Saxer, Martin ![]() |
Abstract
How does remoteness emerge from the very connections envisioned to unmake it? And how do connections arise from remoteness? In this article, I address these questions by taking remoteness and connectivity not as opposites but as entangled forces that condition each other. To explore this evolving nexus, I focus on provisions: the notion of provision denotes, at once, a foresight or visions of a better future, a rule or law, and supplies coming in from the outside. Looking into three junctures of cutting connections and forging ties in the Tajik Pamirs – the Soviet system of Moscow provisioning, wayfaring Pajero drivers and international trophy hunting – I show how provisions (of all three kinds) were instrumental in shaping the repeating return of remoteness in the region.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Form of publication: | Publisher's Version |
Faculties: | Cultural Studies > Department of Ancient and Modern Cultures > Ethnology |
Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 900 History and geography > 950 History of Asia |
Annotation: | Special Issue Article |
Language: | English |
ID Code: | 69811 |
Deposited On: | 29. Nov 2019 18:50 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020 13:51 |