Claudia Eggart
@ceggart.bsky.social
PhD @UoMAnthropology, ISRF First Book Fellow @ZMO Berlin, researching lived geopolitics, markets and infrastructure in and in-between Moldova, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan
Happy to share my latest article in @theconversation.com where I try to give a sense of the amazing people and the unique setting of the Dordoi Bazaar in Bishkek: theconversation.com/kyrgyzstans-...
Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi Bazaar: a world made from shipping containers and a city within a city
Every container opens onto its own distinct social world.
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Happy to share my latest article in @theconversation.com where I try to give a sense of the amazing people and the unique setting of the Dordoi Bazaar in Bishkek: theconversation.com/kyrgyzstans-...
Kyrgyzstan’s Dordoi Bazaar: a world made from shipping containers and a city within a city
Every container opens onto its own distinct social world.
theconversation.com
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social is spot on - again - with this quote. Read through German chancellor's "Nörgler wegtreten" it get's even worse: those who complain (Nörgler) are told to shut off - like a general disciplining his subordinates.
Sarah Kendzior@sarahkendzior.bsky.social · last mo.From my essay "In Defense of Complaining" in my book THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY -- now on sale as an ebook for only $2.99! Get it while it lasts: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Check out 'Locating the Geopolitical', a recent special issue published by @anthrotheory.bsky.social. Co-edited by ISRF Fellow @ceggart.bsky.social, it brings anthropology in conversation with geopolitics. More about the series can be found below 👇
In this new series on 'Locating the Geopolitical' we argue that anthropology is particularly well equipped to study the geopolitical - not as an abstract domain of global affairs, but as something co-produced and rendered meaningful from within concrete locations and experiences. shorturl.at/yOLYQ
In this new series on 'Locating the Geopolitical' we argue that anthropology is particularly well equipped to study the geopolitical - not as an abstract domain of global affairs, but as something co-produced and rendered meaningful from within concrete locations and experiences. shorturl.at/yOLYQ
Locating the Geopolitical · Anthropological Theory
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What happens when borders reopen? In our world of walls and tighter migration controls, Central Asia's experiences offer some hope and sanity. Our research on this has just been assigned an issue and page range so no reason not to cite it accurately now :-) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What Happens When Borders Reopen? Dematerialising the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Boundary
Border studies have recently been focussed on what happens when borders close, leaving the question of border reopenings both largely unexplored and unconceptualized. We argue here for a new focus ...
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Rozafa Berisha's & Claudia Eggart's edited collection "Locating the geopolitical. Ethnographies of contact zones" explores how people across various contexts actually align the most intimate aspects of their lives to various geopolitical configurations. Really timely, really hot stuff!
Introduction: Locating the geopolitical: Ethnographies of ‘contact zones’
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New publication in @cpcs.bsky.social. In it, I ask: Who gets to define the legacy of the Russian 1990s? Former shuttle traders challenge official trauma narratives, emphasizing agency, material gains, and the moral complexities of capitalism. OA for 2 more weeks here: shorturl.at/PSGXp
From Object of Trauma to Subject of HistoryWomen Shuttle Traders Telling Their Own Stories of the Wild 1990s in Russia
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent “wild 1990s” are increasingly portrayed in Russian public discourse as a traumatic experience. This framing contrasts the perceived chaos and lawles...
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📢 We are pleased to announce this new series "Locating the Geopolitical"! It includes four articles and an introduction, each elaborating the anthropological specificities of geopolitical phenomena.
In this new series on 'Locating the Geopolitical' we argue that anthropology is particularly well equipped to study the geopolitical - not as an abstract domain of global affairs, but as something co-produced and rendered meaningful from within concrete locations and experiences. shorturl.at/yOLYQ
In this new series on 'Locating the Geopolitical' we argue that anthropology is particularly well equipped to study the geopolitical - not as an abstract domain of global affairs, but as something co-produced and rendered meaningful from within concrete locations and experiences. shorturl.at/yOLYQ
Locating the Geopolitical · Anthropological Theory
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I agree + amazing summary of a very powerful discussion @Spore
Roland Meyer@bildoperationen.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne thing I learned from this inspiring discussion is: We have to understand #fascistization as a process of both explication and escalation. It makes explicit the dehumanizing, racist, sexist and neocolonialist structures of exploitation and repression already at work in liberal democracies 1/
Don't forget to submit your abstract for our SI in www.roadsides.net/collections/... on "Markets as Infrastructures" until March 15!
Collection No. 16 "Markets as Infrastructures" (Roadsides Journal)
Roadsides' Collection No. 16 "Markets as Infrastructures" edited by Claudia Eggart, Hasan H. Karrar published in Fall 2026.
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I'm excited to announce a cfa for Roadsides' fall issue on 'Markets as Infrastructures.' Together with Hasan H. Karrar we edit this issue and we look forward to receiving abstracts from far and wide, incl. #economicanthropology #politicaleconomy #decolonialstudies www.roadsides.net/collections/...
Don't forget to submit your abstract for our SI in www.roadsides.net/collections/... on "Markets as Infrastructures" until March 15!
