This is the first of a 3-part seminar series by our guest, Mukaddas Mijit, on Meshrep and its role in Uyghur cultural identity formation. In this talk, Mukaddas goes through the basics of what a Meshrep is and how it functions in Uyghur society, using examples from videos taken during her field research. The second half of the video is a recording of the Q&A session and discussion with the guests who attended the online seminar!
Speaker bio: Mukaddas Mijit is an ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, dancer and music manager with a PhD and research background in ethnomusicology, focusing on Uyghur dance and music.
Read more about her on her website: https://mukaddasmijit.wixsite.com/muk...
Uyghur Meshrep Project: http://www.meshrep.uk/
Recommended readings:
‘A Weekly Meshrep to Tackle Religious Extremism’: Intangible cultural heritage in Xinjiang: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper...
Negotiating locality, Islam, and national culture in a changing borderlands: The revival of the Mäshräp ritual among young Uighur men in the Ili valley: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...