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FIELD SUMMER SCHOOL MONO
Fieldnotes
AUGUST 18, SUNDAY
Arrival and Check-In, the ololoFreelander hostel
19:00 Welcome dinner, Navat, Ally Tokombaev St. 32/4
AUGUST 19, MONDAY
AUCA, Rooms 301 and 405
09:00 Field Summer School introduction/ Zarina Adambussinova, AUCA
09:30 Individual introductions by participants
10:00 Expectations & guidelines/ group work
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 SILK and its urban projects/ Emil Nasritdinov, AUCA
11:30 Gorozhanym: a people-centered approach in urban research/ Alessya Nugayeva, Gorozhanym
12:00 AnthroZine: Crafting Cultural Narratives/ online workshop/ _sleepworks_
13:00 Lunch, AUCA
14:30 Exploring Kadji-Sai: A collaborative town portrait/ group work
17:00 The historical buildings and monuments of Erkindik Boulevard/ Alexey Juravlev, Peshcom/ a city tour
19:30 Dinner, Dolce Vita, Isanov St. 80
AUGUST 20, TUESDAY
AUCA, Rooms 301 and 405
09:00 Designing modern urban projects/ Stas Dalidchik/ SILK/ workshop
10:00 Strengthening urban resilience of mountain towns/ Madina Junussova, UCA/ online talk
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Between survival and resilience: The phenomenon of a post-Soviet ‘monogorod’/ Zarina Adambussinova, AUCA/ talk
12:30“Knowledge infrastructures’ as a guiding notion of urban research”
/ Siarhei Liubimau, EHU/ online talk
13:30 Lunch, AUCA
15:00 Tash-Kömyr. The forgotten city/ Adil Turdukulov/ documentary screening and discussion
16:00 Bishkek Walks: Fieldtrip and taking observational fieldnotes/ Emil Nasrtidinov, AUCA/ talk
17:00 Coffee break
17:30 Kadji-Sai: The story of a uran-mining factory, its villagers and the ongoing search for the names of prisoners who worked there/ Bolot Issabekov, an independent researcher and photographer/ talk
19:00 Dinner, AUCA
AUGUST 21, WEDNESDAY
AUCA, Rooms 301 and 405
09:00 Designing modern urban projects/ Stas Dalidchik/ SILK/ workshop
10:00 Strengthening urban resilience of mountain towns/ Madina Junussova, UCA/ online talk
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 Between survival and resilience: The phenomenon of a post-Soviet ‘monogorod’/ Zarina Adambussinova, AUCA/ talk
12:30“Knowledge infrastructures’ as a guiding notion of urban research”
/ Siarhei Liubimau, EHU/ online talk
13:30 Lunch, AUCA
15:00 Tash-Kömyr. The forgotten city/ Adil Turdukulov/ documentary screening and discussion
16:00 Bishkek Walks: Fieldtrip and taking observational fieldnotes/ Emil Nasrtidinov, AUCA/ talk
17:00 Coffee break
17:30 Kadji-Sai: The story of a uran-mining factory, its villagers and the ongoing search for the names of prisoners who worked there/ Bolot Issabekov, an independent researcher and photographer/ talk
19:00 Dinner, AUCA
AUGUST 22, THURSDAY
Fieldwork, Kadji-Sai, the Natalya hotel
07:00 Trip to Kadji-Sai
15:00 Urban walk and field analysis/ Stas Dalidchik/ group work
17:00 Town excursion in Kadji-Sai/ Dyadya Vanya/ a city tour
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Discussion of individual and group projects/ group work
AUGUST 23, FRIDAY
Site visit: Kadji-Sai, Dom Kultury
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Fieldwork
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Facilitation session with citizens/ Alessya Nugaeva/ group work
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Growth points in mono-industrial towns in post-Soviet space/ Stas Dalidchik/ talk
AUGUST 24, SATURDAY
Site visit: Kadji-Sai, Dom Kultury
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Fieldwork
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Facilitation sessions with citizens/ Alessya Nugaeva and Stas Dalidchik/ group work
19:00 Dinner
AUGUST 25, SUNDAY
Trip to Bishkek
9:00 – 18:00 Finalizing individual and group projects
19:00 Dinner, Dolce Vita Pizzeria, Yusup Abdrakhmanov St. 137
AUGUST 26, MONDAY
AUCA, Room T16
10:00 Presentation of the individual and group projects
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Presentation of the individual and group projects
13:30 Lunch, AUCA
15:00 Follow-up
18:00 Cultural programme and farewell dinner: The SUPARA ethno complex, Kok-Jar
AUGUST 27, TUESDAY
Departure
Tutors / Guest Lecturers / City guides / Local Activists
  • Madina Junussova
    She is an Urban Development Lead for GSD Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration (IPPA) of the University of Central Asia (UCA) and a CERGE-EI Foundation Teaching Fellow. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from Carleton University, Canada. Madina is an internationally recognized policy analyst focusing on local development in Central Asia with 20 years of academic and research experience in urban and regional planning.

