Cultural nationalism and everyday resistance in an illiberal nationalising state: ethnic minority nationalism in Russia

Yusupova, Guzel

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“…Таким образом, в официальном дискурсе на федеральном уровне произошел важный сдвиг: впервые появился образ русского народа как жертвы внешней силы. Эта общая тенденция стала для некоторых исследователей основанием утверждать, что российские правящие элиты окончательно взяли курс на этнизацию государства Yusupova 2018].…”

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Динамика Этнокультурной Политики В России, Казахстане И Украине: Отложенная «национализация»?

Малахов¹,

Осипов²

2021

Мир России

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Статья посвящена факторам и динамике этнокультурной политики в трех крупнейших постсоветских странах: России, Казахстане и Украине. Авторы анализируют, почему ожидания того, что нациестроительство в постсоветских странах примет репрессивный характер, в целом не оправдывались долгое время после распада СССР, но отчасти материализуются в последние годы. В середине 1990-х годов Р. Брубейкер полагал, что новые независимые государства будут проводить последовательную политику восстановления социальных и культурных позиций своих основных этнических наций в ущерб меньшинствам. Однако реальные процессы развивались по иному сценарию, в основе которого лежала стратегическая амбивалентность – идеологический эклектизм и правовая неопределенность в деятельности правительств, сочетавшиеся с отсутствием массовой мобилизации и массовых протестов. Авторский анализ основывается на рассмотрении институционального дизайна этнокультурной политики. По мысли авторов, происходившее в постсоветских странах объясняется советским институциональным наследием и может описываться как инерционный сценарий. Авторы также отвечают на вопрос, почему в последние годы в России и Украине правящие круги сделали выбор в пользу радикальной гомогенизирующей политики. Инерционный сценарий основан на подвижном равновесии и потому подвержен влиянию внешних возмущений, таких как внешнеполитические конфликты.

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Динамика Этнокультурной Политики В России, Казахстане И Украине: Отложенная «национализация»?

Малахов¹,

Осипов²

2021

Мир России

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“…This strategy is helpful not only for obtaining better trust but also for a better reliability of the data. In the complex context of the Russian system of declared federalism along with the current nationalizing policy mixed with legacies of the Soviet system of ethnofederalism, research participants very often narrate oppositional or mutually exclusive understanding of their national belonging and the importance of ethnic identification (Yusupova, ). Precisely for the possibility of this cyclical interviewing, I was very careful asking about potentially sensitive topics during first meetings.…”

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Exploring Sensitive Topics in an Authoritarian Context: An Insider Perspective*

Yusupova

2019

Social Science Quarterly

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Object. This article examines the methodological challenges of ethnographic research on ethnic and religious minorities, in an authoritarian context in the Russian Federation, conducted by an insider researcher. Method. The article focuses on the peculiarities of the insider position in the field of research on understudied topics concerning ethnic and religious minorities. These cover issues of influence of national and local academic agendas on the process of the research, credibility management in a highly dynamic political environment, research safety, and the researcher's influence on the field. Results. The article identifies three main challenges in doing ethnography in illiberal settings. First, the imposition of oblique political limitations on the research agenda of local researchers creates a form of methodological nationalism, leading to a paucity of research on some critical topics. Second, the continuous introduction of new restrictive legislation not only results in difficulties of accessing the field, but also demands constant reevaluation of the sensitivity of the questionnaire. Respondents often express anxiety while discussing even quotidian practices because it becomes difficult for them to anticipate whether, when, or how new restrictive legislation will be enforced. Thus, they expect insider researchers to be aware of the legal ramifications of their research. Not only does this nullify the author's ability to adopt a stance of naivety, it also means that researchers bear a greater burden in convincing respondents that the information provided will be handled responsibly. Finally, the ethnographer is constantly faced with difficult decisions regarding both scholarly and ethical reliability and, hence, is required to continuously review research ethics in such a dynamic political context. This article offers suggestions for overcoming these difficulties by means of social networking services and constant critical reflexivity. Conclusion. Authoritarian settings pose many challenges to insider researchers. The study of minority groups can be particularly sensitive since illiberal regimes often seek to homogenize their populations and portray minority groups as a threat to justify the state's increasing control over the population. Exploring even mundane, everyday manifestations of ethnicity in such situations can become highly sensitive and raise methodological problems such as limitation of available academic literature and funding, greater responsibility for research and participants' safety, and forced partisanship.Scholars of authoritarianism often argue that apart from the lack of fair elections, authoritarian regimes are also characterized by violations of the rights to freedom of expression and access to information, which make fieldwork in areas under such regimes especially difficult. However, authoritarianism does not necessarily undermine the generation of meaningful data (Reny, 2016). In spite of academic reflections on risks, challenges, and ethics in doing fieldwork in authoritari...

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“…The juxtaposition of local, indigenous verbal art with a foreign musical genre is neither forced nor haphazard, but seems fluid and organic-and also quite subversive. through public demonstrations dedicated to a specific cause (Suleymanova 2018;Yusupova 2018). The promotion of minority languages-especially in urban contexts in the Sakha Republic-is lately often accomplished through more indirect measures.…”

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Cultural nationalism and everyday resistance in an illiberal nationalising state: ethnic minority nationalism in Russia

Cited by 26 publications

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Динамика Этнокультурной Политики В России, Казахстане И Украине: Отложенная «национализация»?

Динамика Этнокультурной Политики В России, Казахстане И Украине: Отложенная «национализация»?

Exploring Sensitive Topics in an Authoritarian Context: An Insider Perspective*

September/October Print Issue: Indigenous Languages

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