Aksana Ismailbekova
Biographic Data
| ID | 180775 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aksana Ismailbekova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aksana |
| FAMILY NAME | Ismailbekova |
| SIGNATURE | ISMAILBEKOVA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bonn International Center for Conversion |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Tandem politics and kusturizatsia: Power and money in contemporary Kyrgyzstan
Drawing on fresh ethnographic research, this article examines how President Japarov and Security Chief Tashiev built their political alliance in post-2020 Kyrgyzstan. Their 'tandem' rule rests on a mix of friendship ties, family bonds and economic control through kusturizatsia - legalized extortion of criminal networks and corrupt officials. Using Sahlins' concept of reciprocity, I show how money flows form the heart of their power, binding allie…
Women’s Islamic Activism Rises in Kyrgyzstan
Despite the violence of Soviet rule, Soviet policies improved the status of women in Central Asia. The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in a restoration of revival of Islam and patriarchal customs. In Kyrgyzstan, Islamic organizations are taking an increasingly active role in public life, often delivering necessary services that the state no longer provides. But here, female-run Islamic groups have gained influence, and pious women are challe…
Transferring Deceased Bodies, Building Transnational Communities. The Case of Kyrgyz and Tajik Migrants in Russia
Based on ethnographic fieldwork with Central Asian hometown organisations in Russia, this paper focuses on the interplay of funerary practices and the construction of transnational communities among Kyrgyz and Tajik immigrants. In particular, the authors examine how good death and the moral economy of death are enacted in a transnational setting and contribute to reinforcing forms of “transnational moral territoriality” (Lacroix, 2019). Through e…
Native son Japarov: The embodiment of injustice
Sadyr Japarov, the current President of Kyrgyzstan, came to power in what became known as the 2020 revolution, the third revolution in the country's history after the 2005 First Kyrgyz (or Tulip) Revolution and the 2010 Second Kyrgyz Revolution. He criticized earlier political leaders for their corruption, nepotism and links to criminality, instead promising justice and care for his people. However, many now accuse him of undermining democracy by…
Governance and order-making in Central Asia: From illiberalism to post-liberalism
This forum brings together five different angles on the question as to whether and how political regimes and forms of order-making can and should be researched through the concept of ‘illiberalism’. The discussion engages critically with this and associated concepts, such as ‘illiberal peace’ and ‘authoritarian conflict management’, which have been developed out of the Central Asian / Eurasian context and discussed in their wider global ramificat…
From Endogamous Marriage to Ethnicity: Uzbek Community Survival Strategy After the 2010 Conflict in Osh
In Uzbek families, marriages are endogamous; people marry within specific social groups or social units and marriages are arranged between families. The ideal marriage is made within their kinship system (oz jak) or among members of the kin group. The events of 2010 in Osh has changed the composition of Uzbek marriage patterns due to fear of rape, humiliation, and disgrace. The main argument of this paper is that the endogamous marriages of Uzbek…
Muslim women of the Fergana Valley: A 19th-century ethnography from Central Asia
This edited translation by Mariana Markova and Marianne Kamp gives us an opportunity to enter the world of married couple Maria and Vladimir Nalivkin’s ethnographies of Muslim Women of the Fergana
Blood Ties and the Native Son: Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan
Constructing the authority of women through custom: Bulak village, Kyrgyzstan
The traditional authority of Kyrgyz women operates within moral frameworks and through their roles as keepers of hearth and home, and has been recognized by the state for its important role in family life and in society. Women are responsible for the health of future generations, for the quality of children's education, and for safeguarding and passing on moral principles, which contribute to the formation of the traditional Kyrgyz family, and th…
Single mothers in Osh
After the 2010 intercommunal violence in Kyrgyzstan, women in the city of Osh were exposed to many difficulties. Conflict eroded people's contentment, and satisfactory living conditions were supplanted by increased challenges-such as deteriorating health and education systems, declining communication and economic opportunities, and the loss of property. Men's deaths during the conflict and the increased labor migration of men after the conflict a…
Under Solomon's Throne. Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh
Under Solomon's Throne. Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh." Europe-Asia Studies, 66(2), pp. 333–334
Migration and patrilineal descent: The role of women in Kyrgyzstan
Migration processes in Kyrgyzstan have given rise to fundamental social and demographic changes, meaning that many villages and town quarters are inhabited nowadays solely by women, children and the elderly, whereas younger and middle-aged men live as migrants elsewhere. This article explores the role of women in the maintenance of a strong patrilineal descent system, in the absence of their husbands or sons. This is achieved by grandmothers who …
