Event End: May 14, 2013 11:00 PM
Event Location: Humanities and Social Science Building 4080
Speaker:
Nazikbek Kydyrmyshev, Professor of International Relations, Bishkek Humanities University
The concept of Sedentarism is rooted in the "otherizing" of nomadic communities, which has formed a hierarchically structured binary: sedentary (good, progressive, civilized) - nomadic (bad, wild, and bloodthirsty). This mindset originated in and was developed by all sedentary historical traditions regardless of place or culture, and was legitimized through the European understanding of history and Orientalism. Examples of Sedentarism may be found in Russia's governing of the former nomadic Turkish and Mongolian colonies.
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