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What does it mean to live a meaningful life in times of change and crisis? How is human thriving bound up with the lives and thriving of others – humans and other beings - in the past, the present, and the future?
These are the questions that is at the heart of my work and which I have explored during extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Central Asia – a region which has undergone profound change during recent decades and in which such questions have come up with urgency – as well as through theoretical interventions and the facilitation of, and engagement in, interdisciplinary conversations.
My research and publications in recent years has centered around the sub-themes possibility, spectrality, care, sharing, finitude and being-with: themes I have explored in relation to religious pluralism, aging and intergenerational relations in Kyrgyzstan.
Keywords
- Anthropology and Ethnography
- Other countries
- Central Asia
- Ethics
- care and being-with
- Phenomenology
- possibility
- temporality
- Islam
- Gender
- Mysticism and spirituality
- spectrality
- Religion
- Qualitative methods
- imagistic methods
- Kinship and family
- aging
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MOCCA: Multilevel Orders of Corruption in Central Asia
Louw, M. E. (PI)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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COMET: Center for the Study of Ethics and Community
Louw, M. E. (Project coordinator), Dyring, R. (Project coordinator), Hansen, A. S. (Project coordinator), Rabjerg, B. (Project coordinator), Rodogno, R. (Project coordinator), Meinert, L. (Project coordinator) & Wentzer, T. S. (Project coordinator)
01/09/2019 → …
Project: Research
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Spectral Ethics: Rebuilding Moral Worlds in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan
Louw, M. E. (PI)
01/09/2023 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research
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Aging as a human condition: Radical uncertainty and the search for a good (old) Life
Meinert, L. (Participant), Louw, M. E. (Participant), Dyring, R. (Participant), Grøn, L. (PI) & Mattingly, C. (Participant)
01/03/2018 → 01/12/2021
Project: Research
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Ethics after Individualism: Phenomenological explorations of moral community
Louw, M. E. (Project manager), Meinert, L. (Participant), Grøn, L. (Participant), Beek, M. V. (Participant), Hansen, A. S. (Participant), Dyring, R. (Participant) & Wentzer, T. S. (Participant)
01/09/2017 → 31/08/2021
Project: Research
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Ghosts of a different present: Specters of possibility in the lives of older Kyrgyz Muslims
Louw, M. E., 26 Mar 2025, (E-pub / Early view) In: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sagens Kerne
Frederiksen, M. D. (Editor), Dalsgård, A. L. (Editor) & Louw, M. E. (Editor), 2025, (Accepted/In press) Aarhus Universitetsforlag.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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Tajinisas hus
Louw, M. E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Sagens Kerne. Demant Frederiksen, M., Dalsgård, L. & Louw, M. (eds.). Aarhus UniversitetsforlagResearch output: Contribution to book/anthology/report/proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Playful care and caring playfulness
Louw, M. E., 23 Jan 2024Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Research
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Staying Behind: Divine Presence, virtuous emplacement and sabr at the end of life among older Kyrgyz Muslims
Louw, M. E., 1 Mar 2024, In: HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 14, 1, p. 33-46 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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Book talk: imagistic Care: Growing Old in a Precarious World
Louw, M. E. (Lecturer)
20 May 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Spectral Ethics. Possibility, care and worldbuilding in 21st century Kyrgyzstan
Louw, M. E. (Lecturer)
10 Jan 2025Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
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Aftrædelsesarrangement for lektor Bodil Selmer
Selmer, B. (Speaker), Vohnsen, N. H. (Speaker), Louw, M. E. (Chair person), Vestergaard, C. (Speaker), Bjerge, B. (Speaker), Christiansen, J. (Speaker), von Düring Lausen, V. (Speaker), Kristiansen, M. (Speaker), Andersen, M. H. (Speaker) & Tørring, M. L. (Organizer)
29 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
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In the Spirit of Friendship.
Louw, M. E. (Organizer) & Sørensen, J. H. (Organizer)
1 Oct 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation af a conference
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Reasons for not owning a teapot. Specters of obligation among Kyrgyz migrants in New York
Louw, M. E. (Lecturer)
11 Sept 2024Activity: Presentations, memberships, employment, ownership and other activities › Lecture and oral contribution
Press/Media
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Centralasien prøver at finde den rette hylde til religionen
21/03/2009
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Maria Elisabeth Louw: Ayal øzyn baktiluu sezish ychyn
14/09/2007
1 Media contribution
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Courses
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Ethnographic methodology and fieldwork preparation
Bresciani, C., Roepstorff, A. & Louw, M. E. 05/02/2018 → 12/03/2018
Course: Teaching