Anthropology of East Europe RevieH' 

Editors 

Krista Harper 

Julie Hemment 


Robert Rotenberg, Web Editor 

Lale Yalpn-Heckma1l11, Guest Editor 


Hiilya Demirdirek, Guest Editor 


CONTENTS 

EDITORS' INTRODCCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 

Krista Harper and Julie Hemment. Uni\ersity of Mas,achusetts. Amherst 

CALL FOR PAPERS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 

Anthropology of East Europe Revie\\ 

SYMPOSIUM: "ENCOUNTERS OF THE POSTSOCIALIST KIND: THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS 
AND IDENTITIES WITHIN AND BEYOND THE FORMER SOCIALIST WORLD" 

GUEST EDITORS' Ii':TRODUCTlON: ENCOL'I\'TERS OF THE POSTSOCIALIST KIND: THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS 
AND IDENTITIES WITHIN A~D BEYOND THE FORMER SOCIALIST WORLD ....................................................6 

Lale Yal<;m-Heckmann. Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. Halle/Saale. Germany and 
HUlya Demirdirek. Uni\'ersity of Victoria. BC Canada 

NEW MODES OF CAPITALIST DOMINA T10~: 


TRANSI\iAT10I\iAL SPACE BETWEEN TURKEY A0.'D MOLDOV A ..... . ............................. ]5 


HUlya Demirdirek. University of Victoria. BC Canada 

'NOTHING HAS CHANGED. IT JUST TLRNED ILLEGAL': DISCOURSES FOR THE JL'STIFICATIO~ OF ILLEGAL 
TRADE AND IMMIGRATION IN THE MOLDOVAI\' REPCBLIC .....................................................................2] 

Monica Heintz. University of Paris X-~anterre 

CROSSING BORDERS. SHIFTING IDENTITIES: TRANSNA TlOI\'ALISA TlO~. 'MATERIALISA TlON·. AND 
COMMODlTISATION OF GREEK ETHNICITY IN POST-SOVIET RCSSIA..... ..... 

Anton Popov. University of Warwick 

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THE COCA-COLA KASHKA VAL ~ETWORK: 
BELONGING AND BLJSII\'ESS Ii\' THE POSTSOCIALIST BALKANS ..................................42 

Georgios Agelopoulos. Cnivw,ity of \1acedonia. Thcssaloniki 

EQUIPMENT A,\[) CHANGING OUTDOOR CCLTCRE II\' THE CZECH REPCBLIC .............................................53 

Toma; K\'asnicka. Lancaster Cni\ersity 

FROM 'PUBLIC TO 'PRIVATE' \1ARKETS 10,1 POSTSOCIALIST MONGOLIA ..... . ..................................64 

Morten A. Pedersen. University of Copenhagen 

1'I\STABLE OBJECTS CORPSES. CHECKPOI0.'TS AND 'CHESSBOARD BORDERS' IN THE FERGHANA 
VALLEy................ .... ........ ..............................72 

Madcleine Rce\'cs. Cni\ c[',ity of Camhridgc 

COI\'TESTED IDENTITY: Ei\'COL''\TERS WITH KAZAK DIASPORA RETL'R:\I:\'G TO KAZAKSTAN ...................85 


Meltem Sancak.. \1ax Planck. Institute for Social Anthropology. Halie/Saale. German) 
& Uni\'ersity 01' Zurich. Switzerland 

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Anthropology of East Ellrope RevieH' 

OPEN FORUM 

SLOVENIA AND ITS NATlO1\AL WINTER PASTIME: 
IN PURSUIT OF AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF ALPI1\E S Kll1\G , """" '"'''''''''''' ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,, ...95 

Vlado Kotnik. Institute for Anthropological Research. Ljubljana 

VEERING TOWARD RADICALISM: A CASE STUDY 01\ THE INCREASE OF THE POPULAR SUPPORT FOR 
ORGANIZED RADICAL MOVE~1ENTS IN POLA"fD ", .. " ."."""".,., ", """"''', , ............ , ................. , .......................... 105 

Alexsandra Skalska. De Paul University 

THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL: 
IN SEARCH OF EUROPEAN IDENTITY IN THE CZECH LOCAL COMMUf\lTY ......... , ... ,... 

Hana Horakova. University of Pardubice & University of Hradec Kralo\c. Czech Republic 

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