@article {299, title = {From {\textquoteleft}Jarmark Europa{\textquoteright} to {\textquoteleft}Commodity City.{\textquoteright} New Marketplaces, Post-Socialist Migrations, and Cultural Diversity in Central and Eastern Europe}, journal = {Central and Eastern European Migration Review}, volume = {4}, year = {2015}, pages = {27-39}, chapter = {27}, abstract = {This article explores global bazaars run by migrants in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. Socialist and post-socialist mobilities have made a fundamental contribution to the establishment of new trading centres since the collapse of communism. Marketplaces change over time and are shaped by migration regimes, neo-liberalism and increasing cultural diversity. In bazaars we can study how diversity and economy mutually impact each other. I argue that post-socialist migrations have contributed to cultural diversity, thereby promoting the creation of new marketplaces, while everyday encounters in these localities result in conflict and/or solidarity among various groups. These processes are embedded in state regulations and are affected by the spatiality of bazaars in CEE urban surroundings. I conclude by focusing on religious diversity in the CEE bazaars, as cross-border religious practices not only help migrants to cope with social and economic hardships but also generate global interconnectedness.}, keywords = {post-socialist migrations; markets; diversity; religious practices; transnational Vietnamese}, issn = {2300-1682}, url = {http://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/sites/default/files/CEEMR_Vol_4_No_1_Huwelmeier.pdf}, author = {H{\"u}welmeier, Gertrud} }