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SEMINAR- Documentary Film on Kyrgyzstan: Democracy@Large, SOAS, London, Oct. 11

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SEMINAR- Documentary Film on Kyrgyzstan: Democracy@Large, SOAS, London, Oct. 11

Posted by: Jane Savory <js64@soas.ac.uk>

Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
University of London

Seminar

Documentary on Kyrgyzstan: Democracy@Large
52 Minutes. Kg productions and CNRS Images
Directed by Emmanuel Hamon and Boris Pétric

Thursday, 11 October 2007
5.30-7.00 pm
G52, Main Building, SOAS

Boris Pétric, Anthropologist, CNRS, Paris, and director of the film,
will introduce the film and lead the discussion.

Following the tulip Revolution of March 2005, the Kyrgyz citizens set
out to elect their new president in June in the hope of voting for
democracy in this former Soviet Central Asian Republic. The film
documents aspirations and voices of people in a Kyrgyz village. It
seeks to understand local perceptions of recent political and economic
changes. These local perceptions are contrasted with the official
discourse of international organisations (World Bank, UNDP, Soros
Foundation and so on). The latter are seen as playing a key role in
promoting democratic processes in this country and portrayed as
architects of a democratic Kyrgyzstan.

The film depicts the strategies used by the local people on the day of
the election which question the political correctness of international donors.

Dr Boris Pétric is social anthropologist at CNRS, Paris and Ecole des
Hautes Etudes en sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris). Boris was based for
years in Uzbekistan at the French Institute of central Asian Studies
(IFEAC). After his first book Power and Gift Exchange in the
Post-Soviet Uzbek Society (PUF: Paris, 2002), he shifted focus on
Kyrgyzstan. His current research focuses on the transformation of the
political scene in Kyrgyzstan in the context of international and
transnational presence (NGO and development agencies).

Contact: Bhavna Dave (Centre Chair) bd4@soas.ac.uk (Tel: 020 7898
4734) or Jane Savory js64@soas.ac.uk (Tel: 020 7898 4892)

All are Welcome (seminars are free and open to the public). Booking
is not required unless otherwise stated.

Centre of Contemporary Central Asia and the Caucasus, School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Thornhaugh
Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG

Centre website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/cccac/

Jane Savory
Office Manager, Centres and Programmes Office
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

tel +44 (0)20 7898 4892
fax +44 (0)20 7898 4489
email js64@soas.ac.uk
web http://www.soas.ac.uk/centres/


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