Uyghur Meshrep Project

Uyghur meshrep in Kazakhstan

Towards an alternative model of heritage as sustainable development: Uyghur meshrep in Kazakhstan
A collaborative research project supported by the British Academy Sustainable Development Fund
Project partners:  SOAS, University of London, UK and Turan University, Almaty, Kazakhstan 

Working with Uyghur community leaders and organisations in Kazakhstan, the project is implementing a programme of consultation and training sessions, grants and prizes for meshrep groups.

Meshrep in China were inscribed in 2010 on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of Urgent Safeguarding, providing a case study in the problems of top-down models of intangible cultural heritage which serve principally as national symbolic capital. 

http://www.meshrep.uk