51勛圖

2023 51勛圖 - 51勛圖- 2017-2018 Academic Year

Anthropology Club meetings 2017-2018

April 24, 2018

Jeanne Feaux de la Croix

Iconic Places in Central Asia: The Moral Geography of Dams, Pastures and Holy Sites

Jeanne F矇aux de la Croix maps three iconic places as part of Central Asians' "moral geographies" and examines their role in navigating socialist, neo-liberal, and neo-Islamic life models. Dams provide most of Kyrgyzstan's electricity, but are also at the heart of regional water disputes that threaten an already shrinking Aral Sea. Mountain pastures cover much of Central Asia's heartland and offer a livelihood and refuge, even to urban citizens. Pilgrimage sites have recovered from official Soviet oblivion and act as cherished scenes of decision-making. Examining how iconic places, work, and well-being can mesh together, this book moves debates about post-Soviet memory, space, and property onto fresh terrain.

Jeanne F矇aux de la Croix is a social anthropologist trained in Oxford and St. Andrews, After fellowships at Zentrum Moderner Orient, she moved to Eberhard-Karls University T羹bingen to lead a Junior Research Group on the Cultural History of Water in Central Asia. She also serves as principal investigator of a Volkswagen Project on The Social Life of a River: environmental histories, social worlds and conflict resolution along the Naryn-Syr Darya. Together with environmental historians, she co-directs a study comparing soil degradation issues in Central Asia, Russia and Australia ( Collaborative Research Centre Threatened Orders). She is currently researching phantom infrastructure projects, the perception of glacier melt and bridge histories in Kyrgyzstan. F矇aux de la Croix is particularly interested in collaborative approaches and transdisciplinary methods such as participant filming.

8 訄郈迮郅, 2018

虴郋郅郈郋郇 虴郋訄迮赲訄

郋郱迡迮邿赲邽迮 郕邽訄邿郕郋邿 郕郋郇郋邾邽迮郕郋邿 郈郋郅邽邽郕邽 郇訄 迣郱訄郇: 赲郱迣郅迡 邽郱郇邽

郋郅訄 迣訄 赲 虷迮郇訄郅郇郋邿 郱邽邽, 郕郋郋訄 郇訄訄郅訄 迮迮 赲 XIX 赲., 郈郋迡郋郅迠訄迮 邽 赲 XXI 赲. 郅邽 赲 XIX 赲. 訇郅郋 迡赲訄 郋郇郋赲郇 邽迣郋郕訄: 郋邽邿郕訄 邽 邽訄郇郕訄 邽邾郈迮邽邽, 郋 迮迣郋迡郇 郕郋郅邽迮赲郋 邽迣郋郕郋赲 赲迮郅邽邽郅郋 迡郋 迮迮: 郋邽 郈郋迡郋郅迠訄迮 郋訄赲訄 赲 迮迣邽郋郇迮, 邽訄郇邽 迡訄郅邽郅訄, 郇郋 赲邾迮郋 郇迮迮 郈邽郅邽 邽 郇郋赲 迣郋迡訄赲訄: 苤虼, 苠邽 邽 邽訄邿. 迡郇訄郕郋 郋郅郕郋 邽訄邿 邽邾迮迮 郋訇 迣郱訄郇郋邾 迣訄郇邽. 郋赲訄 郕郋郇郋邾邽迮郕訄 邽郇邽邽訄邽赲訄 迡邽郇 郋 邽 迡邽郇 , 郈郋赲郋郱迣郅訄迮郇郇訄 赲 2013 迣郋迡 郕邽訄邿郕邽邾 郅邽迡迮郋邾 苤邽 虷郱邽郇郈邽郇郋邾, 郕郋郋訄 邽邾迮郅訄 迮郅 郈郋迡迮迣郇 郕郋郇郋邾邽迮郕郋迮 訄郱赲邽邽迮 邽 郋迡郇邽迮赲郋 邾迮迠迡 迮赲訄郱邽邿郕邽邾邽 訄郇訄邾邽, 郋郕訄郱訄郅訄 訇郋郅郋迮 赲郅邽郇邽迮 郇訄 迠邽郱郇 郋訇郇 迣訄迠迡訄郇 迣郱訄郇訄. 迮郱迮郇訄邽 郈郋郕訄迠迮, 郕訄郕 郈郋赲郅邽郅訄 郕邽訄邿郕訄 郕郋郇郋邾邽迮郕訄 郈郋郅邽邽郕訄 郇訄 迣郱訄郇 郋郕邽 郱迮郇邽 郈郋 迣訄迠迡訄郇. 郇訄 郈郋訄訄迮 郋赲迮邽 郇訄 郅迮迡邽迮 赲郋郈郋: 訄郕 赲郋郈邽郇邽邾訄 郕邽訄邿郕 郕郋郇郋邾邽迮郕 郈郋郅邽邽郕 郈郋迮 迣訄迠迡訄郇迮 迣郱訄郇訄? 訄郕郋赲 郈郋郱邽邽赲郇迮 邽 郇迮迣訄邽赲郇迮 郈郋郅迮迡赲邽 郕邽訄邿郕郋邿 郕郋郇郋邾邽迮郕郋邿 郈郋郅邽邽郕邽? 訄郕郋赲 郈迮郈迮郕邽赲 郕邽訄邿郕郋邿 郕郋郇郋邾邽迮郕郋邿 郈郋郅邽邽郕邽 赲 迣郱訄郇迮?

