Kitija Mirončuka University of Latvia, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology LETTONIE
Kitija Miron?uka is currently a research assistant at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia in Latvia. In 2020, she earned her M.A. from the University of Latvia by presenting her thesis on the ethical aspects of structural violence using Johan Galtung’s framework. In addition to her academic pursuits, she is also interested in critical research on terrorism and the racism studies. Specifically, she is working on her Ph.D. thesis, which addresses the philosophical analysis of the structural aspects of racism from a postcolonial point of view. The aim is to create a new conceptual framework for understanding racism as a relationship between the Self and Other and establish ethics of responsibility associated with this dynamic.