“Imagined community” And turkmen artisanry: a day in the Altyn asyr bazaar

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This article aims to present another perspective in exploring the role of handicrafts and material culture as a source of national identity. By analyzing the links between the demand, consumption, and production of artisanal items, this article explores how artisanal practices and technologies help to maintain what Benedict Anderson described as “imagined community” within and beyond the space of the Altyn Asyr bazaar in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. In the bazaar, Turkmen citizens are connected by the knowledge, traditions, values,and memory they hold in common. In contrast to a number of works that focus exclusively on the master narratives of ruling elites and emphasize the crucial role of the officials in developing and maintaining national identity, this paper focuses on ordinary people’s voices in Turkmen national narratives. The paper is based on field research in Turkmenistan in August 2013, October 2017, and April-May 2018.

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