Coping strategies: Public avoidance, migration, and marriage in the aftermath of the Osh conflict, Fergana Valley
This article examines the changing survival strategies of Uzbeks in the aftermath of mass violent conflict in Osh in June 2010. After the conflict, Osh Uzbeks were exposed to many difficulties. The Kyrgyz government used economic and political pressure to isolate minority groups from the titular nationality, and this opened the door to mistreatment of minorities in the form of the seizure of property, job losses, and even verbal and physical abus…
Coping strategies: Public avoidance, migration, and marriage in the aftermath of the Osh conflict, Fergana Valley
This article examines the changing survival strategies of Uzbeks in the aftermath of mass violent conflict in Osh in June 2010. After the conflict, Osh Uzbeks were exposed to many difficulties. The Kyrgyz government used economic and political pressure to isolate minority groups from the titular nationality, and this opened the door to mistreatment of minorities in the form of the seizure of property, job losses, and even verbal and physical abus…
Blood Ties and the Native Son: Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan
Constructing the authority of women through custom: Bulak village, Kyrgyzstan
The traditional authority of Kyrgyz women operates within moral frameworks and through their roles as keepers of hearth and home, and has been recognized by the state for its important role in family life and in society. Women are responsible for the health of future generations, for the quality of children's education, and for safeguarding and passing on moral principles, which contribute to the formation of the traditional Kyrgyz family, and th…
Migration and patrilineal descent: The role of women in Kyrgyzstan
Migration processes in Kyrgyzstan have given rise to fundamental social and demographic changes, meaning that many villages and town quarters are inhabited nowadays solely by women, children and the elderly, whereas younger and middle-aged men live as migrants elsewhere. This article explores the role of women in the maintenance of a strong patrilineal descent system, in the absence of their husbands or sons. This is achieved by grandmothers who …
Single mothers in Osh
After the 2010 intercommunal violence in Kyrgyzstan, women in the city of Osh were exposed to many difficulties. Conflict eroded people's contentment, and satisfactory living conditions were supplanted by increased challenges-such as deteriorating health and education systems, declining communication and economic opportunities, and the loss of property. Men's deaths during the conflict and the increased labor migration of men after the conflict a…
Native son Japarov: The embodiment of injustice
Sadyr Japarov, the current President of Kyrgyzstan, came to power in what became known as the 2020 revolution, the third revolution in the country's history after the 2005 First Kyrgyz (or Tulip) Revolution and the 2010 Second Kyrgyz Revolution. He criticized earlier political leaders for their corruption, nepotism and links to criminality, instead promising justice and care for his people. However, many now accuse him of undermining democracy by…
Transferring Deceased Bodies, Building Transnational Communities. The Case of Kyrgyz and Tajik Migrants in Russia
Based on ethnographic fieldwork with Central Asian hometown organisations in Russia, this paper focuses on the interplay of funerary practices and the construction of transnational communities among Kyrgyz and Tajik immigrants. In particular, the authors examine how good death and the moral economy of death are enacted in a transnational setting and contribute to reinforcing forms of “transnational moral territoriality” (Lacroix, 2019). Through e…
Governance and order-making in Central Asia: From illiberalism to post-liberalism
This forum brings together five different angles on the question as to whether and how political regimes and forms of order-making can and should be researched through the concept of ‘illiberalism’. The discussion engages critically with this and associated concepts, such as ‘illiberal peace’ and ‘authoritarian conflict management’, which have been developed out of the Central Asian / Eurasian context and discussed in their wider global ramificat…
From Endogamous Marriage to Ethnicity: Uzbek Community Survival Strategy After the 2010 Conflict in Osh
In Uzbek families, marriages are endogamous; people marry within specific social groups or social units and marriages are arranged between families. The ideal marriage is made within their kinship system (oz jak) or among members of the kin group. The events of 2010 in Osh has changed the composition of Uzbek marriage patterns due to fear of rape, humiliation, and disgrace. The main argument of this paper is that the endogamous marriages of Uzbek…
Coping strategies: Public avoidance, migration, and marriage in the aftermath of the Osh conflict, Fergana Valley
This article examines the changing survival strategies of Uzbeks in the aftermath of mass violent conflict in Osh in June 2010. After the conflict, Osh Uzbeks were exposed to many difficulties. The Kyrgyz government used economic and political pressure to isolate minority groups from the titular nationality, and this opened the door to mistreatment of minorities in the form of the seizure of property, job losses, and even verbal and physical abus…
