8. The Economics of Translocality – Epistemographic Observations from Fieldwork In(-Between) Russia, China, and Kyrgyzstan
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11 janvier 2019
- handle: 10670/1.ke5edn
- isbn: 9781783743339
- eisbn: 9791036516580
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globalization Central Asia translocality Caucasus locality cross-regional networks Area Studies Sociology & Anthropology SOC002010 JHMCCiter ce document
Philipp Schröder, « 8. The Economics of Translocality – Epistemographic Observations from Fieldwork In(-Between) Russia, China, and Kyrgyzstan », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.ke5edn
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Introduction: my translocal field and epistemography My current research project attempts to capture the ‘translocal livelihoods’ of Kyrgyz business(wo)men who are involved in the trade of consumer goods ‘made in China’. Twenty-five years after the dissolution of the Soviet empire and in times of an emerging ‘New Silk Road’ through Eurasia, I engage with a broad range of economic agents: Kyrgyz traders in Novosibirsk, who sell Chinese merchandise in one of Russia’s largest bazaars; Kyrgyz mid...