On August 1st, Ana Escobedo, the magnificent high schooler from california that has been spearheading the SAVE Kashgar Facebook initiative and petition (Petition and Cause Page both linked on the RIGHT —–>) published an article on SAFECORNER about how she got involved in the Kashgar initiative, and what protecting worthwhile cultural heritage sites means to [...]
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Uigher Protests in Urumqi and their Potential Influence on the Archaeological Heritage of the Region
Posted in China, Different Perspectives, General, Opinions, Preservation, Rants, World Heritage, tagged Archaeological Heritage, Central Asia, cultural heritage, destruction, Ethnic Clashes, Kashgar, Old Town, Uighur, Urumqi, Xinjiang on 11/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most of you should be aware, by now, of the protests against ethnic discrimination and religious intolerance that are currently going on in Urumqi, the capital city of the Chinese province of Xinjiang. My question is: what, if any, reprocussions does this have on the cultural heritage of the area? specifically, the ongoing demolition of [...]
Statement from the creater of the Save Kashgar Facebook cause page.
Posted in Opinions, Preservation, Rants, tagged Facebook, Kashgar, Opinion, Petition, Statement, Viewpoints on 10/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ana Escobedo, the creator of the Save Kashgar Facebook cause page (link on the right) as well as the Save Kashgar online petition (link also at the right), has offered this statement as to why she feels so strongly about trying to raise awareness about the destruction of intangible cultural heritage: “The destruction of Kashgar [...]
Kashgar Archaeology with Paul Barford
Posted in Different Perspectives, Opinions, Rants, tagged Archaeological Community, Kashgar, Reactions on 04/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is another blog post about the Kashgar situation from Paul Barford, a British archaeologist currently living and working Warsaw Poland. Just in case you want some more scathing reactions to the Kashgar situation from the archaeological community. Kudos for pointing out the hypocrisy.
My original SAFECORNER post…was not politically sensitive enough…
Posted in News Articles of Interest, Rants, tagged Central Asia, cultural heritage, destruction, Facebook, Kashgar, Petition, Preservation, Silk Road, Uygher, Xinjiang on 30/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
“To Protect an Ancient City, China Moves to Raze It” That was the title of the article that was published in the New York Times yesterday, May 28, 2009. Reaction to the proposed project to “demolish at least 85 percent of this warren of picturesque, if run-down homes and shops,” and relocate as many as [...]
“Chinese reactions to auction of stolen bronze relics” [repost from ChinaSMACK]
Posted in China, cultural heritage, Different Perspectives, looting, Lost Cultural Relics Recovery Program, News Articles of Interest, Ongoing, Opinions, Rants, tagged auction, ChinaSMACK, Christie's, comments, nationalism, Old Summer Palace, patrimony, Reactions on 10/12/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just found THIS article published in February on popular Chinese popnews website ChinaSMACK about the Christie’s auction of two of the now pretty well known bronze zodiac animal heads that were looted from Beijing’s Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) during the 1860s by the British and French armies. The article is interesting for several reasons. First, [...]
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