E Borisova
Biographic Data
| ID | 43304 |
|---|---|
| NAME | E Borisova |
| GIVEN NAMES | E |
| FAMILY NAME | Borisova |
| SIGNATURE | BORISOVA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5929-5080 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rethinking Migration beyond the Analytics of Suffering
In their search for better lives, migrants encounter numerous hardships. Structural violence, inequality, and precarity have long been central to migration research, but an exclusive focus on these dimensions risks narrowing the anthropological imagination and overlooking the reasons why many move in the first place. The contributions to this special issue examine how migrants navigate moral dilemmas and pursue meaningful lives by reflecting on v…
Ambivalence as Method
Weaponising naturalised citizenship
In the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian male citizens – especially those naturalised – became a target for large-scale drafting campaigns. This article argues that Russia weaponises citizenship in an attempt to attract more manpower to its war with Ukraine. Such weaponisation functions through a few distinct institutional and legal mechanisms: granting citizenship as a reward for contracted military service and revoking acquired c…
Images of Care
Marriage is a central event in all Central Asian societies and is particularly important for the lives of individuals, kinship groups, and society more broadly. Within the regional scholarship, it serves as an entry point for the study of a wide range of topics and the exploration of social, political, economic, and religious dynamics. This article aims to shift the perspective on Central Asian marriages from questions of political economy and id…
Ambivalences of Care
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in rural Tajikistan - the region where migration to Russia has become almost the only stable source of livelihood - this article contributes to a growing body of anthropological literature concerned with tensions, ambivalences and contradictions of care. Drawing on the ethnography of my interlocutor's attempts to arrange care for his elderly parents, I show how migration is entwined with the relations of indebtedne…
Our Traditions Will Kill Us!’
Based on extensive ethnographic research in northern Tajikistan, this article examines the implications of the law ordering traditions and rituals ( tanzim ), including marriage celebrations, in Tajikistan. At the centre of my analysis is the figure of a state employed ‘worker of culture’, Farkhod, whose family was affected by recent, rather militant, attempts by the state to regulate tradition. By following the story of his daughter’s wedding, I…
The limits of strategic citizenship
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this article analyses the recent phenomenon of the mass search for Russian citizenship by Tajikistani nationals and critically engages with the emerging concept of strategic citizenship. Bringing together the literature on strategic citizenship and affective documents, it argues that the notion of strategy is incomplete and can be misleading when used to analyse citizenship seeking. Drawing an opposition…
Our Traditions Will Kill Us!’
Based on extensive ethnographic research in northern Tajikistan, this article examines the implications of the law ordering traditions and rituals ( tanzim ), including marriage celebrations, in Tajikistan. At the centre of my analysis is the figure of a state employed ‘worker of culture’, Farkhod, whose family was affected by recent, rather militant, attempts by the state to regulate tradition. By following the story of his daughter’s wedding, I…
Ambivalences of Care
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in rural Tajikistan - the region where migration to Russia has become almost the only stable source of livelihood - this article contributes to a growing body of anthropological literature concerned with tensions, ambivalences and contradictions of care. Drawing on the ethnography of my interlocutor's attempts to arrange care for his elderly parents, I show how migration is entwined with the relations of indebtedne…
The limits of strategic citizenship
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this article analyses the recent phenomenon of the mass search for Russian citizenship by Tajikistani nationals and critically engages with the emerging concept of strategic citizenship. Bringing together the literature on strategic citizenship and affective documents, it argues that the notion of strategy is incomplete and can be misleading when used to analyse citizenship seeking. Drawing an opposition…
Our Traditions Will Kill Us!’
Based on extensive ethnographic research in northern Tajikistan, this article examines the implications of the law ordering traditions and rituals ( tanzim ), including marriage celebrations, in Tajikistan. At the centre of my analysis is the figure of a state employed ‘worker of culture’, Farkhod, whose family was affected by recent, rather militant, attempts by the state to regulate tradition. By following the story of his daughter’s wedding, I…
Images of Care
Marriage is a central event in all Central Asian societies and is particularly important for the lives of individuals, kinship groups, and society more broadly. Within the regional scholarship, it serves as an entry point for the study of a wide range of topics and the exploration of social, political, economic, and religious dynamics. This article aims to shift the perspective on Central Asian marriages from questions of political economy and id…
Ambivalences of Care
Based on ethnographic fieldwork in rural Tajikistan - the region where migration to Russia has become almost the only stable source of livelihood - this article contributes to a growing body of anthropological literature concerned with tensions, ambivalences and contradictions of care. Drawing on the ethnography of my interlocutor's attempts to arrange care for his elderly parents, I show how migration is entwined with the relations of indebtedne…
Ambivalence as Method
Weaponising naturalised citizenship
In the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian male citizens – especially those naturalised – became a target for large-scale drafting campaigns. This article argues that Russia weaponises citizenship in an attempt to attract more manpower to its war with Ukraine. Such weaponisation functions through a few distinct institutional and legal mechanisms: granting citizenship as a reward for contracted military service and revoking acquired c…
Rethinking Migration beyond the Analytics of Suffering
In their search for better lives, migrants encounter numerous hardships. Structural violence, inequality, and precarity have long been central to migration research, but an exclusive focus on these dimensions risks narrowing the anthropological imagination and overlooking the reasons why many move in the first place. The contributions to this special issue examine how migrants navigate moral dilemmas and pursue meaningful lives by reflecting on v…
Ethnography (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works)