Re/Claiming Bishkek: Contestation and Activism in the City of Two Revolutions

In Kyrgyzstan, and especially in Bishkek, practices of social activism have been evolving and taken more meaningful and organized forms. Today, there are all kinds of activist groups and movements that are not simply struggling for resources, but feature solid ideological foundations and concrete visions. This introduction provides a brief overview of contemporary social activism in Bishkek.

Author

• Schröder, Philipp
• Nasritdinov, Emil

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.1163/22142290-00402001

Keyword

• Tulip Revolution
• Kyrgyzstan
• Bishkek
• activism
• contestation

Date created

• 2017

Related url

•  https://brill.com/view/journals/caa/caa-overview.xml

Type of Work

• Article

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Central Asian Affairs Journal

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/work/fb494918s

In Collection:

• Central Asian Affairs

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