Skip to main navigation menu Skip to main content Skip to site footer

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2026)
International Multidisciplinary Journal for Research & Development

Articles

ECOLOGICAL MIGRATION LITERATURE: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS IN GLOBAL AND UZBEK CONTEXTS

Published 2026-04-19

  • Namazova Manzura Urakovna

Namazova Manzura Urakovna
Associate Professor, Shahrisabz State Pedagogical Institute

Abstract

This article examines the emerging genre of ecological migration literature, analyzing its development within the global cli-fi (climate fiction) movement and its nascent presence in Uzbek literature. Drawing upon international organization data (UN, IOM) projecting 200 million climate migrants by 2050, the study applies postcolonial theory (Bhabha's "third space," hybridity) and transnational literary analysis to examine how environmental displacement is aesthetically represented. Through detailed analysis of major world works (Bacigalupi, Kingsolver, El Akkad, Robinson, McConaghy) and emerging Uzbek contexts (Aral Sea catastrophe, desertification, rural-urban climate migration), the article identifies key narrative patterns: dystopian resource conflicts, intergenerational identity crises, "unhomeliness," and socio-economic-ecological hybrid causation. Comparative methodology reveals both universal cli-fi tendencies and specifically Central Asian characteristics, arguing for the potential of Uzbek literature to contribute to global ecological discourse through localized engagement with the Aral Sea environmental trauma and climate-induced labor migration.

Keywords

ecological migration, climate fiction (cli-fi), environmental displacement, Aral Sea catastrophe, postcolonial ecocriticism, transnational literature,

PDF

References

  1. Bacigalupi, P. The Water Knife / P. Bacigalupi. – New York : Knopf, 2015. – 371 p.
  2. Bhabha, H.K. DissemiNation: Time, Narrative, and the Margins of the Modern Nation / H.K. Bhabha // Nation and Narration. – 1990. – P. 291–322.
  3. Bhabha, H.K. The Location of Culture / H.K. Bhabha. – London : Routledge, 1994. – 285 p.
  4. Bhabha, H.K. Unsatisfied: Notes on Vernacular Cosmopolitanism / H.K. Bhabha // Text and Nation. – 1996. – P. 191–207.
  5. Bloom, D. Cli-Fi: The Birth of a Genre. – The Guardian, 2014. – May 31.
  6. Bloom, D. The Birth of Cli-Fi. – [Electronic resource]. – Access mode: https://www.danbloom.com/clifi (accessed: 15.04.2026).
  7. Boym, S. The Future of Nostalgia / S. Boym. – New York : Basic Books, 2001. – 416 p.
  8. Buell, L. The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination / L. Buell. – Malden : Blackwell, 2005. – 219 p.
  9. Central Asian Climate Migration Conference 2024: Proceedings. – Tashkent : Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences, 2024. – 245 p.
  10. Damrosch, D. What Is World Literature? / D. Damrosch. – Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003. – 324 p.
  11. El Akkad, O. American War / O. El Akkad. – New York : Knopf, 2017. – 333 p.
  12. Glantz, M.H. Creeping Environmental Problems and Sustainable Development in the Aral Sea Basin / M.H. Glantz. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999. – 291 p.
  13. Gnapovsky, M. Social Criticism in Post-Soviet Central Asian Literature / M. Gnapovsky // Slavic Review. – 2022. – Vol. 81, No. 2. – P. 345–367.
  14. Heise, U.K. Globality, Difference, and the International Turn in Ecocriticism / U.K. Heise // PMLA. – 2013. – Vol. 128, No. 3. – P. 636–643.
  15. Heise, U.K. Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species / U.K. Heise. – Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016. – 432 p.
  16. Heise, U.K. Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global / U.K. Heise. – Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. – 254 p.
  17. IOM. World Migration Report 2024: Climate Change and Migration. – Geneva : International Organization for Migration, 2024. – 312 p.
  18. Ismoilov, N. Young Writers and Global Theoretical Frameworks in Uzbekistan / N. Ismoilov // World Literature Today. – 2024. – Vol. 98, No. 2. – P. 45–52.
  19. Johns-Putra, A. Climate Change and the Contemporary Novel / A. Johns-Putra. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019. – 298 p.
  20. Karimov, S. Family and Migration in Uzbek Narrative / S. Karimov // Journal of Central Asian Studies. – 2023. – Vol. 15, No. 2. – P. 234–251.
  21. Khalid, A. Central Asia's Colonial Environmental Legacy / A. Khalid // Environmental History. – 2021. – Vol. 26, No. 3. – P. 567–589.
  22. Kingsolver, B. Flight Behavior / B. Kingsolver. – New York : Harper, 2012. – 436 p.
  23. Lioubimtseva, E. Climate Change in Central Asia / E. Lioubimtseva // Central Asian Survey. – 2015. – Vol. 34, No. 3. – P. 378–399.
  24. McConaghy, C. Migrations / C. McConaghy. – New York : Flatiron Books, 2020. – 272 p.
  25. Micklin, P. The Aral Sea Crisis / P. Micklin // Post-Soviet Geography. – 1992. – Vol. 33, No. 5. – P. 269–282.
  26. Nixon, R. Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor / R. Nixon. – Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2011. – 367 p.
  27. Nixon, R. Slow Violence: Gender and the Environmentalism of the Poor / R. Nixon. – Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2013. – 367 p.
  28. Qosimov, T. Realism and Contemporary Uzbek Prose / T. Qosimov // Slavic and East European Journal. – 2022. – Vol. 66, No. 4. – P. 567–589.
  29. Rahimov, Z. Economic-Ecological Hybrid Migration in Uzbekistan / Z. Rahimov // Central Asian Survey. – 2024. – Vol. 43, No. 1. – P. 78–95.
  30. Robinson, K.S. The Ministry for the Future / K.S. Robinson. – New York : Orbit, 2020. – 563 p.
  31. Slovic, S. Going Away to Think: Engagement, Retreat, and Ecocritical Responsibility / S. Slovic. – Reno : University of Nevada Press, 2008. – 298 p.
  32. Tulaganova, N. Emerging Environmental Themes in Uzbek Literature / N. Tulaganova // Central Asian Survey. – 2023. – Vol. 42, No. 4. – P. 567–589.
  33. UNESCO. Aral Sea Basin: Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts. – Paris : UNESCO, 2022. – 178 p.
  34. Urinboyev, R. Migration and Transnational Connectivity in Central Asia / R. Urinboyev // Migration Studies. – 2023. – Vol. 11, No. 3. – P. 456–478.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.