虴郋郅郈郋郇 虴郋訄迮赲訄 泭- 郕郋赲郋迡邽迮郅 郈郋迣訄邾邾 訄郇郋郈郋郅郋迣邽邽, 郈郋迮郋, 迡郋郕郋 邽郋邽迮郕邽 郇訄郕
邾迮邽郕訄郇郕邽邿 郇邽赲迮邽迮 虷迮郇訄郅郇郋邿 郱邽邽.

December 13, 2017

Diana Takutdinova

Anthropology of Dance Seminar and Party!!!

Diana Takutdinova intends to:

繚 Make an overview of Anthropology of Dance as a unique field of studies

繚 Present the summary of her Masters Thesis Islamic influence in theTatar folk dance, and

繚 Teach us some dancing moves to a music.

Pizza and soft drinks will be provided!!!

Born in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Diana Takutdinova has devoted her life to the arts since the age of four. She of Tatar descent and is skilled in the dances of Central Asia and character dances of Post- Soviet Union. Dianas thirst for knowledge in learning cultures and dance motivated her to get Bachelor degrees in Anthropology and Choreography respectively from two institutions, 2023 51勛圖 (2012) and University of Culture and Art (2016). In 2016 Diana graduated from the University of Tromso with Master degree in Peace and Conflict Transformation. In July 2017 she completed Master program Choreomundus, an International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage. It is a consortium of four universities: University of Clermont Auvergne (UCA, coordinator), Clermont-Ferrand, France; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; University of Szeged (SZTE), Hungary; University of Roehampton, London (URL), United Kingdom. Diana hopes that her experience around the world and studies will help her contribute in new ways for preserving and help shape the culture and arts of people in Kyrgyzstan and to transmit the knowledge to the next generation of artists and scholars.

Nov 28, 2017

Rouslan Jalil

The Social Significance of Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case of Kyrgyzstan

The aim of this paper is to analyze whether the process of religious revival that started after collapse of the Soviet Union has translated into increased religiosity of Kyrgyzstany society. The study is based on quantitative field work carried out in 2012 and updated in 2015, which examines various dimensions of religiosity to learn the degree of Islamic practice, beliefs, values and religious knowledge.

The findings demonstrate that the evident outcome of the religious resurgence in Kyrgyzstan is the profound growth of religious institutions and formal attachment to religion. However, this has not led to dramatic growth of religiosity in terms of participation and attendance of religious practices. The findings also reveal significant regional and ethnic differences in religious observance and attachment to certain aspects of Islamic tradition. Overall, the outcomes of the study present the fact that whereas Islam in Kyrgyzstan serves as a means of traditional self-identification, the society prefers to believe but not belong to Islamic traditionalism.

Rouslan Jalil is a doctoral fellow at department of Educational Policy and Evaluation (EPE), the University of Kentucky, USA. He is currently doing a research on examining Islamic education and political secularism in post-Soviet Central Asia. Rouslan has BA degree from the ICP at 51勛圖(2001). He earned his MA degree in social science and economics from the University of Bonn and the University of Hamburg (2006), Germany. In 2013, he was a visiting scholar at Indiana University, USA. During 2006-2010, Rouslan worked as a research fellow and a program manager at ABH Institut f羹r Sozialforschung, a German based research institute in Hamburg. Between 2010-12, he worked as an assistant professor at ICP in AUCA. His research interests include sociology of religion, education and religion, educational policy, and trends and reforms in higher education.

