About the authors
1. Claire Wilkinson is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. She carried out fieldwork in Bishkek and Osh between September 2005 and June 2006 and is now trying to make sense of all the information gathered and write up her thesis, which is entitled “Societal Security in Kyrgyzstan” (estimated submission date: August 2008). She was previously a stazher at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University studying Russian philology, has spent time in Krasnoyarsk and Voronezh as part of her undergraduate studies and is a Temporary Lecturer in Russian for the autumn semester. She also has a penchant for Soviet cars/vehicles, especially UAZ469s, and rusty Morris Minors.
2. Zemfira Inogamova is a graduate of the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Archeology at American University-Central Asia. Currently she works as a Junior Researcher at AIGINE Research Center, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Her research and professional interests include: Research Ethics, Environmental Anthropology; Applied Anthropology; Ethics of Mapping; Cultural phenomena of Sacred Sites in Kyrgyzstan.
3. Rose is a graduate of the Department of International Law at International University in Kyrgyzstan.
on July 20th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Dear Zemfira,
I am very interested in your most excellent web-report and hope we can meet to discuss your important work. I am an American anthropologist who is here to study internet authoring in Kyrgyzstan. I am conducting an ethnography of this phenomena and you would certainly be an important contribution.
Thank you, I am in Bishkek for one week.
Yours,
Adam Fish
on September 8th, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Hi Claire and Zemfira
Nice website. You might be interested in taking a look at some of the films at Visible Voice. Visible Voice projects use participatory video and photography to explore lifestyle, community and health issues. In 2006 we worked with villagers in Tolok and Kokjar villages in the Naryn region of Kyrgyzstan. The villagers made five films which are avialable on the website.
The project was a collaboration with Dr Kenesh Djusipov at the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy and the Ak Terek Foundation. The project was supported financially by the Centre for Health Research and Practice Development at the University of Cumbria (formerly St Martin’s College).
Take a look and let me know what you think.
Vincent
on September 13th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Thank you for such a wonderful article. I have been to Bishkek several times and I have looked into the local crafts for Importing into USA & Canada.I even visited CASA, Tumor and Tsum . What I found was Pricing -consistent Quality - On time delivery- workmanship- Shipping problems and the Export /customs regulations have to addressed to secure on going business realtionship .As one knows USA is lucrative and the world largest market for imported merchandise and goods from all around are sold here. , Kyrgyzstan has to compete in this atmosphere so if they need to get a foot hold in USA they have to think about the points mentioned.
I would be interested to entertain any manufacturer, trading house, organistaion who are seeking USA markets. They can get in touch with me at ” sedona_kg@hotmail.com”
Thak you.
Sye Khan
on January 2nd, 2008 at 3:20 am
Hi there!
First of all, Happy New Year!
My name is Aibek Baratov and I run a Kyrgyz Community website in UK. I just wanted to ask if it’s possible to contact you guys directly? Or can you please give me a call or email back. I’d like to discuss the articles you post here. Thanks in advance!
looking forward to hearing from you
07702811717
on January 2nd, 2008 at 3:28 am
and by the way, can you please add www.kyrgyz-uk.com into the New Sites Category