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Ismailbekova, Aksana

Rev.: Olga Brednikova and Sergei Abashin, Жить в двух мирах: Переосмысляя транснационализм и транслокальность (Living in Two Worlds: Rethinking Transnationalism and Translocality), Moscow, Novoye literaturnoye obozreniye, 2020

12.05.2021

The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs

Abstract

Central Asia remains one of the most migration dependent regions in the world. It is no surprise then that when borders closed and lockdowns came into place in the wake of Covid-19, this part of the world was struck particularly hard. During the pandemic, migrants from Central Asia were frequently in the news. As borders closed, thousands of migrants were stuck on the Russian-Kazakh border. With many unable to work during lockdowns or not able to travel to Russia, remittances plummeted during lockdown before rapidly recovering as migration restarted.

For those interested in the daily lives of Central Asian migrants in Russia and in-country migration more widely, the edited volume Жить в двух мирах: Переосмысляя транснационализм и транслокальность  (Living in Two Worlds: Rethinking Transnationalism and Translocality) by Olga Brednikova and Sergei Abashin is a valuable resource. The edited volume provides the reader with a timely in-depth ethnography of migration processes, drawing attention to the everyday practices of migrants, their strategies for adapting to changing realities, as well as migrants’ hopes for the future and aspirations. Each chapter offers a unique insight into topics such as the flow of people, identity, goods, money, information, ideas, imagination, and infrastructure across borders.