Nov 14th, 2017

Dr. Aksana Ismailbekova

Informal governance and corruption in Kyrgyzstan


This article examines the dialectical relationship of formal and informal governance, as well泭as their relation to and effect on corruption in Kyrgyzstan. Despite the changes of the formal political system from a presidential to a parliamentary style of government, the logic of informal governance with its rules and practices remained in place and remains widely applied behind the facade of the formal frameworks. In order to understand why anti-corruption movements and political reforms have not worked, we focus on practices of informal governance that have worked and worked efficiently enough to block those reforms.泭Due to its flexible and omnipresent nature, practices of informal governance are capable of adapting to different formal political systems. It is detrimental to the transparency of the political system and institutional development, yet it also contributes to regime stability and change and has efffectson corruption.

Aksana Ismailbekova has recently joined theproject Forms of local security in Kyrgyzstan and TajikistanThe emergence of securityscapes funded by Volkswagen Foundation (2017-2018). She is also a lead researcher for Kyrgyzstan in the project Informal Governance and Corruption Transcending the Principal Agent and Collective Action Paradigms, which is funded by the British Academy (BA) DFID Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme (ACE) and led by the Basel Institute on Governance (2016-2017). Ismailbekova was research fellow at the Zentrum ModernerOrient (ZMO) (Center for the Modern Orient) in Berlin (2011-2015). At ZMO Ismailbekova was a member of the competence network Crossroads Asia. She conducted her doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, Germany (2006-2012).

31 郕訇, 2017

. 訄訄 苤訄迡訇迮郕郋赲 邽泭. 郅訄郇 訄邽邾郋赲

迣郅邿 郋郅 郈郋 郋訇迠迡迮郇邽 邽訄邽邽 郇訄 迡郋郋迣訄 迣郋郋迡訄 邽郕迮郕:
郋邿郇訄 邾訄邽郇: 郕郋 邽 郈郋迮邾 郇訄訄迮 赲 邽郕迮郕迮

虷迮郅 迡訄郇郇郋迣郋 邽郅迮迡郋赲訄郇邽 赲郅迮 郋郈迮迡迮郅迮郇邽迮 訄郕郋郋赲, 赲郅邽邽 郇訄 郇訄迮郇邽迮 郈訄赲邽郅 迡郋郋迠郇郋迣郋 迡赲邽迠迮郇邽 赲 邽郕迮郕迮. 郈迮赲迮 訇迡 郈迮迡訄赲郅迮郇訄 郇迮郱訄赲邽邽邾訄 訄邽邽郕訄 郈郋 郕郋郅邽迮赲 苠.

2017 迣郋迡 赲 郕訄迠迡邿 迡迮郇 邾邽訄郅郋 迡赲訄 迮郅郋赲迮郕訄 赲 迡迮郇 赲 苠. 訄 郈郋郅迮迡郇邽迮 迡迮 郅迮 苠 訄迮 邽 訄迮 邾迮郇郋.

