- subjectification
- China
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Crafting Utopias for Spiritual Nationhood: Digested India in Contemporary Self-cultivation Practices in China
Iskra, A., 2023, In: Critical Asian Studies. 55, 4, p. 604-631Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Decolonizing affect: Resonance as an ethnographic technique
Iskra, A., 2023, In: Ethos. 51, 1, p. 130-145 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Emotional Release
Iskra, A., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Keywords for Self-Development in Chinese Society. Hizi, G. (ed.). Amsterdam University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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“Crazy English: Nation-Strengthening and the Changing Politics of Selfhood in the Reform Era China”
Iskra, A., 2023, In: positions. 31, 1, p. 143-169Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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“‘Be Soft Like Water, Little Woman’: Cultivating Postfeminism in Postsocialist China”
Iskra, A., 2023, In: Signs. 48, 3, p. 659-682Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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“Navigating the Owl's Gaze: The Chinese Body-Mind-Spirit Milieu and Circulations of New Age Teachings in the Sinosphere”
Iskra, A., 2022, In: Nova Religio. 25, 4, p. 5-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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“Chinese New Age milieu and the Emergence of Homo Sentimentalis in the People’s Republic”
Iskra, A., 2021, In: China Information. 35, 1, p. 89-108Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Remaking the Self: Spirituality, Civilization and the Chinese Quest for the Good Life in the Reform Era
Iskra, A., Winiger, F. & Palmer, D. A., 2020, Handbook on Religion in China. Feuchtwang, S. (ed.). Cheltenham, Glos. / Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 54-74 (Handbooks of research on contemporary China).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
3 Citations (Scopus)