We are open to a variety of academic genres beyond traditional academic papers and encourage authors to experiment and innovate with methodologies, analysis and interpretations of their research
Creating an international platform for Central Asian authors
Building local theoretical perspectives through innovation and experimentation
Publishing in multiple languages
Ketmen is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles on Central Asia from Central Asia
“Medium is the message” and to raise local Central Asian voices, Ketmen encourages authors to publish in English, Russian and any local languages of their choice (Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik, Uzbek or Turkmen). This adds to the experimental nature of Ketmen and to the multiplicity of its forms of expression
to raise local Central Asian voices
“Ketmen” means a hoe and one can think of various analogies. Ketmen will help till the soil of Central Asian academia and dig irrigation ditches for watering it and for connecting distant parts of the region with each other. It will help dig the foundations and mix the clay for raising the walls in the houses of local academic knowledge. Ketmen is about hard and honest labor, connection to the folk on the ground and non-elitist status of the journal and its contributors
non-elitist status of the journal
on Central Asia from Central Asia
