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Monstrous femininity in kazakh folklore: delineating normative and transgressive womanhood

Karazhanova, Inzhuna (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

Representations of the feminine as monstrous can be found in any type of narrative from ancient mythology to modern video games. Witches, succubi, female vampires, sirens, furies, mermaids, possessed women, ghost women, ...
Juggling risk: lay perceptions of ecological and health risk in post-soviet mono-industrial Temirtau

Prilutskaya, Xeniya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

Temirtau is a mono-industrial post-Soviet city in Central Kazakhstan. Its large steel mill has caused serious environmental pollution for several decades already. This thesis focuses on how residents of Temirtau think about ...
Burabay national park. Experiments in tourism, nationbuilding, and informal economy

Nurmukhanov, Nursultan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

This work analyzes how environment and society interact with each other focusing on the case of Burabay National Park. Based on the field research and numerous interviews, this work demonstrates how seemingly disparate ...
Captivity and empire: Russian captivity narratives in fact and fiction

Gao, Yuan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

This thesis studies Russian captivity narratives about Central Asia produced during the nineteenth century. Focusing on the captivity theme, this thesis explores diverse individual captivity stories written within the ...
The development of social capital among Bolashak graduates and the Alumni of other international programs in Astana

Akhmetov, Alibek (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

In this master’s thesis I focus on the development of social capital among Kazakhstani youth. In particular, I aim to investigate the way people with international qualifications enrich their social capital in Astana. ...
Postcolonial readings of Oralkhan Bȯkei’s works

Berdikhojayeva, Laura (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2016)

This study explores the relationship between literature and the social, historical, political and cultural themes in the literary works of the Kazakh writer Oralkhan Bȯkei. It discusses the postcolonial aspects of Bȯkei’s ...
LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES OF KAZAKHSTANI YOUTH: THE VALUE OF KAZAKH IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHANGING LINGUISTIC MARKETPLACE

Akanova, Gulnar (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)

This paper focuses on language ideologies of contemporary Kazakhstani young people based on fieldwork conducted in the new capital city of Astana. The Kazakhstani younger generation has complex language ideologies regarding ...
PERCEPTIONS OF VOLUNTEERING EXPERIENCES OF YOUNG VOLUNTEERS IN KAZAKHSTAN

Boteu, Saltanat (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)

This study applies qualitative exploratory research methodology as it seeks to study the volunteering phenomenon in Kazakhstan from the perspectives of people who are involved in volunteering. The volunteering phenomenon ...
TRADERS OF THE CENTRAL BAZAAR IN ASTANA: A PERSPECTIVE ON MOTIVES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

Baitas, Meiirzhan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)

This MA thesis focuses on the Central Bazaar traders in Astana that were recruited via convenience and snowball sampling. The goal of the research is to investigate the reasons for becoming a trader, identifying factors ...
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN KAZAKHSTAN: STATE POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES

Tazhibayeva, Aliya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)

This thesis deals with the interpretation and implementation of internationalization of higher education in Kazakhstan at national and institutional levels. The goal of the study is to find out how internationalization ...
TOWARD RUSSOPHONE SUPER-LITERATURE: MAKING SUBJECTIVITIES, SPACES AND TEMPORALITIES IN POST-SOVIET KAZAKHSTANI RUSSOPHONE WRITING

Melnikov, Dmitriy (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)

This thesis is devoted to the analysis of literary works by a number of the leading post-Soviet Russophone Kazakhstani writers: Anuar Duisenbinov, Bakhyt Kairbekov, Diusenbek Nakipov, Nikolai Verёvochkin, Il’ia Odegov ...
BRANDING KAZAKHSTAN: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS

Sadvakassova, Darina (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2017)

This thesis is devoted to the analysis of Kazakhstani nation branding processes. The Republic of Kazakhstan faced the need to present itself on international arena right after the country’s independence. The questions of ...
Restrained by uyat [shame]: culture of dating and romantic relationships among urban Kyrgyz youth

Zhanabayeva, Nurgul (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

This thesis is an exploratory qualitative study of the culture of premarital dating and romantic relationships among urban Kyrgyz youth in the city of Bishkek. Drawing from focus group discussions and individual in-depth ...
Electronic bazaar: Social Media as a marketplace in contemporary Kazakhstan

Kagarmanova, Aigerim (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

This study focuses on different modalities of social media trade in Kazakhstan and how sellers create trust online using platform features, personal skills and physical locations of stores associated with social media ...
Feminisms in Kazakhstan: On the intersection of global influences and local contexts

Udod, Xeniya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

This thesis is an exploratory qualitative study into the recent revival of feminism which is now gaining its momentum in Kazakhstan, where several feminist unions and numerous individual activists publicly promote feminist ...
Germany’s “soft power” strategy in Kazakhstan: educational and cultural aspects

Matkarimova, Karina (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

The research represents a case study and explores Germany’s “soft power” strategy in Kazakhstan in terms of education and culture. Since no research has been conducted before on this matter, the author attempts to provide ...
The unofficial Russo-Qing trade on the eastern Kazakh steppe and in northern Xinjiang in the first half of the 19th century

Wang, Di (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

The Treaty of Kuldja (Ili) signed in 1851 between the Russian empire and the Qing empire marked the start of the official Russo-Qing trade in Xinjiang. This thesis aims to explore the generally neglected pre-1851 unofficial ...
The socio-cultural underpinnings of the life insurance market in Kazakhstan

Kalamysheva, Togzhan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018-05-10)

This thesis analyzes the determinants of the life insurance demand in Kazakhstan. The aim of this study was to find how Kazakhs perceive life insurance as a market product and how the perception impacts the consumption ...
What to Throw Away? Perspectives on Waste Management in Nur-Sultan

Kaliyeva, Assem (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2019)

The waste management system of Nur-Sultan is a large-scale complex that provides the services like waste collection, sorting, recycling and burying in the landfill. The main organizations that are directly involved in these ...
NARRATIVES OF KUMIS CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION IN CONTEMPORARY KAZAKHSTAN

Real, Sandra (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2019)

Kumis, a beverage made with fermented mare´s milk, is a part of national cuisine, symbol of health, and unique cultural identity in modern Kazakhstan. It is also a part of the traditional cycle of horse husbandry and the ...