CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Sultanalieva, Nurzat |
|---|---|
| Title | Symbolism, Space and Revolutions: a Curios Case of Kyrgyzstan |
| Summary | This study investigates how the population of Kyrgyzstan was engaged in two revolutions after the collapse of the Soviet Union, during which the capital of the republic has gone through a chain of shifts of the symbolic meaning of Bishkek, which resulted in the division of the population on “Kirgiz” and “myrks” and thus enforcing the regional detachment of the centre and periphery. The division of the country on north and south, centre and periphery has played a major role during the revolutions, where the overall perception of the city and events has been radically different between the two parties – citizens of Bishkek, and demonstrators of the revolutions, who were mainly rural residents. Drawing on the anthropological works of the spatial influence on the social and political life of the society, and political analyses of the events of 2005 and 2010 in Bishkek, I study how the urban space of the city had an impact on the process and effects of the revolutions. |
| Supervisor | Dafinger Andreas; Rigi Jakob |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/sultanalieva_nurzat.pdf |
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