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This channel is curated by Darren Byler (PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington) in collaboration with Uyghur, Han and Kazakh artists. It is part of a digital scholarship project titled The Art of Life in Chinese Central Asia (bit.ly/28SMJre). The site is focused on the anthropology of space, translocal cultural resilience and change, as expressed through the visual, material culture and the built environment in Northwest China and Central Asia. Propelled by the ways differently positioned artists, film-makers, writers, musicians, and poets represent ābeing Chineseā in the desert and mountain landscapes of Chinaās Central Asian frontier, this site attempts to sketch an account of Northwest Style. The general aim is to recognize and create dialogue around the ways minority people create a durable existence and, in turn, how these voices from the margins link us together in simultaneously distinctive and connected ways.
This channel is curated by Darren Byler (PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington) in collaboration with Uyghur, Han and Kazakh artists. It is part of a digital scholarship project titled The Art of Life in Chinese Central Asia (bit.ly/28SMJre). The site is focused on the anthropology of space, translocal cultural resilience and change, as expressed through the visual, material culture and the built environment in Northwest China and Central Asia. Propelled by the ways differently positioned artists, film-makers, writers, musicians, and poets represent ābeing Chineseā in the desert and mountain landscapes of Chinaās Central Asian frontier, this site attempts to sketch an account of Northwest Style. The general aim is to recognize and create dialogue around the ways minority people create a durable existence and, in turn, how these voices from the margins link us together in simultaneously distinctive and connected ways.