
Dr Magda Mogilnicka
PhD
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Current positions
Lecturer in Sociology
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies
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Research interests
My research interests are in the fields of ethnicity, lived diversities, migration, everyday racism.
My PhD thesis investigated everyday encounters with difference of post-accession Polish citizens living in Britain. Based on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork combined with in-depth interviews, the research explored the complexities of Poles’ everyday practices with cultural others that reflect their understandings of racial, ethnic and cultural diversity in the British context. The research elaborated on concepts such as conviviality, everyday cosmopolitanism, everyday racism as ambivalent practices expressed by individuals, depending on a social context. It situated these complex practices within the broader context of British national hierarchies of belonging.
Recently I have worked as a Research Associate on a large European research project European Music Festivals, Public Spaces, and Cultural Diversity (FestiVersities) funded by the HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area) network as part of their joint research programme Public Spaces: Culture and Integration in Europe. I have also been involved in an interdisciplinary project documenting the experiences of local Somalis with female genital mutilation (FGM)-safeguarding services. This resulted in a launch event with local authorities, practitioners and communities, and a number of publications.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Understanding what support and advice services are available to people affected by Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M) in Bristol
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M) is frequently associated with prolonged physical, mental and sexual health needs. This research study was undertaken in collaboration with Caafi Health, a grass-roots health organisation, to…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
09/05/2022 to 05/10/2022
8119 Ethics & Law Stream EBI; S Karlsen; Improving understanding of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) risk in the UK
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
It is widely reported that ‘tens of thousands of girls’ are living in the UK with the risk of experiencing Female Genital Cutting or Mutilation (FGC/M). This study reviewed the…Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/04/2019 to 30/11/2019
Improving understanding of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) risk in the UK
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
It is widely reported that ‘tens of thousands of girls’ are living in the UK with the risk of experiencing Female Genital Cutting or Mutilation (FGC/M). This study reviewed the…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/04/2019 to 30/11/2019
When Safeguarding becomes Stigmatising: A report on the impact of FGM-safeguarding procedures on people with a Somali heritage living in Bristol
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
31/05/2018 to 31/03/2019
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2023Refiguring pathologised festival spaces. Governance, risk and creativity
Remaking Culture and Music Spaces. Affects, Infrastructures, Futures
Gendered and Racialised Epistemological Injustice in FGM-Safeguarding
Social and Legal Studies
Care Poverty : the unmet needs of people living with Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M)
Care Poverty : the unmet needs of people living with Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation (FGC/M)
Care Poverty: the unmet needs of those living with female genital cutting/mutilation in Bristol
Care Poverty: the unmet needs of those living with female genital cutting/mutilation in Bristol
Care Poverty: The unmet needs of those living with Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the UK
Care Poverty: The unmet needs of those living with Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the UK
Thesis
Lived diversities of conditional citizens
Supervisors
Award date
25/09/2018