Mobilities and Immobilities in Mongolia A Short Essay on Potentials and Dilemmas

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im/mobility mobilization history marketing inequality education development nutag councils COVID-19

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Ines Stolpe
Mongolian studies at the University of Bonn

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After summarizing the activities of our research cluster with references to its joint theoretical background, this short essay provides comparative perspectives on potentials and dilemmas of im/mobilities in Mongolia using some examples from my research topics with a focus on modernity and mobilization.

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Stolpe, I. (2020). Mobilities and Immobilities in Mongolia: A Short Essay on Potentials and Dilemmas. Acta Mongolica, 19(539), 9–16. Retrieved from https://journal.num.edu.mn/actamongolica/article/view/5641
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Author Biography

Ines Stolpe, Mongolian studies at the University of Bonn

She studied comparative education and Mongolian studies in Berlin and Ulaanbaatar and obtained her PhD from the Humboldt University of Berlin with a thesis on interdependencies of social and spatial mobility in contemporary Mongolia.

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