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Remote Xuar
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Remote Xuar project explores the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region using methods of remote ethnography. Funded by
@HorizonEU. Visit https://www.remote-xuar.com/
🗞️ #Handelsblatt reports on the global spread of #China’s #surveillance practices 👁️, featuring insights from Björn Alpermann (@uni-wuerzburg.de) following his recent trip to #Xinjiang:

www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🍂 On 4 November, Bjorn Alpermann (@uni-wuerzburg.de) discussed in a webinar the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) and its “southward development”, a policy reshaping demographics in southern #Xinjiang under the #CPC’s broader strategy of control and “ethnic blending.” 👇
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🗓️ 10 November, 19:30 at @unihannover.bsky.social

Another opportunity to hear Björn Alpermann (@uni-wuerzburg.de) speak about how #Xinjiang and the #Uyghur population are shaped by both economic development initiatives and state repression: www.geohannover.de/vortr%C3%A4ge/
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🗓️ 30 October, 19:15

Don't miss a hybrid lecture with Björn Alpermann (@uni-wuerzburg.de) on #Xinjiang’s history and 21st-century challenges 🧑‍🏫

The lecture is part of the “ #China Competence” series at #UniJena.

Register here: www.uni-jena.de/en/353870/1-...
Xinjiang: China and the Uyghurs
Lecture Series: China Competence
www.uni-jena.de
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A Look at #Xinjiang's Rural Revitalization 🏡

Check out the latest interview by Rune Steenberg on the impact of the #revitalization plan on the region's inhabitants: novastan.org/fr/region-ou...
Quels enjeux derrière la "revitalisation rurale" du Xinjiang ?
Sur les réseaux sociaux, les images de prisonniers ouïghours ont récemment cédé la place aux rues pittoresques de Kachgar et aux paysages verdoyants. Derrière ces visuels, Pékin continue de déployer s...
novastan.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We’re wrapping up #RemoteChay podcast 🍵 with one final episode: #RemoteXuar Principal Investigators reflect on how #RemoteEthnography is reshaping #UyghurStudies, drawing on lessons from the previous eight episodes with leading experts in the field 🎓

www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
October 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
How do the socio-political dynamics of #Islamophobia 🕌 on #China's social media help establish boundaries of Chinese #national identity?

@davidstroup.bsky.social will address this issue at the upcoming Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 29 September at 15:00 CET: www.remote-xuar.com/events/loath...
September 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A big thank you to @bennoweiner.bsky.social for such an insightful talk and discussion! 👏 It was a joy having you with us.
September 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Making Minorities in Late Republican and Early #Maoist #China: A View from the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands 👇

We are pleased to invite you to a guest lecture by Benno Weiner @bennoweiner.bsky.social at Palacký University Olomouc next week!

www.remote-xuar.com/events/makin...
August 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The next Inner #Asia #Colloquium is coming! Join the talk on 📆 2 September at 10:00 CEST (bit.ly/4mguLhA) to learn how #cadre management shapes #China’s strategy for governing #Tibet in #XiJinping’s ‘New Era’: www.remote-xuar.com/events/stabi...

🎤 Speaker: @doctordev.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Until July 27, 2025, the exhibition FOR REAL FOR REAL 🎨📹is on view at #daadgalerie in Berlin, bringing together artists who explore the poetics and complexity of being. Rune Steenberg participated in the opening event with a reading session:

www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/events/fo...
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Björn Alpermann presented his paper, “Ethnic Blending through Resettlement and #Urbanization 🏙️: #Bingtuan Expansion in South #Xinjiang,” at the Scales of Worldmaking conference, organized by Joint Center for Advanced Studies in #Würzburg:

www.worldmaking-china.org/annual-confe...
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"‘Musapir’ means ‘someone living outside their community, an outcast, a stranger—someone to have pity on,’ explains Rune Steenberg in an article about global brands that use #Uyghur workers in #Chinese factories: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025... 🏭

