Understanding the Difference: Cultural Conservation/Cultural Change among Shaanxi Dungans in Kazakhstan Soledad Jimnez Tovar Outline (first

version) 1. General Remarks (field site description, o! "un#ans arrived in $azak stan, o! % carried out m& field !ork, etc.) '. (ultural conservation)cultural c an#e* erita#e, difference construction + et nicit& in post,soviet $azak stan (a kind of #eneral c apter, t eoretical frame!ork and cultural conte-t !ould .e descri.ed ere) /. 0amin# t e "ifference (c apter a.out t e different et non&ms used ! ile referrin# to t is #roup, et non&m is 1uite important in t e "un#an case in t e inclusion)e-clusion process, not onl& in (entral 2sia, .ut also in ( ina3 discussion a.out et no,namin# process can .rin# me into a .roader discussion a.out et no#enesis) 4. Tellin# t e "ifference (t is c apter !ould .e a.out lan#ua#e and cultural differentiation3 t is topic is u#e in m& communit&, ! ic dialect s ould .e learnt at sc ool 5#ansu, s aan-i, 6ei7in#,, s ould "un#ans learn also c aracters8, o! man& tones as ever& dialect 5t is means a closer or farer relation !it 9andarin ( inese,, relation !it Russian, $azak , :z.ek and $&r#&z lan#ua#es, etc.) ;. <racticin# t e "ifference (t is c apter is a.out t!o main interpretation lines of %slam* old teac in# (lo7io, &ak s i 5#ood) and ne! teac in# (-in7io, &aman 5.ad). 6ein# part of one of t ese lines is crucial in t e understandin# of cultural c an#e)conservation, % !ant to use t e idea of =<urit&> and o! it as conse1uences in t e elite formation) ?. <reservin# t e "ifference (strate#ies of preservation* marria#e amon# relatives 5 dun#an kins ip s&stem !ould .e discussed ere, links !it ost societ&, links !it ( ina, discussion a.out erita#e) @. (onservation and ( an#e* ! at to do and ! &8 (Aere % compare different positions, suc as local aut orities, !omen, men, &out , etc.) B. (onclusions