Dispossession and displacement of migrant workers: the impact of state terror and economic development on Uyghurs in urban Xinjiang

Sarah Tynen

Central Asian Survey, 2020, vol. 39, issue 3, 303-323

Abstract: The media often focuses on the visible aspects of state violence. However, the invisible aspects of everyday struggle often go under-reported. How does dispossession and displacement occur for Uyghurs in Xinjiang? What is the role of their dispossession in securing state territorial control? Some Uyghurs from rural areas in Xinjiang, China have experienced a triple dispossession: displacement from the countryside, alienation in the city, and eviction from the city. The stories concern the agony people feel as they move from rural to urban settings and back again, pain caused by severe hardship in the economic, political and cultural senses. This case shows how economic development works together with interventionist state power to violently dispossess and displace the most vulnerable poor minorities from their homes and livelihoods.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2020.1743644

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