Networking meeting in Poland. Public event with Zarina Mukanova.

We keep moving on our journey of "Decolonising Cultures of Remembrance". Together with our project partners we are meeting in Poland to get deeper into the topic of decolonial work. We will explore it on different levels: how it is implemented in art, in the work of the museums, in the academic research, in collective practices and in daily activism. One of the inputs is from Zarina Mukanova on "Between Two Empires (China and Russia): A Decolonial Critique of Kazakhstan’s Contemporary Approaches to Memory Management"

We will meet and learn together in Warsaw from 15th till 19th of October. The participants of the trip are project partners and also external people, with whom we want to work closely on the topic in the next year. We will collect the perspectives from Belarus, Germany, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Inputs and public events

Most of our events are public. So, if you are in Warsaw or have friends/colleagues, who might be interested in joining our discussions on site, please, feel free to join or spread the word.

Between Two Empires (China and Russia): A Decolonial Critique of Kazakhstan’s Contemporary Approaches to Memory Management

Who: Zarina Mukanova

When: 18th October (Saturday) 11:00-12:30

Where: MIT Space, Stalowa 36, Warsaw

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On the dark background there is a text. Input Zarina Mukanova. PhD in social anthropology, book translator, docuamentary filmmaker, curator. Studied philosophy and cultural studies at the Al Farabi University  (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and worked as a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle, Germany). Defended her PhD at the University of Zurich (Switzerland), focusing on genealogy, kinship and networks of Kazakh ethnic returnees from China and Mongolia and gender. Co-curator of Jana Cekara film festival dedicated to East Turkestan.
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Estimated Work Amount

There is no prior reading or preparation required.

Barriers

All bodies, backgrounds, and levels of experience are welcome.

  • the venue MIT Space is located on the forth floor of an old building. To get there, you will have to climb rather steep wooden stairs. There is no elevator available. To get into the yard, you have to enter the code #1981# on the wooden door. Once you are in, go through the arch into the inner yard. There turn right to another entrance with three small stairs. The code to this door is #1410#. You can look through the instruction once again here if you have an instagram account https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MDE3MTA1MjQ5MTk5NzE5?story_media_id=3508296398101558357_66168615150&igsh=MXN4NDdscWJrM3VjZw==

Language

English spoken language.

Costs

The event is free of charge. If you feel like you want to support the project, feel free to donate though 🙂 E.g. on Betterplace with a click on the following link: https://www.betterplace.org/de/projects/85789-educat-e-v-politische-bildung-in-ostdeutschland

Facilitators

Zarina Mukanova

A PhD in social anthropology, book translator, documentary filmmaker, curator. Studied philosophy and cultural studies at the Al Farabi University  (Almaty, Kazakhstan) and worked as a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle, Germany). Defended her PhD at the University of Zurich (Switzerland), focusing on genealogy, kinship and networks of Kazakh ethnic returnees from China and Mongolia and gender. Co-curator of Jana Cekara film festival dedicated to East Turkestan. Research interests: colonialism, identity, queer, migration, kinship, community building, ethnic returnees from China and Mongolia, Central Asia, XUAR, human rights, art and activism.

Initiators

Educat – Educational Collective

Educat e.V. is a collective of education workers from Dresden, Rostock and Berlin, who do diversity- conscious and critical education, work on remembrance and emancipatory and experimental educational formats. Together with a lot of partners and comrades Educat is facilitating Cultures of Remembrance since 2021.

Project partners

The project has been carried and inspired by a huge network of comrades, activists, artists and educators. For the recent episode of “Cultures of Remembrance” together with Educat Collective, there is Art Platforma, Human Constanta, Prismatica and Solidarity Collectives involved as main partners.

Logo of prismatica. the word written in different colors.
Logo Human Constanta - white H with green and orange in it and the rest of the words written in purple.
art platforma logo - art in red, platforma written in black
in pink written letters QUEER, in black letters CAFE - Queer Cafe Logo

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