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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's Center for European Studies welcomes a
uthor and social anthropologist Elena Borisova. \;This talk is based o
n Elena’s recent book researching what migration is and what it does in ru
ral Tajikistan—one of the most remittance dependent countries in the world
. Exploring this dependency\, Elena moves beyond economistic push-pull nar
ratives about post-Soviet migration and foreground the experiences of thos
e who “stay put.” Addressing the complex relationship between the economic
\, imaginative and moral aspects of (im)mobility\, Elena argues that mass
migration from Tajikistan is as much a project of navigating ethical perso
nhood as it is a quest for economic resources. Migration to Russia aims to
fill the gap not only in family budgets\, but also in people’s sense of s
elf. In this talk\, Elena will focus on how the departure of Soviet modern
ity followed by the normalization of mass migration of Tajikistanis to Rus
sian cities has resulted in migration becoming intrinsic to the very proje
ct of becoming a “modern” person.This event is co-sponsored by the Anthrop
ology Department\, the Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative\, and the
Moynihan Migration Group.Elena Borisova is a social anthropologist working
on migration\, (im)mobility\, and citizen-ship in Eurasia. She holds a Ph
.D. from the University of Manchester. She conducted extensive ethnographi
c fieldwork in Tajikistan\, Uzbekistan and Russia. Currently\, she is a Le
verhulme Early Career Fellow based at the Department of Anthropology\, Uni
versity of Sussex\, working on wartime mobilities of Russians to Central A
sia.
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SUMMARY:Paradoxes of Migration in Tajikistan: Locating the Good Life
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Moynihan Institute's Center for Europea
n Studies welcomes author and social anthropologist Elena Borisova. \;
This talk is based on Elena’s recent book researching what mig
ration is and what it does in rural Tajikistan—one of the most remittance
dependent countries in the world. Exploring this dependency\, Elena moves
beyond economistic push-pull narratives about post-Soviet migration and fo
reground the experiences of those who “stay put.” Addressing the complex r
elationship between the economic\, imaginative and moral aspects of (im)mo
bility\, Elena argues that mass migration from Tajikistan is as much a pro
ject of navigating ethical personhood as it is a quest for economic resour
ces. Migration to Russia aims to fill the gap not only in family budgets\,
but also in people’s sense of self. In this talk\, Elena will focus on ho
w the departure of Soviet modernity followed by the normalization of mass
migration of Tajikistanis to Russian cities has resulted in migration beco
ming intrinsic to the very project of becoming a “modern” person.
This event is co-sponsored by the Anthropology Department\, the
Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative\, and the Moynihan Migration Grou
p.
Elena Borisova is a social anthropologist workin
g on migration\, (im)mobility\, and citizen-ship in Eurasia. She holds a P
h.D. from the University of Manchester. She conducted extensive ethnograph
ic fieldwork in Tajikistan\, Uzbekistan and Russia. Currently\, she is a L
everhulme Early Career Fellow based at the Department of Anthropology\, Un
iversity of Sussex\, working on wartime mobilities of Russians to Central
Asia.