A Chat in the Yurt - Episode XVI: Digital Activism

Step into our Yurt and join us for a monthly conversation on Europe-Central Asia developments. In these series of podcasts EUCAM welcomes guests from both regions to discuss exciting new research and the latest developments in Europe and Central Asia. Guests range from academics to policymakers and from journalists to civil society activists. What is happening in Europe that Central Asians should know about? What events are unfolding in Central Asia that Europeans should understand? Together, we discuss society trends, political developments, and economic turns while assessing the past and looking ahead to what may unfold. In this episode hosts Rashid Gabdulhakov and Kamila Smagulova meet with Bakhytzhan Kurmanov (Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration, University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan) and Colin Knox (Emeritus Professor Ulster University (UK) and Adjunct Professor at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan) for a discussion on digital activism and authoritarian legitimation in Central Asia.