Ingeborg Baldauf
Nr. 129 (2013) Editorial 5–6 {:en}Central Asia: Coming to Terms with the Past — Coping in the PresentIn this special issue of ASIEN, “Central Asia” refers to the newly independent states of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan as well as Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, and Afghanistan. The papers presented here do not actually cover every part of the area thus outlined, and many other delineations of “Central Asia” also exist in other … von by Ingeborg Baldauf
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Nr. 129 (2013) Artikel Article 115–36 {:en}The Successful Life of Qurbon Amirqulov: Memories of Leadership in the Southern Periphery of UzbekistanAutobiographical stories, which are a favorite literary genre in Central Asia today, provide rich source material for a yet-to-be-written cultural history of the region in Soviet and post-Soviet times. “Destiny” is the extended life story of Qurbon Amirqulov, a manager and entrepreneur from the periphery of Uzbekistan who in synopsis rates his lifetime struggles and …von by Ingeborg Baldauf
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Nr. 104 (2007) Editorial 7–8 {:en}Identities in Afghanistan – Afghan IdentitiesThe attacks of September 11 catapulted Afghanistan into the centre of international awareness. The international intervention and the collapse of the Taliban regime opened for the first time since decades the chance for peace building and a reconstruction of the country. Since 2001 thousands of soldiers, aid workers, consultants and politicians rushed into the country … von by Ingeborg Baldaufund and Conrad Schetter
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Nr. 104 (2007) Artikel Article 135–52 {:en}The Dāyı ~ Kārgıl of Andkhoy: Language, History and Typical Professions. Discourses on Local IdentityOn Turkological ground, the existence of “small groups of Khorassanian Turkic speakers along the Amu Darya” had been postulated years ago. Field research in Andkhoy, the northwestern most town of Afghanistan, seems to have yielded proof of this assumption: The Dayı / Kārgıl of the Andkhoy oasis in fact speak a dialect that comes close …von by Ingeborg Baldauf
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