Under Solomon's Throne. Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh
Under Solomon's Throne. Uzbek Visions of Renewal in Osh." Europe-Asia Studies, 66(2), pp. 333–334
Migration and patrilineal descent: The role of women in Kyrgyzstan
Migration processes in Kyrgyzstan have given rise to fundamental social and demographic changes, meaning that many villages and town quarters are inhabited nowadays solely by women, children and the elderly, whereas younger and middle-aged men live as migrants elsewhere. This article explores the role of women in the maintenance of a strong patrilineal descent system, in the absence of their husbands or sons. This is achieved by grandmothers who …
Single mothers in Osh
After the 2010 intercommunal violence in Kyrgyzstan, women in the city of Osh were exposed to many difficulties. Conflict eroded people's contentment, and satisfactory living conditions were supplanted by increased challenges-such as deteriorating health and education systems, declining communication and economic opportunities, and the loss of property. Men's deaths during the conflict and the increased labor migration of men after the conflict a…
Constructing the authority of women through custom: Bulak village, Kyrgyzstan
The traditional authority of Kyrgyz women operates within moral frameworks and through their roles as keepers of hearth and home, and has been recognized by the state for its important role in family life and in society. Women are responsible for the health of future generations, for the quality of children's education, and for safeguarding and passing on moral principles, which contribute to the formation of the traditional Kyrgyz family, and th…
Muslim women of the Fergana Valley: A 19th-century ethnography from Central Asia
This edited translation by Mariana Markova and Marianne Kamp gives us an opportunity to enter the world of married couple Maria and Vladimir Nalivkin’s ethnographies of Muslim Women of the Fergana
Blood Ties and the Native Son: Poetics of Patronage in Kyrgyzstan
From Endogamous Marriage to Ethnicity: Uzbek Community Survival Strategy After the 2010 Conflict in Osh
In Uzbek families, marriages are endogamous; people marry within specific social groups or social units and marriages are arranged between families. The ideal marriage is made within their kinship system (oz jak) or among members of the kin group. The events of 2010 in Osh has changed the composition of Uzbek marriage patterns due to fear of rape, humiliation, and disgrace. The main argument of this paper is that the endogamous marriages of Uzbek…
Governance and order-making in Central Asia: From illiberalism to post-liberalism
This forum brings together five different angles on the question as to whether and how political regimes and forms of order-making can and should be researched through the concept of ‘illiberalism’. The discussion engages critically with this and associated concepts, such as ‘illiberal peace’ and ‘authoritarian conflict management’, which have been developed out of the Central Asian / Eurasian context and discussed in their wider global ramificat…
Native son Japarov: The embodiment of injustice
Sadyr Japarov, the current President of Kyrgyzstan, came to power in what became known as the 2020 revolution, the third revolution in the country's history after the 2005 First Kyrgyz (or Tulip) Revolution and the 2010 Second Kyrgyz Revolution. He criticized earlier political leaders for their corruption, nepotism and links to criminality, instead promising justice and care for his people. However, many now accuse him of undermining democracy by…
Women’s Islamic Activism Rises in Kyrgyzstan
Despite the violence of Soviet rule, Soviet policies improved the status of women in Central Asia. The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in a restoration of revival of Islam and patriarchal customs. In Kyrgyzstan, Islamic organizations are taking an increasingly active role in public life, often delivering necessary services that the state no longer provides. But here, female-run Islamic groups have gained influence, and pious women are challe…
Transferring Deceased Bodies, Building Transnational Communities. The Case of Kyrgyz and Tajik Migrants in Russia
Based on ethnographic fieldwork with Central Asian hometown organisations in Russia, this paper focuses on the interplay of funerary practices and the construction of transnational communities among Kyrgyz and Tajik immigrants. In particular, the authors examine how good death and the moral economy of death are enacted in a transnational setting and contribute to reinforcing forms of “transnational moral territoriality” (Lacroix, 2019). Through e…
Tandem politics and kusturizatsia: Power and money in contemporary Kyrgyzstan
Drawing on fresh ethnographic research, this article examines how President Japarov and Security Chief Tashiev built their political alliance in post-2020 Kyrgyzstan. Their 'tandem' rule rests on a mix of friendship ties, family bonds and economic control through kusturizatsia - legalized extortion of criminal networks and corrupt officials. Using Sahlins' concept of reciprocity, I show how money flows form the heart of their power, binding allie…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Soviet and Russian History (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works)