Migrations and gender transformations in post-Soviet Karabakh: From the anthropologist’s perspective

The presentation covers migration and the effect of this in Karabakh. The invasion of women into the market domain is analysed and examples given of experiences. Reasons are given for the new wave of migration, including pervasive unemployment and the lack of market-based opportunities in a depressed region; nepotism; an expectation of the resumption of war with Azerbaijan and a generalized socio-psychological frustration of Karabakh’s population in the aftermath of ethnic conflict