01614nas a2200193   4500008004100000022001400041245006300055210006100118300001200179490000600191520102700197653001501224653001501239653001501254653001701269653002101286100001701307856009601324       2019                        eng d  a2300-168200aKazakh Homecomings: Between Politics, Culture and Identity0 aKazakh Homecomings Between Politics Culture and Identity  a109-1230 v93 a<p>This article is devoted to contemporary return migrations by Kazakhs &ndash; a process of great significance for the population and cultural policies of the government of independent Kazakhstan. I examine the repatriation process of the Kazakh population from the point of view of the cultural transformations of Kazakh society itself, unveiling the intended and unintended effects of these return migrations. The case of the Kazakh returns is a historically unique phenomenon, yet it provides data permitting the formulation of broader generalisations. It illustrates the dual impact of culturally different environments, which leads to a simultaneous preserving and changing of the culture of the new immigrants. The analyses found in this article are based upon data collected during two periods of fieldwork conducted in June&ndash;July 2016 and March 2018 at several locations in Kazakhstan and in cooperation with a Kazakh university. The research methodology is anchored in multi-sited, multi-year fieldwork.</p>10aadaptation10ahomecoming10aKazakhstan10arepatriation10areturn migration1 aNowicka, Ewa  uhttp://www.ceemr.uw.edu.pl/content/kazakh-homecomings-between-politics-culture-and-identity