Svetlana Gorshenina - Orientalism, Postcolonial and Decolonial Frames on Central Asia

Disclaimer: The European Union cannot be held responsible or liable for the contents of this work. Orientalism, Postcolonial and Decolonial Frames on Central Asia: Theoretical Relevance and Applicability Keywords: Orientalism, postcolonial studies, decolonial theory, postcolonial situation, Russia, Central Asia @eiscas www.eiscas.eu The aim of this lecture is to give a very brief overview of existing postcolonial and decolonial approaches and their applicability to the cases of imperial Russia, the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Central Asia. First, the lecturer outlines the main ideas of Edward Said’s ‘Orientalism,’ the context of their emergence and their critique in the Western academic realm. Second, she presents a history of colonial and anti-colonial discourses in the Tsarist empire and the Soviet Union. Next she analyses the acceptance or rejection of Orientalist ideas in the post-Soviet context, from the former Soviet centre and colonial periphery, to Europe’s so-called ‘overseas’ of ‘far abroad,’ America and Japan. Fourth, arguments pro and contra on the most debated issues in postcolonial theory in relation to the post-Soviet space will be presented, such as the possibility of not analyzing imperial Tsarist Russia through the lens of Orientalism, the definition of ‘Soviet’ as imperial, neo-imperialist, colonial, anti-colonial, post-colonial or postcolonial, and the decolonization of post-Soviet, post-socialist and (or) postcolonial Central Asia. The attention is focused on the Central Asian ‘post-Soviet’ space. Svetlana Gorshenina is a research professor (Directrice de recherche) at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS, Eur’Orbem, Paris). As an historian, art historian and historiographer, she is mainly involved in the history of Turkestan of the 19th to the early 20th century and the early years of Soviet rule in the region. She is particularly interested in the cultural heritage in Central Asia (from archaeology and architecture to photography and contemporary art), the mechanisms of its elaboration, the use for political or ideological purposes and the means of protection. She has curated several exhibitions of 19th and early 20th-century photographs and the history of Central Asian archaeology, and co-founded the international Alert Heritage Observatory. Additional online lectures (in Russian) on Decolonization and Postcolonialism in Russia and Central Asia by leading scholars. Бобровников Александр - Ориентализм    • Бобровников Александр - Ориентализм   Сергей Абашин: была ли Центральная Азия колонией?    • Сергей Абашин: была ли Центральная Азия ко...   Постколониализм/деколониализм: может ли теория встретить практику?    • Постколониализм/деколониализм: может ли те...   Лекция Вячеслава Морозова «Постколониальная Россия»    • Лекция Вячеслава Морозова «Постколониальна...   Лекция Мадины Тлостановой «Постколониальное состояние и деколониальный выбор...»    • Лекция Мадины Тлостановой «Постколониально...   Лекция «Постколониальный дискурс и современное искусство» | Мадина Тлостанова    • Лекция «Постколониальный дискурс и совреме...   Лекция Мадины Тлостановой «Постколониальное состояние»    • Лекция Мадины Тлостановой «Постколониально...   Ориентализм, споры об ориентализме, ориенталистика    • Ориентализм, споры об ориентализме, ориент...   Деколониальный дискурс в искусстве Центральной Азии часть 1 / Алексей Улько    • Деколониальный дискурс в искусстве Централ...   Постколониальный национализм — Андрей Тесля    • Постколониальный национализм — Андрей Тесля   Download the "European Handbook of Central Asian Studies: History, Politics, and Societies" (Ibidem Verlag, 2021) here for fee: https://www.ibidem.eu/en/the-european... Published under a CC BY-NC-ND License - This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. (Svetlana Gorshenina)