Article ID: CBB714125377

State of Uncertainty: Educating the First Railroaders in Central Sakha (Yakutiya) (December 2020)

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Sigrid Irene Wentzel (Author)


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Volume: 10
Issue: 2-3
Pages: 175-194


Publication Date: December 2020
Edition Details: Special section: On the promise and menace of Railroad Projects
Language: English

In July 2019, the village of Nizhniy Bestyakh in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya), the Russian Far East, was finally able to celebrate the opening of an eagerly awaited railroad passenger connection. Through analysis of rich ethnographic data, this article explores the “state of uncertainty” caused by repeated delays in construction of the railroad prior to this and focuses on the effect of these delays on students of a local transportation college. This college prepares young people for railroad jobs and careers, promising a steady income and a place in the Republic's wider modernization project. The research also reveals how the state of uncertainty led to unforeseen consequences, such as the seeding of doubt among students about their desire to be a part of the Republic's industrialization drive.

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Article Peter Schweitzer; Olga Povoroznyuk (December 2020) Introduction: Precarious Connections: On the Promise and Menace of Railroad Projects. Transfers (pp. 137-151). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Olga Povoroznyuk
Baatarnaran Tsetsentsolmon
Guillermo Guajardo Soto
Andrey Vozyanov
Jie Zhang
Peter Schweitzer
Concepts
Mobility
Land transportation
Technology and society
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Infrastructure
Railroads
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Places
Romania
United States
Tucumcari, New Mexico
Estonia
Tokyo (Japan)
Mexico City (Mexico)
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