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‘How can I be post-Soviet if I was never Soviet?’ Rethinking categories of time and social change – a perspective from Kulob, southern Tajikistan

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posted on 2023-06-08, 19:16 authored by Diana Ibanez-TiradoDiana Ibanez-Tirado
Based on anthropological fieldwork conducted in the Kulob region of southern Tajikistan, this paper examines the extent to which the existing periodization ‘Soviet/post-Soviet’ is still valid to frame scholarly works concerning Central Asia. It does so through an analysis of ‘alternative temporalities’ conveyed by Kulob residents to the author. These alternative temporalities are fashioned in especially clear ways in a relationship to the physical transformations occurring to two types of housing, namely flats in building blocks and detached houses. Without arguing that the categories ‘Soviet’ and ‘post-Soviet’ have become futile, the author advocates that the uncritically use of Soviet/post-Soviet has the unwanted effect of shaping the Central Asian region as a temporalized and specialized ‘other’.

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Journal

Central Asian Survey

ISSN

0263-4937

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

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2

Volume

34

Page range

190-203

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  • Anthropology Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-09-10

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-01-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-09-10

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