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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Even more SAVE KASHGAR Facebook and Petition Initiatives
Posted in cultural heritage, Different Perspectives, Preservation, World Heritage Sites, tagged Facebook, Initiative, Kashgar, Petition, SAFE, UNESCO, World Heritage on 25/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just got wind of yet another set of initiatives aimed at garnering attention and awareness of the ongoing demolition of Old Kashgar that has been in the news lately (if you’ve been paying attention to the side headlines in your national newspaper). HERE is yet another “SAVE KASHGAR” Facebook group that posts some interesting events [...]
More FACEBOOK Kashgar initiatives
Posted in cultural heritage, Opinions, Preservation, tagged ambassador, Causes, Facebook, Kashgar, letter, Petitions, President Obama on 16/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those who have not seen this yet, here is what another concerned citizen is doing to try to raise awareness about the Kashgar crisis. In her Facebook post on another Saving Kashgar cause page started in D.C., she includes a link to a petition for President Obama regarding her concerns on the issue, which [...]
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 [...]
For all of you who have FACEBOOK
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Awareness, Central Asia, Facebook, Kashgar, Petition on 09/06/2009 | Leave a Comment »
For all of you who are interested in the Kashgar situation and want to become involved in trying to raise awareness of the ongoing loss of cultural heritage in Central Asia, join the Facebook cause SAVE KASHGAR, and also sign the PETITION aimed at getting the govt. of the PRC to release more information about [...]
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 [...]