Collection No. 16 "Markets as Infrastructures" (Roadsides Journal)
Roadsides' Collection No. 16 "Markets as Infrastructures" edited by Claudia Eggart, Hasan H. Karrar published in Fall 2026.
roadsides.net
I'm excited to announce a cfa for Roadsides' fall issue on 'Markets as Infrastructures.' Together with Hasan H. Karrar we edit this issue and we look forward to receiving abstracts from far and wide, incl. #economicanthropology #politicaleconomy #decolonialstudies www.roadsides.net/collections/...
From ISRF fellow @ceggart.bsky.social: a CFA for a special issue that approaches markets as infrastructures in order to examine how abstraction and materiality are not opposites but rather mutually sustained through social, technical, and political labour. More details below 👇
I'm excited to announce a cfa for Roadsides' fall issue on 'Markets as Infrastructures.' Together with Hasan H. Karrar we edit this issue and we look forward to receiving abstracts from far and wide, incl. #economicanthropology #politicaleconomy #decolonialstudies www.roadsides.net/collections/...
I'm excited to announce a cfa for Roadsides' fall issue on 'Markets as Infrastructures.' Together with Hasan H. Karrar we edit this issue and we look forward to receiving abstracts from far and wide, incl. #economicanthropology #politicaleconomy #decolonialstudies www.roadsides.net/collections/...
A thoughtful and damning analysis of my new article “Jackhammering into the Sewer”, on Epstein and deep corruption: eyewitness-for-history.mymagic.page/the-dystopia...
The Dystopia That Was Always Coming — And the One They Built While We Looked Away
Eyewitness for History by Thomas Drake “They transform pain into social media content. They turn pain into predator contentment. The pursuit of truth is always noble: but not the sluggish or careless...
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Save the date! Feb 24th, Global Initiatives Grant webinar. Register for 10 AM: buff.ly/SVMb2N8 Register for 8PM: buff.ly/JD3jtX3
Das dt. Wissenschaftssystem setzt auf künstliche Verknappung von Wertschätzung: Leute kleinhalten. Ihnen suggerieren, nichts zu können. Nahelegen, sie müssten dankbar sein, sogar für miese Bedingungen. So lassen wir uns alles Mögliche gefallen. Deshalb: Lobt einander, was das Zeug hält! #IchBinHanna
Cutting @rferl.org.web.brid.gy's funding is one of the Trump administration's most blatant acts of Kremlin-friendly sabotage. It's been an invaluable news and archive source in and about the formerly communist-run states of Europe and Central Asia.🧵
Euromaidan Press@euromaidanpress.bsky.social · last yr.Trump has shut down Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ending 80 years of independent journalism. These media outlets fought censorship, exposed authoritarian regimes, and provided a free press where none existed. This is a major loss for democracy and global reporting.
Had a great time presenting our ongoing collaborative research with Sandra Parvu (ENSA Paris Val de Seine) on "Transport Geopolitics in the Lower Danube Borderlands" at New Europe College in Bucharest yesterday! Huge thanks to NEC for the opportunity and support! nec.ro/events/trans...
Transport Geopolitics at the Margins: Embedded Infrastructures in the Lower Danube Borderlands : NEC
NEC Institute for Advanced Study
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Grateful to the Jordan Center in NYC for featuring a summary of my 2023 article, published in @europe-asia.bsky.social, called ‘They Called Us Spekulyanty’: Shame and Pride in the Biographies of Female Shuttle Traders in Post-Soviet Russia on their exciting and vibrant blog section shorturl.at/h9Q1V
Unpacking Emotions in Post-Soviet Russia: The Role of Shame and Pride in Socioeconomic Transformation
The stories of shuttle traders or chelnoki offer a vibrant, intimate glimpse into the personal and societal upheavals of the early post-Soviet 1990s.
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Glad to see my article "‘Made in Kyrgyzstan is gold!’ published in @ThirdWorldQ, vol. 45! Based on fieldwork at the Dordoi Bazaar in Bishkek, I argue that asking: "what works" instead of "how can it be formalised" challenges narrow views on growth & development. doi.org/10.1080/0143...
‘Made in Kyrgyzstan is gold!’ the rise of the informal Kyrgyzstani apparel industry
The Kyrgyzstani apparel industry has seen spectacular growth in recent years, despite informal structures, a predatory business environment, and intersecting crises. Contrary to other apparel produ...
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Hi, I am a social anthropologist, currently turning my dissertation into a book studying trading networks in Odesa & Bishkek in light of geopolitical change. I also explore infrastructures (material & imagined) in the lower Danube's borderscape. Hope to connect and exchange on a better platform.
We've made some additions with new people we've seen/come across. Let us know if you can think of anyone missing! go.bsky.app/TxsUGAN
New starter pack on Russia’s war against Ukraine, and on Russia and Ukraine experts & journalists. Send me a private message if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/23BTWVx
Dear #CentralAsia crowd. Here is a first "starter pack". Please reach out if you want me to add you ! go.bsky.app/LXZM1qx
So happy to having passed my viva @UoMAnthropology, on Lived geopolitics @7km Market in Odesa and @Dordoi Bazaar in Bishkek without corrections! Thanks so much to my examiners Agnieszka Joniak-Lüthi & Elena Barabantseva and my supervisors Madeleine Reeves & Michelle Obeid.
Grappling with geopolitics in ethnographic research? Please consider contributing to our panel with Rozafa Berisha #EASA 2024 "Locating the Geopolitical" nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...