Published by @tbij.bsky.social
China’s economy runs on Uyghur forced labour
More than 100 global brands are linked to a scheme that ships Xinjiang ethnic minorities to work in factories thousands of miles away
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
July 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
At the 6th Annual #CASNIG conference in #Bishkek, Rune Steenberg presented on colonial architecture, symbolism, and #ethnicization in #Kashgar’s urban landscape—and how it’s transformed since 2017. He also highlighted #RemoteEthnography as a key methodological approach: www.auca.kg/en/auca_news...
July 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
18 July at 15:00 CET 👉 In our next Inner #Asia #Colloquium talk, @bennoweiner.bsky.social examines the incorporation of the #Amdo region of Eastern #Tibet into the #PRC and its enduring implications for borderland communities: www.remote-xuar.com/events/makin...

Join us on MS Teams: bit.ly/3EWmhfE
July 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
An #American-Uyghur wedding 👰🤵 in #Xinjiang, described in our latest blog post, highlights how love can become a marketable product in times of political crisis: www.remote-xuar.com/post/love-as...
Love as a Commodity in a Time of Political Crisis: An American-Uyghur Wedding in Rural Southern Xinjiang
Author: Marcel McDonald27 June 2025An unusual wedding ceremony took place on May 7 in Tazghun village in Yengisheher county of Kashgar, in Xinjiang, in the far northwest of China. What made it unusua...
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June 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In the latest episode of #RemoteChay podcast, we speak with Rebecca Clothey & Dilmurat Mahmut about the challenges #Uyghurs face in preserving culture and identity in the #diaspora. Based on their 2024 book: doi.org/10.4324/9781... 📖

www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
June 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Co-organized by #RemoteXUAR at Palacký University Olomouc, the workshop aimed to enhance the skills and capacities of local research support staff 📈
A big thank you to all participants of #RMA Power Week!⚡

This intensive 5-day workshop focused on #EU project management, science communication, research data management, and #AI in project workflows:
www.euvip-project.com/podrobnosti-...

Expert-led, hands-on, and full of insight 🧠

#HorizonEU
May 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
While #China’s coastal cities dominate #urbanisation debates, the Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 5 June at 14:00 CET shifts focus to #Xinjiang. It explores how #Uyghur middle-class citizens navigate #ethnicity, status & state relations through #architecture 🏙️

Join us on MS Teams: bit.ly/44cO1qz
May 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
23 May at 15:00 CET 👉 The next Inner #Asia #Colloquium challenges the idea that #Islam 🕌 was only securitized after 9/11. Malika Abdulbakieva traces the roots back to Russian #colonialism in #CentralAsia:

www.remote-xuar.com/events/colon...

Join via MS Teams: bit.ly/424wEa2
May 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
27 May 14:00 - 15:30

Beyond #Xinjiang

Join our online seminar exploring how #China’s securitization policies impact #Muslim minorities 🕌 — with a focus on #Uyghur and #Hui communities: www.remote-xuar.com/events/beyon...
May 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In the new episode of #RemoteChay podcast, Yalkun Uluyol shares how his #Uyghur identity shaped interviews on sensitive topics — from politics to trauma. He reflects on the ethics and expectations researchers face in such charged conversations 💬:

www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
#China's state-led #environmentalism 🌿 is reshaping life on its western frontiers — but often at the expense of #ethnic minority herders. Join our Inner #Asia #Colloquium on 9 May to learn how these environmental policies have been negotiated on the ground:

www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫
April 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
How does #Chinese territorial planning 🏗️ under the Belt and Road Initiative impact local communities in #Xinjiang?

Don't miss @mariehiliquin.bsky.social's upcoming talk at the Inner #Asia #Colloquium: www.remote-xuar.com/events/belt-...

MS Teams: bit.ly/4kWoacg

#BRI #urbanplanning #Kashgar
April 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
A Critical Global Perspective on the #Uyghur Region 🎧

In the latest episode of the #RemoteChay podcast, Darren Byler and Rune Steenberg analyse key turning points in #Xinjiang's current situation within contexts that go far beyond geopolitics: www.remote-xuar.com/podcast

@dbyler.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM