Ethnography of Modern Airpots Author Dato Laghidze

While visiting Kutaisi Airport, the question came to my mind how would it be possible to study this area through ethnography lenses. Airports are somewhat new places of study, and I have not heard of academic research in this regard. Although there are few academic papers on airports, there is some research in this area. Brenda Chalfin explored a peripheric airport in Ghana (Chalfin 2008). She tried to demonstrate how control systems were based on racial characteristics. There is also an interesting study by Mithilesh Kumar on Indira Gandhi International Airport in India. It seeks to show how Delhi Airport is embedded with political history (Kumar, 2017). The studies show airports have become one of the most critical infrastructures in the background of globalization. Georgian airports also have a special relationship with the development of the country in the context of globalization. We can say that airports reflect the economic, social, and political development of the country. With its hypermodern architecture, Kutaisi International Airport is one of the most distinctive buildings in western Georgia.

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