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 Presentation of Amantur Japarov |
 Amantur Japarov is an ethnologist, the head of the Department of Archeology and Ethnology of the Institute of History of the National Sciences Academy of the Kyrgyz Republic. He is also the coordinator of the French Institute for Studies on Central Asia (IFEAC) in Bishkek. The main office of this institute is located in Tashkent.
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 Main field of scientific interests : kyrgyz nomadism |
 Kyrgyz nomadism is the main field of scientific interests of Amantur Japarov.
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 Other great scientists in the field of researches about Kyrgyz and nomadism |
 Amantur Japarov names other scientists which also conducted researches in the field of kyrgyz nomadism.
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 The difference of Amantur Japarov from other scientists |
 One of the differences of Amantur Japarov from other experts is that he has regular contacts with the institutions of near and far abroad. So, he keeps in touch with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Moscow and one of the leading scientist Khazanov from America, and within the recent 5 years - especially with the French scientists. |
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 Contribution to the field of researches on kyrgyz nomadism |
 The predecessors of Amantur Japarov also investigated these issues, but special features of functioning of a cattle breeding facilities, specific breeds, the social organization of the kyrgyz society caused by these facilities were not considered.
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 Study of the traditional and modern kyrgyz society |
 " The sources, the roots of all - sights, streotyps - features of a modern society hide in the past, in the traditional society. So, the temporary and spatial representations of the Kyrgyz developed in the process of nomadism, in which they have been engaged for a long time: they could spend a long time watching the contemplation of beauty of the nature. Therefore, their understanding of time was indistinct.
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 Prospects of nomadism in modern Kirghiz society |
 Amantur Japarov appreciates here the prospects of kyrgyz nomadism.
"Kyrgyzstan, one of the former union republics, now goes through the difficult period of becoming an independent state. The modern kyrgyz society is a dynamical society, aspirated in the future, with a high educational level. The kyrgyz society tries to adapt to the new economic conditions which are not always given simply.
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 Other problems of ethnology |
 Besides kyrgyz nomadism Amantur Japarov investigates modern processes in Kyrgyzstan after the collapse of the Soviet Union, studies the problems connected with boundary relations, with internal or an external migration.
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 Kyrgyz-French cooperation |
 Cooperation of Amantur Japarov with the Foundation of Human Sciences House (FMSH) began in 2000 with the arrival of Andre Bourgeot, a director of researches in CNRS, in Kyrgyzstan within the framework of carrying out the comparative researches of nomadic societies.
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 Other international projects |
 Amantur Japarov participated in other international projects.
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Scientific way of a Kyrgyz ethnologist-anthropologist
