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The political activism of this social movement becomes then a privileged case study to
reflect upon a major issue for Social Anthropology: understanding the native forms of
associating social spaces conceived as being of different backgrounds and scales: the kinship
and the politics, the family and the nation, the private and the public domain, the natural and
the social. Therefore, I explore how the notions concerning politics, kinship, blood, identity
and truth integrate the disputes over the dictatorial memories in Argentina.
Dr Liliana Sanjurjo
obtained her Ph.D and Master in Social Anthropology from State University of
Campinas, Brazil. Dr Sanjurjo is currently a researcher at the Center for International Migration
Studies (CEMI) at the State University of Campinas. Her Research interests include Migration,
Identities, Memory, Nation, Human Rights, Violence, Transitional Justice and Social Movements. Dr
Sanjurjo has co-edited the volume,
Dossiê Direitos Humanos, Memórias e Políticas de
Reconhecimento
(In Revista Teoria e Cultura, Vol. 6, No. ½. Juiz de Fora: Universidade Federal de
Juiz de Fora, 2011). She has authored ‘Memórias em conflito nos tribunais argentinos’. Dossiê:
Memória & Ditadura (In Revista Espaço Acadêmico. No. 143, Ano XII. Maringá: Universidade
Estadual de Maringá, 2013); ‘Sangue, Identidade e Verdade Histórica: crianças desaparecidas e
memórias sobre o passado ditatorial na Argentina’ (In Sociedade e Cultura. Vol. 15. Goiânia:
Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2012) and has co-authored ‘História como Espiral: Memórias e
Representações sobre a Violência Política na Argentina’. (In Anuário Antropológico. Vol. 2011/I.
Brasília: Universidade Nacional de Brasília, 2012.); ‘Direitos Humanos, Memórias e Políticas de
Reconhecimento’ (In Teoria e Cultura. Vol. 6, No. ½. Juiz de Fora: Universidade Federal de Juiz de
Fora, 2011); and ‘Argentine Emigration to Spain: Push and Pull Factors’ (In C. Hansson ed.
Thoughts on Europe: Young Scholars on Contemporary European Issues, Six Essays
. Lund, Sweden:
Malmö University Press, 2003).
Name
: Rano Turaeva-Hoehne
Institution
: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Awarded
: 2011, Martin Luther University Halle, Germany
Identification, Discrimination and Communication: Khorezmian Migrants in Tashkent
This dissertation is based on the research conducted during 2005-2006 and 2010-2011 in the
capital city of Uzbekistan. It highlights communication strategies of migrants and the
formation of collective consciousness and the We. The support of family networks versus
state welfare has major implications for the social organization of everyday lives of migrants
as well as for social relations. The context detailed in this book represents post-Soviet urban
realities on the ground where various belongings clash and kinship ties are reinforced within
the safety networks.
The main argument of the thesis is constructed around contradictions regarding Uzbek
identity where I describe how different groups-Uzbeks relate to each other as different ethnic
groups. Besides this very critical perspective on Uzbek identity, the book also makes very
innovative theoretical approach to the identity theories namely through using strategic
rhetoric and discourse analysis, communication and identity theories and combining it with
other theories of power relations. I explore the dynamics of interethnic relations among sub-
