Re-nationalisation, inter-nationalisation, and supra-nationalisation in the re/production of transnational social space(s): the case of Kazakhstanis residing in Novosibirsk

ABSTRACTThis article extends the application of transnationalism as an analytical perspective by using it within the context of migration between Russia and Kazakhstan, and integrates the classification of transnational social spaces suggested by Thomas Faist with an outline of processes for the re/production of geographic-societal spatial configurations introduced in the literature by Ludger Pries. The article indicates the interconnected types of transnational social spaces that exist across the Russia-Kazakhstan border – transnational kinship groups and transnational circuits. It argues that the re/production of these spaces is influenced by the current processes of supra-nationalisation, inter-nationalisation, and re-nationalisation encompassing Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as by the common past of these countries within the USSR, and addresses a gap in the existing literature by exploring these influences. The research findings reveal that while transnational relationships can be re/produced in ord...