Russian Studies Workshop

Jeremy Morris, Associate Professor of Global Studies, Aarhus Univeristy, Denmark

This discussion will explore life in a former monotown in Kaluga oblast with an ethnographic lens. New forms of socioeconomic relations have emerged in a dialogue with the past which blue-collar workers use to make these monotowns habitable. Professor Morris' work contributes to the emerging second generation of literature on postsocialism on the 'normalisation' of crisis and the signifi cance of globalizing currents. (RSW/REEI)