Zhazira Bekzhanova
Biographic Data
| ID | 1081205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zhazira Bekzhanova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zhazira |
| FAMILY NAME | Bekzhanova |
| SIGNATURE | BEKZHANOVA Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nazarbayev University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6132-9764 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Contextualizing data collection in Central Asia
Latinization of the Kazakh Alphabet
Kazakhstan’s decision to transition its Kazakh language from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet has serious implications for language policy, communication, education, inclusion, and social cohesion. This critical qualitative study, underpinned by a discourse-historical approach, employs critical discourse analysis to analyze statements of ex-President Nursultan Nazarbayev and semi-structured interviews with Kazakh language educators and social m…
The fearful khan and the delightful beauties’
This paper analyses how secondary school textbooks enact gender in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. As a ‘gender paradox’, with universal literacy and yet a higher representation of women at the tertiary level co-existing with multi-sectoral gaps at the expense of women, Kazakhstan offers an interesting context to empirically investigate the taken for granted relationship between education, gender equality and sustainable development. Poststructuralist di…
British Muslims Caught Amidst FOGs-A Discourse Analysis of Religious Advice and Authority
This paper discusses the symbolic capital found within Islamic documents that were circulated in the UK during the COVID-19 outbreak. Specifically, the work explores "fatwas" and "other" similar documents as well as "guidance" documents (referred to as FOGs) that were disseminated in March-April 2020 on the internet and social media platforms for British Muslim consumption. We confine our materials to FOGs produced only in English. Our study take…
The fearful khan and the delightful beauties’
This paper analyses how secondary school textbooks enact gender in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. As a ‘gender paradox’, with universal literacy and yet a higher representation of women at the tertiary level co-existing with multi-sectoral gaps at the expense of women, Kazakhstan offers an interesting context to empirically investigate the taken for granted relationship between education, gender equality and sustainable development. Poststructuralist di…
British Muslims Caught Amidst FOGs-A Discourse Analysis of Religious Advice and Authority
This paper discusses the symbolic capital found within Islamic documents that were circulated in the UK during the COVID-19 outbreak. Specifically, the work explores "fatwas" and "other" similar documents as well as "guidance" documents (referred to as FOGs) that were disseminated in March-April 2020 on the internet and social media platforms for British Muslim consumption. We confine our materials to FOGs produced only in English. Our study take…
The fearful khan and the delightful beauties’
This paper analyses how secondary school textbooks enact gender in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. As a ‘gender paradox’, with universal literacy and yet a higher representation of women at the tertiary level co-existing with multi-sectoral gaps at the expense of women, Kazakhstan offers an interesting context to empirically investigate the taken for granted relationship between education, gender equality and sustainable development. Poststructuralist di…
British Muslims Caught Amidst FOGs-A Discourse Analysis of Religious Advice and Authority
This paper discusses the symbolic capital found within Islamic documents that were circulated in the UK during the COVID-19 outbreak. Specifically, the work explores "fatwas" and "other" similar documents as well as "guidance" documents (referred to as FOGs) that were disseminated in March-April 2020 on the internet and social media platforms for British Muslim consumption. We confine our materials to FOGs produced only in English. Our study take…
Latinization of the Kazakh Alphabet
Kazakhstan’s decision to transition its Kazakh language from the Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet has serious implications for language policy, communication, education, inclusion, and social cohesion. This critical qualitative study, underpinned by a discourse-historical approach, employs critical discourse analysis to analyze statements of ex-President Nursultan Nazarbayev and semi-structured interviews with Kazakh language educators and social m…
Contextualizing data collection in Central Asia
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Alphabet (1 work) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Construct (python library (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work)