  • Nikolaos Olma
    He is a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO) in Berlin and adjunct lecturer at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. He is currently working on a book project that examines the various processes of (un)knowing informing life with radioactive uranium tailings in Mailuu-Suu, a former uranium mining town in Kyrgyzstan.

  • Emil Nasritdinov
    He is an Associate Professor at the Anthropology, Urbanism and International Development at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), Kyrgyzstan and coordinator of Social Innovation Lab Kyrgyzstan (SILK). He holds a PhD in Urban Planning degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

  • Georgiy Mamedov
    He is an assistant Professor at Television, Cinema and Media Arts department of the American University of Central Asia (AUCA), curator and writer.

  • Bolot Issabekov
    He is a photographer and researcher from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. He is a fellow of the Docdocdoc School of Modern Photography.
  • Gulzat Baialieva
    She is an academic scholar specializing in social and digital anthropology currently working at the Artificial Intelligence Research Center, Germany. She holds a graduate degree in European Civilizations from Bishkek Humanities University, an MA in Political Science from Central European University, and a PhD degree in Anthropology from Tuebingen University. Her PhD research focused on the transformations in deindustrialized towns since the USSR's dissolution, utilizing mixed research methods including digital ethnography.

  • Alessya Nugayeva
    She is a city lover, urban explorer, and community relations expert. She is an Assistant Professor at the Urban Center of AlmaU and a founder of the Gorozhanym NGO in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Gulay Cholokova
    She is a teacher and social pedagogue at the Pushkin School- Gymnasium for 13 years, as well as a UNICEF volunteer on WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), and a participant in Amnesty International. Every year she organizes a "Write for Rights" marathon for students and their parents.

  • Siarhei Liubimau
    He is a co-founder of the Laboratory of Critical Urbanism. He holds a PhD in sociology (2010, Polish Academy of Science) and works at the EHU from fall 2006. He researches, writes and thinks about various effects of relations between state border regimes, space uses and meaning making.

  • Talgat Jumashev
    He is a research fellow at Social Innovation Lab Kyrgyzstan (SILK) at American University of Central Asia. He has a background in Anthropology (M.A.). GIS analysis and remote sensing, among others, are his key tools in urban studies and cultural heritage management. He developed alternative methods for mapping urban poverty in Bishkek.

  • Stas Dalidchik
    He has MA in Urban Studies from the University of Manchester, served as a lecturer and program director at the Department of Special Development named after V.L. Glazychev from 2017 to 2023. Arranged several international internships for students in Canada, Brazil, Germany, and Spain. Since 2023, Projects Leader at UDP Lab. Stas is co-author of studies on 'Exploring International Practices in Managing Major Urban Development Projects' and 'Assessing the Current State and Future Development Prospects of Moscow Districts, Illustrated by Yaroslavsky and Troparevo-Nikulino.

  • Olessya Petrovna
    She is a history teacher at the Pushkin School-Gymnasium in Kadji- Sai, the Issyk-Kul region, and a loving mother of two adorable daughters. My main life principle is: "I give my heart to children."
  • Nadezhda Li
    She is an English teacher at the Pushkin School-Gymnasium, a happy mother of four children, and simply a person who loves her village (Kadji-Sai).
  • Zarina Adambussinova
    She is currently a postdoctoral fellow of the Volkswagen Foundation in the Department of Anthropology, Technology and International Development at the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Since 2021 she has been working on her postdoctoral research project “Dealing with Uncertainty: Socio-Economic Survival Strategies of Local Population in former mono-industrial towns in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan".

  • Dyadya Vanya
    He is a kraieved, activist and city guide in Kadji-Sai.
  • Ulan Gabdushev
    He is an independent researcher and public historian, the former member of SILK.
  • Adil Turdukulov
    He is a civil journalist, activist and former diplomat of the Kyrgyz Republic.
  • _sleepworks_
    He is a multimodal anthropologist and art maker.
  • Alexey Juravlev
    He is an urban and data journalist and member
    of the orga-team of the Peshcom urban initiative.
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