Exploring 'Post-Cosmopolitanism'. A study of Odessa, Ukraine
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Social Anthropology
Abstract
The proposed project aims at developing an innovated theoretical concept: the idea of "post- cosmopolitanism", and investigating how it might be understood as a description of a cultural-political phenomenon in the city of Odessa, Ukraine. Cosmopolitanism is already well theorised and works well as a model for understanding a quality of life that has characterised Odessa for centuries.
The goal of this project is to study ethnographically the implications of diminishing ethnic diversity for practice of urban coexistence and inter-ethnic engagement. Furthermore, we aim to investigate the concept of post-cosmopolitanism in the context of the recent pro-western political shift in Ukraine.
The goal of this project is to study ethnographically the implications of diminishing ethnic diversity for practice of urban coexistence and inter-ethnic engagement. Furthermore, we aim to investigate the concept of post-cosmopolitanism in the context of the recent pro-western political shift in Ukraine.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Caroline Humphrey (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Caroline Humphrey
(2008)
Black Sea Calling
Caroline Humphrey
(2007)
Odessa: skol'zskii gorod i uskol'zaiushchii kosmopolitizm
in Acta Eurasica
Caroline Humphrey
(2010)
Odessa: pogromy v gorode-kosmopolite
in Antropologicheskii Forum
Caroline Humphrey
(2008)
Odessa i uskol'zaiushchii kosmopolitizm
in OdessaGlobe
Humphrey C
(2010)
Odessa: Pogroms in a Cosmopolitan City
in Ab Imperio
Humphrey C
(2012)
Post-Cosmopolitan Cities: Explorations of Urban Coexistence
| Description | Understanding of the temporality and fragility of cosmopolitanism and its changing role in the history of cities. Understanding of the differences between socialist internationalism and cosmopolitanism in Russia and E Europe. |
| Exploitation Route | The Post-Comosolitan Cities project led to a further project on migration across the Black Sea, entitled 'Black Sea Currents' |
| Sectors | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Security and Diplomacy |
| URL | http://www.innerasiaresearch.org/CHsite/index.html |
| Description | An international conference was held and an exhibition mounted in Cambridge and Istanbul. The book resulting from the project has been widely read and the publishers will re-issue it in paperback this year (2014). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Education |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |