Uyghur http://www.alansondheim.org/forUyghur.png I'm interested in Uyghur culture; I have a Uyghur dutar on which I improvise. The sound is uncannily beautiful. However what's happening to the Uyghur culture and people is horrifying. I have no clue what can be done from from 'here.' I recorded two viola pieces, meditating on what is becoming a cultural genocide, if not worse. Here are the viola pieces: http://www.alansondheim.org/forUyghur.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/forUyghur2.mp3 I have no idea what to do. The internment camps resonate with Stalinist Russia. And it is of course not just Uyghur; the clampdown exists across numerous minority cultures whose living worlds are being turned into cultural artifacts at best. And what I do is play music. I play music. Thanks to the Traditional Chinese Music page in Facebook; it's an invaluable source of information. Below are some useful urls (you might have to cut-and-paste); check them out: =============================================================== http://centralasiaprogram.org/archives/event/symposium-on-chinas-mass-incarceration-of-uyghurs https://www.inkstonenews.com/society/researching-xinjiang-police-state-rival-north-korea/article/2179627 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghurs#Chinese_internment_camps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rahile-dawut.html https://www.facebook.com/elise.marie.anderson/posts/10100178816547799?hc_location=ufi =============================================================== Thanks, Alan http://www.alansondheim.org/forUyghur.png _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