迡迮 郈郋赲迮郇邽迮 訄郋赲, 赲郇迮迡迮 訇郋郅迮 迮邿迡郋赲, 邽迡迮 訄訇郋訄 迮迡邽 赲郋迡邽迮郅迮邿 .
郋 郇邽迮迣郋 郇迮 邾迮郇迮: 苠 訄迮, 郈郋邽 郈郋赲迡 邽 郕訄迠迡邿 迡迮郇 郇訄訄. 苤郅郋迠邽郅郋 赲郈迮訄郅迮郇邽迮, 郋 迠邽迮郅邽 邽郕迮郕訄 邾邽邽郅邽 郇迮郋訇郅迡迮郇邽迮邾 邽 郈郋郋郇郇邾 赲郋郕邽邾 邽郕郋邾 訇 訇邽邾 邽郅邽 郈郋郈訄迡訄郇邽迮邾 赲 苠.
迮郈迮郱迮郇訄邽赲郇郋迮 邽郅迮迡郋赲訄郇邽迮 郈郋郕訄郱訄郅郋:
郕訄郕 訄郋 郇訄訄 ;
郕訄郕 訄郋 赲郋迡邽迮郅邽 迡訄 赲郱郕;
郕訄郕郋邿 郋赲迮郇 郱郇訄郇邽邿 赲郋迡邽迮郅迮邿;
郕訄郕邽迮 邾迮 郈郋 邾郇迮郇邽 赲郋迡邽迮郅迮邿 邾迮郇邽 苠;
邽 迡迣邽迮 訄郕訄郅郇迮 赲郋郈郋 迣郋郋迡郕郋迣郋 訄郇郈郋訄.
訄郇郇郋迮 邽郅迮迡郋赲訄郇邽迮 郈郋赲迮迡迮郇郋 郈邽 郈郋迡迡迮迠郕迮 苳郋郇迡訄 竄苤郋郋-迣郱訄郇罈.
郋迮 邽 郅迮迣郕邽迮 郱訄郕郕邽 訇迡 郈迮迡訄赲郅迮郇 赲郋 赲迮邾 郕迣郅郋迣郋 郋郅訄.

Oct 24, 2017

Pr. David Montgomery泭

Practicing Islam: Knowledge, Experience, and Social Navigation in Kyrgyzstan

Pr. Montgomery is a Director of Program Development for CEDARCommunities Engaging with Difference and Religion, and Associate Research Professor in the Center for International Development and Conflict Management & the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He is the author of Practicing Islam: Knowledge, Experience, and Social Navigation in Kyrgyzstan and Living with Difference: How to Build Community in a Divided World.

10-迮 郋郕訇, 2017

郅迡郱 苠迮迣邽郱訇迮郕郋赲訄

赲郋郈郋 迮迣郅邽郋赲訄郇邽 訇訄郇 郋郇郋迮郇邽邿 赲 郋訇郇郋邾 郈訄赲迮 郕迣郱郋赲

訄邾郕訄 郋郕郋邿 郅迮郕邽邽 訇迡 訄邾郋迮郇 訄郈迮郕 迮迣郅邽郋赲訄郇邽 訇訄郇 郋郇郋迮郇邽邿 郕迣郱郋赲 郈郋 郋訇郇郋邾 郈訄赲, 郋郱赲迮郇 迮郕郋邾迮郇迡訄邽邽 邽 郈迮迡郅郋迠迮郇邽 郈郋 赲郋郱邾郋迠郇郋邿 邽郇迮迣訄邽邽 郈郋郱邽邽赲郇 訄迡邽邽邿 邽 郋訇訄迮赲 郕迣郱郋赲 赲 郋赲迮邾迮郇郇郋迮 迮邾迮邿郇郋迮 郱訄郕郋郇郋迡訄迮郅赲郋 迣郱郕郋邿 迮郈訇郅邽郕邽. 迮邾 訄郇訄郅邽郱訄 郇 邽 郈邽邾迮郇郇 郈訄邾郇邽郕郋赲 郈訄赲訄, 郈訄郕邽郕邽 郋訇迮赲迮郇郇郋邿 迠邽郱郇邽 郕迣郱郋赲 郈郋赲郋迡邽 邽郋邽郕郋-郈訄赲郋赲郋邿 訄郇訄郅邽郱 赲郋郅邽邽 郈郋郇邽 竄訇訄郕罈. 苠訄郕迠迮 訇迡 郈郋訄郇訄郅邽郱邽郋赲訄郇 郋邾, 郅郋赲邽 邽 郈郋迡郋郕 郱訄郕郅迮郇邽 訇訄郕訄, 訄 訄郕迠迮 邽 郋郇郋赲訄郇邽 迮迣郋 郈迮郕訄迮郇邽 郈郋 郇郋邾訄邾 郋訇郇郋迣郋 郈訄赲訄 郕迣郱郋赲. 訄 郋郇郋赲訄郇邽邽 邾訄迮邽訄郅郋赲 郋訇郇郋迣郋 郈訄赲訄 郕迣郱郋赲 郋郈迮迡迮郅迮 郱郇訄迮郇邽迮 邽郇邽郋赲 郕訄郅邾訄 邽 郈邽迡訄郇郇郋迣郋 赲 邽迮邾迮 訇訄郇 郋郇郋迮郇邽邿 郕迣郱郋赲.

