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Florian Coppenrath

Affiliated Researcher

Research project: The Economy of Hip-Hop Music Production in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (1990s–2021)
Regional focus: Central Asia, especially Kyrgyzstan, Russia

PhD student at the Zentralasienseminar der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (November 2018 - November 2022)

Florian Coppenrath
Florian Coppenrath

Positions

2019
Freelance consultant for the “Kulturgut” agency for evaluation and resonance
2018 - November 2022
Associated Research Fellow at ZMO; PhD Scholarship by the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation
2017 - 2018
Project coordinator for Wikistan.eu at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris. Associated Research Fellow at ZMO.
2015 - 2017
Lecturer of the Robert-Bosch Foundation at Osh State University, Kyrgyzstan
2014 - 2015
Intern at the political, press and information section of the Delegation of the European Union in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Education

2018
PhD Candidate in Central Asian Studies at Humboldt University
2012 - 2014
Dual MA in International public management and Political science, Sciences Po Paris and Free University in Berlin
2012 - 2019
BA, Diploma of Sciences Po Paris
2011 - 2012
Exchange year, Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Publications

Journal articles

2022: ‘People Were Waiting for That’: Protest Rap and Public Mood in Bishkek. 

2020: Zwischen Nationalpopulismus und Neoliberalismus – die aktuellen Entwicklungen in Kirgistan aus Sicht globaler politischer Trends. Zentralasien-Analysen, Vol. 144

2019: Rap in Kyrgyz. ZOiS Spotlight, Vol. 42

with Lena Heller, Kyara Klausmann, Elizaveta Kucherova, Davlatbegim Mamadshoeva, Mariya Petrova, and Björn Reichhardt 2018: To Transfer, but Not to Serve? Central Asian Studies Inside Out: A Workshop Report. Asien Vol. 148

Other Contributions

Florian Coppenrath (2021): Dreams of ‘shooting out’: hip-hop music production in Bishkek in the age of streaming. ZMO Working-Papers No. 30, 16p.

Talks

29/06/2020
“The translocality of Hip-Hop music production in Bishkek”, Lecture series Central Eurasian Studies and Translocality. A Debate Unfolding, ZMO, Berlin
03/03/2020
“Kyrgyz Raptrepreneurs - Экономика рэпа в Бишкеке”, Anthropology Club, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek
15/02/2020
« On a commencé tout en bas » - Rap et stratégies économiques à Bichkek, Petit-Déjeuner Scientifique, IFEAC, Bishkek
08/06/2019
“The economy of Hip-Hop in Kyrgyzstan”, European Hip-Hop Studies Network Meeting, University of Bristol
19/04/2018
“Hip-Hop in Central Asia as translocal practices”, Conference on Journalism, PR and Media Trends. Media and Сommunication, RUDN, Moscow
29/08/2018
“Hip-Hop in Kyrgyzstan: a local flow in global beats?”, Conference “Nomadism, Mobilities and Media”, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek

Media Articles

07/11/2021: Novastan.org, "Plattenbauromantik und Retrosound: „Serial“ des Bischkeker Duos Wtoroj Ka"

04/11/2021: TV1.KG, "Vecher Trudnogo Dnya #632"

30/08/2021: Novastan.org, „"Was weißt Du schon von mir…“ – Rapper The OM mit Debütalbum IT"

25/04/2021: Novastan.org, „Zentralasien auf der Kinokarte“

5/02/2021: Novastan.org, „Spotify expandiert nach Zentralasien“

28/01/2021: Novastan.org, „Sadyr Dschaparow, der Volksflüsterer“

16/01/2021: Novastan.org, „Kirgistans Kulturminister liebäugelt nach Skandalshow mit Zensur“

09/10/2020: Novastan.org, „Unruhen in Kirgistan: Was hat das mit uns zu tun?“

24/09/2020: Novastan.org, „Strengere Regulierungen für Playback-Konzerte in Kasachstan“

21/04/2020: Salto, “Kirgistan setzt auf private Spenden“

25/02/2020: The Calvert Journal, “How battle rap and streaming platforms are bridging Kyrgyz hip-hop’s elder and youth”

11/10/2018: Dekoder.org, “Hip-Hop in Russland”, Gnose (Researcher’s contribution)

26/01/2018: Novastan.org, “Der zentralasiatische Rap in 10 Tracks”

Awards

  • 2018: PhD Scholarship from the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation
  • 2017: “Innovation” scholarship of the lectureship programme of the Robert Bosch Foundation
  • 2014: Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Memberships

  • Board member of the Novastan eV (Berlin) in charge of the editorial work of Novastan.org
  • Member of the European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS)
  • Member of the association MitOst
  • Member of the association n-ost

Languages

  • German: native speaker
  • French: native speaker
  • English: full fluency (C2)
  • Russian: full fluency (C1-C2)
  • Spanish: upper intermediate level (B1-B2)
  • Kyrgyz: upper elementary level (A2)
  • Uzbek: upper elementary level (A2)