1. A child of the Jookerchilik Zaman -- 2. Between Qoqand and Russia -- 3. Between ruling reform and military expansion -- 4. Aristocrat or parasite -- 5. On the frontline of the resettlement policy -- 6. Growing relationship to Islam under Russian rule -- Epilogue: Heading for …
"In The Qïrghïz Baatïr and the Russian Empire Tetsu Akiyama gives a vivid description of the dynamism and dilemmas of empire-building in nomadic Central Asia from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, through reconstructing the biography of Shabdan Jantay uulu (ca. …
"In The Qïrghïz Baatïr and the Russian Empire Tetsu Akiyama gives a vivid description of the dynamism and dilemmas of empire-building in nomadic Central Asia from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century, through reconstructing the biography of Shabdan Jantay uulu (ca. …
This dissertation considers the intersections of Islam and secularism in the post-Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, as well as how international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have worked to promote peace and counter violent extremism in the country. By introducing two intert…
This dissertation studies the rise of rural-based cultural nationalism in the USSR in the years between the death of Stalin in 1953 and the break-up of the USSR in 1991. It analyzes the lives and work of a multinational group of writers who were part of a massive wave of rural-t…
In this study, I examine the oppositional configuration of public figures around the poles of "proper" Muslimness and "authentic" Kyrgyzness in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. I ask: Why are public actors defining their positions in opposition to the other? Why do such opposing positions t…
Creating culture in (post) socialist Central Asia
Creating culture in (post) socialist Central Asia
This book brings together historical and ethnographic research from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Xinjiang, in order to explore how individuals and communities work to create and maintain forms of 'culture in contexts of ideological repression and erasure. Across Inner Central Asi…
This dissertation is about social mobilizations in rural Kyrgyzstan from 2010-2015. Following a constructivist approach, I aim to answer a puzzling question in regard to multiple but rarely sustainable protests in this global periphery: Under what conditions can provisional epis…
This dissertation addresses organized crime in post-Soviet Eurasia (Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan) exploring the nexus between politics, business and crime. Based on extensive field research in the three countries the dissertation examines organized crime groups in the region and…
This thesis is an ethnography of how places like mountain pastures (jailoos), hydro-electric dams and holy sites (mazars) matter in striving for a good life. Based on eighteen months of fieldwork in the Toktogul valley of Kyrgyzstan, this study contributes to theoretical questio…
Food security is a fundamental human necessity. Although our global society has been constantly tackling hunger around the world, there still exists many socially and geographically isolated communities that struggle to achieve food security. A growing body of literature examine…