邽迣郅訄訄迮邾 赲迮, 郕郋 邽郇迮迮迮 訄郕訄郅郇邾邽 赲郋郈郋訄邾邽 郋訇郇郋迣郋 郈訄赲訄 郕迣郱郋赲.

苠迮迣邽郱訇迮郕郋赲訄 郅迡郱 虴郇訄訇迮郕郋赲郇訄 郇迮郱訄赲邽邽邾邿 邽郅迮迡郋赲訄迮郅, 郕訄郇迡邽迡訄 邽迡邽迮郕邽 郇訄郕, 迡郋迮郇. 赲郋 郕郇邽迣邽 竄訇郇郋迮 郈訄赲郋 郕迣郱郋赲: 訇訄郕 邽 迮邾罈 邽 迡迣邽 訄訇郋 郋郇郋邽迮郅郇郋 訄迡邽邽邿 邽 郋訇訄迮赲 郕迣郱郕郋迣郋 郇訄郋迡訄.

26 迮郇訇, 2017

迮邽迣郅 訇郅迮郱郋赲訄,泭訄郅邽郇訄 郋訇郋郕郋赲訄,泭虼邽邽郇 苠邾迮郇訇訄迮赲訄

郋迮邾 郅迡邽 郇迮 郈邽郇邽邾訄 訄邽 赲 迣郋郅郋郋赲訄郇邽邽? 郅迮迡郋赲訄郇邽迮 郅迮郕郋訄郅郇郋迣郋 郈郋赲迮迡迮郇邽 邽郱訇邽訄迮郅迮邿 邽 迮迣郋 迡迮迮邾邽郇訄郇 赲 迣郋郋迡訄 邽郕迮郕 邽


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September 19, 2017

Dr. Viktoria Akchurina

State as Social Practice: Sources, Resource, and Forces in Central Asia

My research is about state and society relations in Central Asia. It examines statehood comparatively in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Despite having made different political, economic, and institutional choices at independence in 1991, these countries arrived at the same outcome today: an incomplete state. In framing the problem as the incomplete state, this research shifts the conventional emphasis away from symptoms of state weakness toward those processes that contribute to it. It highlights the fact that the state can simultaneously be both strong and weak, omnipresent and absent. It is the blurring of the line between state and non-state, public and private, legal and illegal, formal and informal which matters for a better understanding of the state. Drawing from Charles Tilly and Michal Mann, I suggest that these shadow areas generate processes of interstitial emergence that may either undermine or strengthen the state. The outcome generated by such processes is dependent on the balance between state autonomy and state embeddedness. I argue that the incomplete state is a result of three sets of factorshistorical, external, and localthat directly or indirectly produce processes that are counter-productive to the current state-building process. Specifically, the research focuses on the societal legacy of the Soviet statehood, the strategies of state-building provided by external actors, and the balance of power between rival local elites. It demonstrates how each of these sets of factors contribute to the creation or development of sites of social resistance and the chasm between the state and society in each of the three given cases. Further, it identifies three important processes. Firstly, structural changes taken for granted following the dissolution of the Soviet Union have not necessarily altered cross-border societal interdependence at the grassroots. Secondly, the strategies pursued by external actors have indirectly created isolated pockets of land, empowered community-based civil activism and facilitated informal trade. Finally, while state elites strengthened the institution of the state, they turned it into a tool for legitimizing illicit revenues rather than a means to increase its infrastructural power. States and societies in the region have become isolated from one another. These states, empowered only in the institutional sense, have become empty shells. The societies, empowered without the state, have become captives within a game of survival. It seems that the state cannot be complete without becoming social.

Bio:
Viktoria Akchurina defended her doctoral dissertationtitled State as Social Practice: Sources, Resources, and Forces in Central Asiain January 2016. The thesis is about state and society relations in Central Asia. It examines state-building processes comparatively in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Viktoria conducted independent field research on Islamic resistance movements in Central Asia in 2012 and 2014. She worked as a researcher for the OSCE Office in Dushanbe, International Womens Media Foundation in Washington, and the Defence Council under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek. Her main research interests include state-building, governance, social radicalization, and social engineering.
She speaks fluently English, German, Italian, and Russian (mother tongue).

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