Events
The Contest in Context: Storytelling, Self-ethnography, and Solidarity: Uyghur Film in Focus
Virtual screening program and discussion on contemporary Uyghur film culture with directors Suli Kurban and Memetjan Semet, moderated by Anthropologist Darren Byler and Project Liaison Pia Chakraverti-Wuerthwein. FRAGMENTS…
The Contest in Context: Red-Black Thread lecture-performance with Slavs and Tatars AND ZAIN ABDULLAH
Red-Black Thread is the lecture-performance that explores the construction of black identity not from the traditional Anglophone and Francophone worlds of the Atlantic but rather from the Russophone…
Bacteria Bar
The Bacteria Bar was a pop-up exhibition by Slavs and Tatars at Twelve Gates Arts. It ran from October 15th through December 18th, 2021. A multimedia visual arts…
The Contest in Context: From Chaghatay to Rhythm and Rhyme
A roundtable discussion on Uyghur language preservation with rapper Nashtarr and linguistic anthropologist Gülnar Eziz, moderated by social historian Eric Schluessel and Project Liaison Pia Chakraverti-Wuerthwein. In this…
The Contest in Context: Noodlin’ Around
Laghman, Uyghur hand-pulled noodles, is one of the most beloved dishes in the region. Crossing into multiple worlds, it combines cultured delicacy with a bold attack on the…
The Contest in Context: Laughlines and Lifelines
Comedy is in the air, comedy has issues. We laugh often, and think we know why we laugh. For a very special April Fool’s Day, we were joined…