TY  - JOUR
TI  - How should we do Central Asian history today? Our response to Isabel Ohayon, Julien Thorez, and Tomohiko Uyama
T2  - The Russian Sociological Review
IS  - The Russian Sociological Review
KW  - Global East
KW  - Central Asia
KW  - post-Soviet space
KW  - local communities
KW  - essentialism
KW  - nationalism(s)
KW  - historiography
AB  - This text is a response to Isabelle Ohayon, Julien Thorez, and Tomohiko Uyama, who commented on our essay that was published two years ago in this journal. We argue that "tactical essentialism," embraced by Central Asian scholarly communities to circumvent external academic and political pressure, is not equivalent to biological primordialism. We also discuss the commemoration of the 1916 uprising in Kyrgyzstan to demonstrate how the production of history in Central Asia involves the participation of local communities. The socio-historical agenda in the region is fluid and is not dictated solely by the state, as our interlocutors suggest.
AU  - Aminat Chokobaeva
AU  - Nari Shelekpayev
UR  - https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/2023-22-1/823975523.html
PY  - 2023
SP  - 72-81
VL  - 22