Local Experts’ Discourses and Framing of the Ethnic Tension Threats in Kyrgyzstan after the Osh Events

Abstract

This thesis is an attempt to identify and categorize arguments and opinions of Kyrgyzstani experts on inter ethnic issues within Kyrgyzstan . What they say and how they support their statements and on which motives do they frame the discourse of inter ethnic relations is the subject of inquiry of this thesis. The biggest challenge is to divide statements which have been made into frame categories. Thanks to the analyses included in the paper the reader receives access to a broader overview of the current status of the internal situation in the field of inter ethnic issues and to the manner in which it is covered by the local specialists. Additionally, the reader might find in this paper a general outline of the path to conceivement of Central Asian national identities. Along with the analysis of discourses about past and present issues in inter ethnic relations the main frames which Kyrgyzstani experts employ to talk about and discuss those matters will be constructed.