General Comparison of ethnic Georgians’ attitudes towards Armenians and Azerbaijanis
General Comparison of ethnic Georgians’ attitudes towards Armenians and Azerbaijanis

Author(s): Irine Osepashvili, Lia Tsuladze
Subject(s): Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: CSS - Center for Social Sciences
Summary/Abstract: Based on the data gained from 16 focus-groups (8 in Tbilisi, 4 in Marneuli da 4 in Akhaltsikhe) we can identify certain differences between Georgians’ perception towards Azerbaijanis and Armenians. Despite the topic is Azerbaijanis for half of the focus groups and Armenians - for another, each includes additional part of discussion over another significant minority, Armenians in Azerbaijani-themed focus-groups and Azerbaijanis in Armenian-themed focus groups. Therefore this additional part also serves as some kind of brief examination of the data that was gained in same-themed focus groups. General observation of everyday situations shows that Armenians are perceived far more negatively than Azerbaijanis. Media, which on one hand feeds the opinions of the society and on the other hand is fed by those opinions, covers Armenians more frequently compared to other ethnic minorities and often uses term ‘Armenian’ as a swear word.

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