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

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.7160/KS.2021.170203 Author: Arzuu Sheranova Address: Corvinus University of Budapest, Doctoral School of International Relations and Political Science, Hungary E-mail: arzuu.sheranova@stud.uni-corvinus.hu Language: English Issue: 2/2021 Page Range: 66–81 No. of Pages: 16 Keywords: invented traditions, games, nomad, nomadic, the World Nomad Games, foreign investment, tourism, Kyrgyzstan Abstract: This paper examines ‘invention’ of a new ‘tradition’, that is of nomadic games in Kyrgyzstan…

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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 Address: Asociace pro mezinárodní otázky / Association for International Affairs, Žitná 608/27, 110 00 Praha 1 E-mail: miljodas@gmail.com Language: Czech / English translation Issue: 2/2020 Page Range: 3–29 No. of Pages: 27 Keywords: Kyrgyzstan, ethnomusicology, music, globalization, folklore, Central Asia, music education, urbanization Abstract: The principal aim of this paper is to define Kyrgyz music in Kyrgyzstan ethnomusicology…

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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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