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=245  00$aRural Transitions in Mongolia and Central Asia :$bPastoralism, Wellbeing and Economic Relations /$cedited by Ariell Ahearn, Gantulga Munkherdene, Takahiro Ozaki.
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Tis book project was made possible by research funding from the UKRI’s Economic and Social Research Council (Grant Ref: ES/W011999/1) and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science ( JSPS), under the grant titled ‘JSPS Joint Covid Call – Comparative Research on Pastoral Societies in Post-Covid-19 Inner Asian Countries’. We are also grateful for support from the
UKRI’s Open Access Fund, which has enabled the book to be published under a Creative Commons license.

We acknowledge generous support from the National University of Mongolia to host our project researchers, summer schools and conferences, and to facilitate the translation of this manuscript into the Mongolian language. Special thanks to The White Horse Press for their support for this book project, to Margaret Okole for her role as an external editor and reviewer for all of the chapters and to Troy Sternberg for acting as a chapter mentor and reviewer for many of the authors.

We are grateful to all the participants in the research featured in the book chapters, who contributed their time, efforts, hospitality and insights to us and enabled this book to come to fruition.
=505  0\$aIntroduction: Post-Covid Transitions in Inner AsiaAriell Ahearn and Gantulga MunkherdenePart I: Contemporary PastoralismChapter 1.On the Trucks and Trailers: Long-Distance Movement and Digital Transformations among Mobile Pastoralists in Post-Pandemic MongoliaGantulga MunkherdeneChapter 2.Pastoral Society Resilience to Covid-19 Social Disaster in Mongolia’s Bulgan and Sukhbaatar ProvincesTakahiro OzakiChapter 3.Change and Adaptation as a Way of Life: The Case of Qazaq Pastoralists in Western MongoliaPeter FinkeChapter 4.Women Herders’ Changing Role in Mongolian PastoralismTroy Sternberg, Bayartogtokh Tserennadmid and Tugsbuyan BayarbatPart II: Wellbeing and Traditional Foods and MedicineChapter 5.Sealing the Energy: A Report on Food Practices for Nourishment in Western MongoliaMoe TeraoChapter 6.How Production of Airag (Fermented Mare’s Milk) is Changing in Mongolian Nomadic PastoralismYuki Morinaga and Batbuyan Batjav Chapter 7.The Social Significance of Kazakh Chai Feasting in MongoliaChieko HirotaChapter 8.Wild Botanicals of Inner Asia in the Times of a Global Health CrisisSayana NamsaraevaPart III Rural–Urban Dynamics: Networks, Perceptions and Economic RelationsChapter 9.Reconstruction of Pastoral Management and Local Milk Supply in Suburban Areas in MongoliaTakahiro TomitaChapter 10.Hybridity and Vitality of Culture: Mongolian Traditional Performing Arts During and After the Covid-19 PandemicAkira KamimuraChapter 11.Between Khot (City) and Khuduu (Countryside): Negotiating Rural and Urban Identities in Post-Covid MongoliaDaniel J. Murphy, Munkhochir Surenjav, Byambabaatar Ichinkhorloo and Bayartogtokh TserennadmidChapter 12.Fragile Networks: The Illusion of the Stable Job in Post-pandemic MongoliaIris PakullaChapter 13.The Role of Covid-19 in Kyrgyz Women’s LivesZalina EnikeevaChapter 14.Conspiracy Theories and Public Discontent in Central Asia: The Role of Sinophobia in Mobilising Societal FrustrationsKemel Toktomushev
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=520  \\$aFocusing on pastoral and rural communities, this volume highlights ongoing transitions in rural Central Asia. Informed by in-depth case studies from Mongolia, Buryatia and Kyrgyzstan, the essays focus on themes in contemporary pastoralism, including the adaptation and resilience of rural pastoralist livelihoods during and after the Covid-19 pandemic; healing, food and wellbeing, including an examination of rural experiences of wellbeing and the re-invention and revival of traditional foods; and economic relations, including changing spatialisation of labour spurred by mineral extraction, the role of digital media and urban-rural dynamics. The volume presents insights into contemporary human geography and anthropology of the Inner Asian region; highlights the ongoing importance of scholarship on rural places; and offers a critical lens on broader processes of change affecting the region. A collaboration between scholars spanning Japan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, the UK and the USA, the volume showcases work by diverse authors with longstanding engagement in Inner Asia.
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