Cahiers d’Asie centrale 11/12 | 2004
Les Montagnards d’Asie centrale
The Realities of Being a Woman-Teacher in the Mountains of Tajikistan
Sarfaroz Niyozov
Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/asiecentrale/695 ISSN: 2075-5325
Publisher Éditions De Boccard
Printed version Date of publication: 1 January 2004 Number of pages: 119-159 ISBN: 2-7449-0429-5 ISSN: 1270-9247
Electronic reference Sarfaroz Niyozov, « The Realities of Being a Woman-Teacher in the Mountains of Tajikistan », Cahiers d’Asie centrale [Online], 11/12 | 2004, Online since 23 June 2009, connection on 01 May 2019. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/asiecentrale/695
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The Realities of Being a Woman Teacher in the Mountains of Tajikistan Sarfaroz iyozov*
This article presents the realities of being a woman teacher during the total and radical transition from Soviet to post Soviet periods. The case of Nigin (a pseudonym) is presented through a dialectical, socio historical and symbolic inter actionist approach. This is constructed through (a) the amalgamation of various research methods (e.g., case study, life history and critical ethnogra phy) used throughout data collection, analysis, and representation; (b) the presentation of Nigin’s life and work by moving between the larger context (district village school) and the classroom (content methods relations), and (c) employment of Nigin’s life and work as window to understanding the tensions between the continuities and changes in the society (e.g., moder nity and tradition, free market economy and socialism, religious revival and secularism, including incumbent atheism, literacy and education rhetoric and reality). By positioning Nigin’s life, educational worldview, instructional practices, and relationships at the center of the study, the case reveals how Nigin’s negotiation of her identity is constantly reshaped through the multi ple realities and factors.
Shughnan: the Heart of MBAP1
Glimpses of the Site Shughnan, the largest district of MBAP in terms of population (36 000 peo ple out of 200 000), leads Badakhshân in its number of political leaders, scho lars, artists and poets. Due to its close geographical location and cultural similarity to the centre of the province, this district has benefited most from * Coordinateur des études sur l’Asie centrale à l’Institut des études ismaéliennes, Londres; [email protected]