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- Convenors:
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Rabia Han
(Indiana University)
Shoirakhon Nurdinova (Namangan Engineering-Construction Institute)
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- Chair:
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Aksana Ismailbekova
(Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO))
- Discussant:
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Elena Borisova
(University of Sussex)
- Formats:
- Panel
- Theme:
- Migration
- Location:
- Room 105
- Sessions:
- Saturday 25 June, -
Time zone: Asia/Tashkent
Short Abstract:
This panel aims to evaluate the migration stories starting from Central Asia and extending to Russia, Turkey, and America with an interdisciplinary perspective and draw attention to the relationship between gender and migration.
Long Abstract:
Since the first ages of history, humanity has moved from one place to another. Sometimes the reason for this mobilization is wars, conflicts, and the pursuit of freedom, while sometimes, people move to other countries and regions to search for education, job, and economic opportunities. Shortly after the Central Asian states declared their independence in 1991, they witnessed the migration, primarily for financial reasons. Starting from the beginning of the 2000s, thousands of people from Central Asia have migrated to neighboring countries, particularly Russia and Kazakhstan, as labor workers. Recently, Turkey and USA have become alternative destinations for post-soviet countries migrants.
This panel aims to evaluate the migration stories starting from Central Asia and extending to Russia, Turkey, and America with an interdisciplinary perspective and draw attention to the relationship between gender and migration.
Sherzod Eraliev studies migrant agency, informality, and shadowed economy in Russia and Turkey, based on fieldwork data on Uzbek migrant workers that were conducted between 2014 and 2022. Shoirakhon Nurdinova's study provides insight into Uzbek migrants in the US and sheds light on migration experiences and life/job satisfaction of both men and women from Uzbekistan. Rabia Han reevaluates the concepts of migration in Central Asia and the living experience of migrant women in Russia and Turkey within an intersectional perspective.
[UZ/ ilk asrlardan boshlab insoniyat bir joydan ikkinchi joyga ko'chib kelgan. Ba'zan buning sababi urushlar, to'qnashuvlar va ozodlikka intilish bo'lsa, ba'zan ta'lim, ish va iqtisodiy imkoniyatlar izlash uchun boshqa mamlakatlar va mintaqalarga ko'chishga sabab bo'lgan. Markaziy Osiya davlatlari o'z mustaqilligini e'lon qilganidan ko'p o'tmay, birinchi navbatda iqtisodiy sabablarga ko'ra migratsiya kuzatildi. 2000-yillarning boshidan boshlab Markaziy Osiyodan minglab odamlar mehnat migranti qo'shni davlatlarga, xususan, Rossiya va Qozog'istonni tanlashdi. So'nggi paytlarda Turkiya va AQSh sobiq ittifoq mamlakatlaridan kelgan migrantlar uchun muqobil manzilga aylandi.
Ushbu panelda Markaziy Osiyodan boshlanib, Rossiya, Turkiya va Amerikagacha bo'lgan migratsiya hikoyalari sohalararo baholanib, gender va migratsiya o'rtasidagi munosabatlarga tadqiq qilingan.
Sherzod Eralievning Rossiya va Turkiyadagi migrantlar agentligi, norasmiylik va xufyona iqtisodiyat bo'yicha tadqiqoti 2014-2022 yillarda o'tkazilgan dala ma'lumatlariga asoslanadi. Shoiraxon Nurdinovaning tadqiqoti AQShdagi O'zbek migrantlariga qaratilib, unda O'zbekistonlik erkak va ayollarning migratsiya tajribasi va hayoti/ishdan qoniqishi tahlil qilingan. Rabia Han Markaziy Osiyodagi migratsiya tushunchasini hamda Rossiya va Turkiyadagi migrant ayollarning hayotiy tajribasini o'zaro kesishuv nuqtai nazaridan qayta ko'rib chiqadi.
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Saturday 25 June, 2022, -Paper short abstract:
The article examines the views of jadids on women's education at the beginning of the last century. In particular, I used data related to women who studied abroad.
Paper long abstract:
The article examines the views of jadids on women's education at the beginning of the last century. In particular, I used data related to women who studied abroad. For instance, Hayriniso Majidkhanova from Tashkent, Saodatkhonim Sherahmadbaeva, Maryam Sultanmuradova from Khorezm were sent to Germany in 1922 to study by the "Support" Association. Two sisters: Matluba and Mahbuba Dadamuhammedova, studied in Moscow. [Maqolada o‘tgan asr boshlarida jadidlarning xotin-qizlar ta'limi haqidagi qarashlari o‘rganiladi. Xususan, men chet elda tahsil olgan ayollar bilan bog'liq ma'lumotlardan foydalandim. Jumladan, toshkentlik Hayriniso Majidxonova, xorazmlik Saodatxonim Sherahmadboyeva, Maryam Sultonmurodova 1922 yilda “Yordam” uyushmasi tomonidan Germaniyaga o‘qishga yuborilgan. Ikki opa-singil: Matluba va Mahbuba Dadamuhammedovalar, Moskvada o‘qigan]
Paper short abstract:
With the help of secondary sources that include living experiences of Central Asian migrant women in Russia and Turkey, this study will analyze the lived experience of women with an intersectional approach and will deal with the phenomenon of migration from a different perspective.
Paper long abstract:
Intersectionality is a theory and methodology that helps to explain systematic oppression or privileges based on race, class, gender, sexuality, etc., that affects groups’ or individuals’ social and political position. Although intersectionality is defined and used by women of color in feminist theory based on Black women’s multilayered oppressions/ experiences, particularly on race and gender, the concept is widely used in the academic world as ‘an analytic tool.’
This paper will reevaluate the concept of migration in Central Asia and the living experience of migrant women in Russia and Turkey within an intersectional perspective. This study seeks to answer how intersectionality helps to understand the lives of migrant Central Asian women. The first part of the paper will explain what intersectionality is and how it is used in the academy. The second part of the study will link migration with intersectionality and evaluate the systematic oppression experienced by migrant women.
Paper short abstract:
This study explores empirical evidence to shed new light on Uzbek migrants’ stories in the United States. Based on 20 migrants’ stories, I look at migration experiences, comparative life/job satisfaction, intention to return home or not, and gender norms.
Paper long abstract:
The United States is the biggest migrant-receiving country in the world, and it hosted over fifty million international migrants in 2021. Although migration movements from Central Asian countries to the U.S. started earlier, the number of Uzbek migrants increased after the independence of Uzbekistan. The Department of Homeland Security has declared that 1347 permanent residence statuses were given to citizens of Uzbekistan in 2020. Few studies have been focused on general Central Asian migrants and migration flows from Uzbekistan to the U.S. However, studies on migration linked with gender in the Uzbekistan case are understudied, basically due to a lack of data. This study explores empirical evidence to shed new light on Uzbek migrants’ stories in the United States. Based on the literature, I approach the analysis guided by two interlinked hypotheses: (1) migration intentions of both Uzbek men and women in the U. S. and (2) perceptions about migration dynamics and gender norms in the US.
Based on 20 migrants’ stories, I look at migration experiences, comparative life/job satisfaction, intention to return home or not, and gender norms. My initial findings from my pilot fieldwork on Uzbek migrants in the U.S. show that women are more satisfied with their life by self-realization.