Anthropology

Arts and Crafts of the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan

 June 17, 2022 10 1105
Arts and Crafts of the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan

On History of Cultural Traditions Transformation: Arts and Crafts of the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan
Author: Risalat U. Karimova
Source: Oriente Moderno , 2016, NUOVA SERIE, Anno 96, Nr. 1 (2016), pp. 3-24
Published by: Istituto per l’Oriente C. A. Nallino
ABSTRACT
The article examines the development of traditional arts and crafts among Kazakhstan’s Uyghurs under the influence of various historical factors. The Uyghurs of Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries comprise ethnographic group which developed over the last centuries separated from the main Uyghur population in Xinjiang, China, which resulted in emergence of their particular features. The article argues that the transformation of traditional arts and crafts among the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan occurred under the influence of political events, which changed dramatically the life of the entire population of the Russian Empire. Continue reading “Arts and Crafts of the Uyghurs of Kazakhstan” →

Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks

 June 15, 2022 7 644
Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks

Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries)
Series: Dynamics in the History of Religions, Volume: 8
Volume Editor: Carmen Meinert
The interdisciplinary volume Transfer of Buddhism across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries), edited by Carmen Meinert, offers a new transregional and transcultural vision for religious transfer processes in Central Asian history.
Copyright Year: 2016
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Uyghur transnational identity on Facebook: on the development of a young diaspora

 June 13, 2022 2 218
UYGUR RESEARCH LIBRARY

Uyghur transnational identity on Facebook: on the development of a young diaspora
Authors: Rizwangul NurMuhammad, Heather A. Horst, Evangelia Papoutsaki & Giles Dodson
Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 2016
Vol. 23, No. 4, 485-499, Continue reading “Uyghur transnational identity on Facebook: on the development of a young diaspora” →

Identity construction online: the use of Facebook by the Uyghur diaspora

 June 13, 2022 2 275
UYGUR RESEARCH LIBRARY

Identity construction online: the use of Facebook by the Uyghur diaspora
Author: Reziwanguli Nuermaimaiti, 2014
A Master’s thesis in International Communication
Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
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Perspectives on the Uyghur Internet

 June 12, 2022 3 302
UYGUR RESEARCH LIBRARY

Invitation to a Mourning Ceremony: Perspectives on the Uyghur Internet
Author: Rachel Harris, Aziz Isa
Source: Inner Asia , 2011, Vol. 13, No. 1, Special Issue: Xinjiang And Southwest China (2011), Pp. 27-49
Published by: Brill
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