Social Changes in Northern Xinjiang’s Kazakh Communities at the Village Scale (1940s–2017)

• In Event: Between Transition and Memory: Social Change in Kazakh Society across Borders from the Early 20th Century to the Present

Abstract

Based on fieldwork materials, this paper examines the transformation of a Kazakh community in Northern Xinjiang during and after the collectivization era. It explores how the interplay of state, market, and community power reshaped the region and the environmental issues that emerged.

Author

• Shalima Talinbayi, Binghamton U