Berikbol Dukeyev
@berikboldukeyev.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Scholar at Nazarbayev University in Astana. Memory politics, politics& security in Central Asia. Views mine.
We dedicate this article to the memory of Talas Omarbekov (1948–2021) and Maqash Tatimov (1940–2016), whose pioneering work laid the foundation for famine scholarship in Kazakhstan and beyond.
June 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We dedicate this article to the memory of Talas Omarbekov (1948–2021) and Maqash Tatimov (1940–2016), whose pioneering work laid the foundation for famine scholarship in Kazakhstan and beyond.
It wasn’t easy to read or these stories many are deeply painful. But that pain is part of what has been passed down, too.
June 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It wasn’t easy to read or these stories many are deeply painful. But that pain is part of what has been passed down, too.
This work pushes back on narratives that saw silence where memory lived on.
June 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This work pushes back on narratives that saw silence where memory lived on.
Descendants carry stories in 4 key ways: kinship, food/coping, place, and folklore.
June 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Descendants carry stories in 4 key ways: kinship, food/coping, place, and folklore.
Based on 100+ interviews & thousands of sources, we show how oral traditions in Kazakh nomadic culture preserved famine memory despite Soviet attempts at erasure.
June 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Based on 100+ interviews & thousands of sources, we show how oral traditions in Kazakh nomadic culture preserved famine memory despite Soviet attempts at erasure.