Guzel Yusupova
Biographic Data
| ID | 5986932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guzel Yusupova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guzel |
| FAMILY NAME | Yusupova |
| SIGNATURE | YUSUPOVA G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Freie Universität Berlin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Russian language as imperial heritage
This article examines how Russian mobile populations perceive the status of Russian language in the former Soviet republics. Approaching Russian language as contested imperial heritage, the article contributes to discussions on language as heritage and widens existing research on imperial heritage beyond tangible heritage. Moreover, it contributes to a more differentiated analysis of Russians’ relations to imperial heritage that goes beyond imper…
Memory and the everyday geopolitics of tourism
This article examines the geopolitical implications of memory production in Russian tourism to post-Soviet cities. Based on fifty qualitative interviews conducted in Tallinn, Kyiv and Almaty in 2019, it reveals how, by remembering the shared Tsarist and Soviet past, tourists rework relations to places that used to be part of their own state. Tourist memories are ambiguous, showing imperial nostalgia for a former homeland as well as recognising th…
Cultural Ethnic Initiatives and the (De)Politicization of Ethnicity in Russia
The article examines the contemporary politicization of ethnicity among ethnic minorities in authoritarian settings. The research background of this paper are the changing language policies in Russia, which abolish the obligatory teaching of indigenous minority languages in local schools. Drawing on complexity theory in nationalism studies, the authors show how the activity of cultural entrepreneurs results in the ethnicization of mundane practic…
Exploring Sensitive Topics in an Authoritarian Context
Object This article examines the methodological challenges of ethnographic research on ethnic and religious minorities, in an authoritarian context in the Russian Federation, conducted by an insider researcher. Method The article focuses on the peculiarities of the insider position in the field of research on understudied topics concerning ethnic and religious minorities. These cover issues of influence of national and local academic agendas on t…
The Islamic representation of Tatarstan as an answer to the equalization of the Russian regions
This article presents a study of Islamic religious symbols involved in maintaining the special status of the Tatars in post-Soviet Tatarstan. It explores how regional ethnic elites in Tatarstan use Islam (the discourse of the history of Islam in the region and Islamic symbols in the representation of the region) as a tool for legitimizing their privileged positions in the region. In addition, the article examines how Islamic culture enters into t…
Exploring Sensitive Topics in an Authoritarian Context
Object This article examines the methodological challenges of ethnographic research on ethnic and religious minorities, in an authoritarian context in the Russian Federation, conducted by an insider researcher. Method The article focuses on the peculiarities of the insider position in the field of research on understudied topics concerning ethnic and religious minorities. These cover issues of influence of national and local academic agendas on t…
Memory and the everyday geopolitics of tourism
This article examines the geopolitical implications of memory production in Russian tourism to post-Soviet cities. Based on fifty qualitative interviews conducted in Tallinn, Kyiv and Almaty in 2019, it reveals how, by remembering the shared Tsarist and Soviet past, tourists rework relations to places that used to be part of their own state. Tourist memories are ambiguous, showing imperial nostalgia for a former homeland as well as recognising th…
The Islamic representation of Tatarstan as an answer to the equalization of the Russian regions
This article presents a study of Islamic religious symbols involved in maintaining the special status of the Tatars in post-Soviet Tatarstan. It explores how regional ethnic elites in Tatarstan use Islam (the discourse of the history of Islam in the region and Islamic symbols in the representation of the region) as a tool for legitimizing their privileged positions in the region. In addition, the article examines how Islamic culture enters into t…
The Islamic representation of Tatarstan as an answer to the equalization of the Russian regions
This article presents a study of Islamic religious symbols involved in maintaining the special status of the Tatars in post-Soviet Tatarstan. It explores how regional ethnic elites in Tatarstan use Islam (the discourse of the history of Islam in the region and Islamic symbols in the representation of the region) as a tool for legitimizing their privileged positions in the region. In addition, the article examines how Islamic culture enters into t…
Exploring Sensitive Topics in an Authoritarian Context
Object This article examines the methodological challenges of ethnographic research on ethnic and religious minorities, in an authoritarian context in the Russian Federation, conducted by an insider researcher. Method The article focuses on the peculiarities of the insider position in the field of research on understudied topics concerning ethnic and religious minorities. These cover issues of influence of national and local academic agendas on t…
Cultural Ethnic Initiatives and the (De)Politicization of Ethnicity in Russia
The article examines the contemporary politicization of ethnicity among ethnic minorities in authoritarian settings. The research background of this paper are the changing language policies in Russia, which abolish the obligatory teaching of indigenous minority languages in local schools. Drawing on complexity theory in nationalism studies, the authors show how the activity of cultural entrepreneurs results in the ethnicization of mundane practic…
Memory and the everyday geopolitics of tourism
This article examines the geopolitical implications of memory production in Russian tourism to post-Soviet cities. Based on fifty qualitative interviews conducted in Tallinn, Kyiv and Almaty in 2019, it reveals how, by remembering the shared Tsarist and Soviet past, tourists rework relations to places that used to be part of their own state. Tourist memories are ambiguous, showing imperial nostalgia for a former homeland as well as recognising th…
Russian language as imperial heritage
This article examines how Russian mobile populations perceive the status of Russian language in the former Soviet republics. Approaching Russian language as contested imperial heritage, the article contributes to discussions on language as heritage and widens existing research on imperial heritage beyond tangible heritage. Moreover, it contributes to a more differentiated analysis of Russians’ relations to imperial heritage that goes beyond imper…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Politics (3 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Soviet and Russian History (2 works) · Authoritarianism (1 work) · Collective memory (1 work)