Daten zum Projekt
Initiative: | Zwischen Europa und Orient - Mittelasien/Kaukasus im Fokus der Wissenschaft |
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Bewilligung: | 19.08.2020 |
Laufzeit: | 1 Jahr 6 Monate |
Projektinformationen
The main project had studied informal markets and trade in Eurasia; using primarily field based methods, the focus was on shuttle and bazaar traders, who travel within Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as to and from China. It is intended to investigate China's increasing role in the region, and how the Covid-19 pandemic affects informal trading activities and the mobility of traders studied in the first phase. Moving forward, it will be studied how the pandemic impacts cooperation between Chinese and Eurasian business partners; how travel restrictions influence the flow of goods; the adaptive practices and strategies of traders; the use of digital channels for communication; and more broadly, change in the informal sector and grassroots globalization.
Projektbeteiligte
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PD Dr. Susanne Fehlings
Frobenius-Institut an der
Universität Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main
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Dr. Hamlet Melkumyan
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Department of Contemporary Anthropological Studies
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
Yerevan
Armenien
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Dr. Hasan Karrar
Lahore University of Management Sciences
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lahore
Pakistan