Central Asia

Special Economic Zones in Tajikistan: An Economic Policy Instrument for Development?

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2025-01(24).03 Author: Andrei Dörre Affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Malteserstr. 74-100, 12249 Berlin, Germany Email: andrei.doerre@fu-berlin.de Language: English Issue: 1/2025 (24) Pages: 106–118 (13 pages) Keywords: Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Free Economic Zones (FEZs), Tajikistan, economic policy, regional development, investment incentives, post-Soviet transition, infrastructure, Central Asia; global value chains, development planning…

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Livelihood challenges in High Asian pastoral spaces

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2024.220101en Author: Hermann Kreutzmann Affiliation: Institute of Geographic Sciences, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany Email: h.kreutzmann@fu-berlin.de Language: English Issue: 1/2024 (22) Pages: 3-26 (24 pages) Keywords: Shrinking pastoralism, rangelands, resettlement, Central Asia, tragedy of responsibility, South Asia Abstract Shrinking pastoral spaces are phenomena that have occurred on a global scale and in particular in mountain…

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A Dozen Years of Central Asia: an archaeologist’s blog

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2022.180103 Author: Heinrich Härke Affiliation: Eberhard‑Karls‑Universität Tübingen, Institute for Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology, Department of Medieval Archaeology, 72070 Tübingen, Germany Email: heinrich.haerke@uni‑tuebingen.de Language: English Issue: 1/2022 (18) Pages: 57–80 (24 pages) Keywords: Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, archaeology, politics of archaeology, Dzhankent Abstract The paper provides, in a series of anecdotal observations…

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Women’s Veiling: Everyday and Ceremonial Practices of Central-Asian Peoples

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.170202 Author: Tereza Hejzlarová Affiliation: Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Třída Svobody 26, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic Email: tereza.hejzlarova@upol.cz Author: Olga Viktorovna Starostina Affiliation: Department of Ethnography of the Peoples of the Caucasus, Central Asia and Kazakhstan, Russian Museum of Ethnography, Inzhenernaya 4/1, 191011 St. Petersburg, Russia Email:…

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Political invention of the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan

Political Invention of the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.170203 Author: Arzuu Sheranova Affiliation: Corvinus University of Budapest, Doctoral School of International Relations and Political Science, Hungary Email: arzuu.sheranova@stud.uni-corvinus.hu Language: English Issue: 2/2021 Pages: 66–81 (16 pages) Keywords: invented traditions, games, nomad, nomadic, the World Nomad Games, foreign investment, tourism, Kyrgyzstan Abstract This paper…

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The development and influence in traditional and modern music on the everyday life of the Kyrgyz people

The development and influence in traditional and modern music on the everyday life of the Kyrgyz people DOI: https://doi.org/10.7160/KS.2020.150201 Author: Miloš Jodas Affiliation: Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky / Association for International Affairs, Žitná 608/27, 110 00 Praha 1 Email: miljodas@gmail.com Language: Czech / English translation Issue: 2/2020 Pages: 3–29 (27 pages) Keywords: Kyrgyzstan, ethnomusicology, music,…

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Zoroastrian tradition at Mangyshlak – underground mosque Shakpak-Ata

Zoroastrijská tradice na Mangyšlaku – podzemní mešita Šakpak-Ata / Zoroastrian tradition at Mangyshlak – underground mosque Shakpak-Ata Author: Petr Kment Published: 1 November 2018 Česká verze: HTML The Kazakh peninsula of Mangyshlak, apart from its geographical specifics – there is a depression with the lowest altitude in Central Asia (-132 m) – can also boast…

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Společenský význam tradic v Kyrgyzstánu v porovnání s tureckými Kyrgyzy v oblasti Ulupamir

The Social Importance of Traditions in Kyrgyzstan in Comparison with the Turkish Kyrgyz in Ulupamir Author: Eva Bosáková Affiliation: İstanbul Üniversitesi, Kalenderhane Mah. Bozdoğan Kemeri Cad. No:13, İstanbul, Türkiye Istanbul University, Turkey Email: evicka.boss@gmail.com Language: Czech Issue: 2/2014 Pages: 55-74 (20 pages) Keywords: Kyrgyz, tradition, habits, Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Fergana Valley, Turkey, Ulupamir Summary/Abstract This…

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Causes and impacts of labour migration in Uzbekistan

Author: Andrea Štolfová Affiliation: Provozně ekonomická fakulta ČZU v Praze, Faculty of Economics and Management, CULS Prague Email: andrea.stolfova@gmail.com ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0832-1485 Language: English / Czech Issue: 1/2014 Pages: 23–45 (23 pages) Keywords: Migration, Inhabitants of Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, family, Traditional values, Rural life Summary/Abstract This paper focuses on work migration among Uzbek inhabitants, for…

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Different perspectives on everyday life: the example of Kyrgyzstan

Authors: Kateřina Kohoutová, Iva Nádvorníková Affiliation: Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague; Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague-Suchdol, Czech Republic Emails: iva.nadvornikova@gmail.com, kata.kohoutova@gmail.com Language: Czech / English translation Issue: 1/2014 Pages: 3–22 (20 pages) Keywords: Everydayness, Kyrgyzstan, ideology, anthropological research, transformation…

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