Creating Culture in (Post) Socialist Central Asia
- Submitting institution
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University of Lincoln
- Unit of assessment
- 33 - Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
- Output identifier
- 42853
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1007/978-3-030-58685-0
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- ISBN
- 9783030586843
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The edited collection “Creating Culture in Post Socialist Central Asia” was developed from extensive research in Central Asia. Breed researched the culturally specific and historic use of cultural forms in Central Asia through practice-based research working with young people, educators, civil society organisations, and peacebuilding institutions. She conducted interviews with Manaschi or tellers of the epic Manas, cultural artists, performers and archivists from cultural organisations including the Kyrgyz National Theatre, Kyrgyz National Opera and Ballet, Osh Uzbek Theatre, and the Russian Drama Theatre.
Initial research questions included:
1. How might embodied local discourses (embedded in performance practices) concerning regional and geographic conflicts inform or counter hegemonic or national constructions of post-conflict identity formation?
2. How are the regional and geographic contexts of conflict negotiated within the exchange and permutation of cultural forms?
3. How can these practices inform those of conflict prevention?
4. How can participatory practices adapt aesthetic performance practices to negotiate between embodied cultural and political histories and current political and social conflicts?
Breed conducted a webinar entitled “Epic Performances in Central Asia” in collaboration with co-editor Ali Igmen and anthropologist Nienka van der Heide. This explored the topic of Performance and Culture in Central Asia through interdisciplinary perspectives from Performance Studies (Breed), Area Studies and Anthropology (van der Heide), and History (Igmen). Additionally, Breed conducted extensive fieldwork to explore some of the primary themes emerging from the research. Based on these explorations, she initiated a contract with Palgrave Macmillan, in conversation with additional contributors Eva-Marie Dubuisson, Jipar Duishembieva, and Guldana Salimjan to extend the research to Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Northern Xinjiang. The volume was edited through Zoom discussions and draft feedback. Breed presented findings at the Central Eurasian Studies Society conference, and was invited speaker for the “Performing Islam” symposium at George Washington University.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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