Evangelia Papoutsaki MA Leeds, PhD Cardiff, MRSNZ

Another intensive fieldwork out in the northwest of Kyrgyzstan mapping the communicative ecology of remoteness. The trip gifted us once again with grant vistas but also a much-needed inspiration. While our research started with the community radios in this part of the country, we very quickly came to realize that there is more to Talas and Sussamyr than their radio. Behind the “people’s reporters” that report to Radio Most from their communities are a group of mighty and feis