Remote Xuar
@remotexuar.bsky.social
Remote Xuar project explores the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region using methods of remote ethnography. Funded by
@HorizonEU. Visit https://www.remote-xuar.com/
@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...
www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🗞️ #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...
www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...
🍂 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
🍂 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.” 👇
🗓️ 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/
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
🗓️ 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/
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/
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
www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
October 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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
www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
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...
@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
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...
@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...
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
A big thank you to @bennoweiner.bsky.social for such an insightful talk and discussion! 👏 It was a joy having you with us.
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...
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
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...
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...
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
🎤 Speaker: @doctordev.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 2:20 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
🎤 Speaker: @doctordev.bsky.social
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...
www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/events/fo...
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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...
www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/events/fo...
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...
www.worldmaking-china.org/annual-confe...
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 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...
www.worldmaking-china.org/annual-confe...
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
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...
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
Join us on MS Teams: bit.ly/3EWmhfE
July 2, 2025 at 1:34 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
Join us on MS Teams: bit.ly/3EWmhfE
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
www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
June 27, 2025 at 12:57 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
www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
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
Join us on MS Teams: bit.ly/44cO1qz
May 24, 2025 at 8:14 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
Join us on MS Teams: bit.ly/44cO1qz
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
www.remote-xuar.com/events/colon...
Join via MS Teams: bit.ly/424wEa2
May 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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
www.remote-xuar.com/events/colon...
Join via MS Teams: bit.ly/424wEa2
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
www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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
www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
#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... 🐫
www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫
April 24, 2025 at 9:15 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... 🐫
www.remote-xuar.com/events/lives... 🐫
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The next Inner #Asia #Colloquium is coming up on April 4!
Learn about the process of building a thriving Uyghur community 🏗️ with its own schools 🏫 courts, economy, police, and defense in northern Syria following the turbulent aftermath of the Syrian Revolution in 2012.
MS Teams: bit.ly/4iqy7NI
Learn about the process of building a thriving Uyghur community 🏗️ with its own schools 🏫 courts, economy, police, and defense in northern Syria following the turbulent aftermath of the Syrian Revolution in 2012.
MS Teams: bit.ly/4iqy7NI
March 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The next Inner #Asia #Colloquium is coming up on April 4!
Learn about the process of building a thriving Uyghur community 🏗️ with its own schools 🏫 courts, economy, police, and defense in northern Syria following the turbulent aftermath of the Syrian Revolution in 2012.
MS Teams: bit.ly/4iqy7NI
Learn about the process of building a thriving Uyghur community 🏗️ with its own schools 🏫 courts, economy, police, and defense in northern Syria following the turbulent aftermath of the Syrian Revolution in 2012.
MS Teams: bit.ly/4iqy7NI
Congratulations to Hacer Z. Gonul for her contribution to "Cultural Security in Contemporary China and Mongolia" published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social 👏
Read her article about #Securitization of #Uyghur and #Hui Muslims in #China in #OpenAccess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
Read her article about #Securitization of #Uyghur and #Hui Muslims in #China in #OpenAccess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
March 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Congratulations to Hacer Z. Gonul for her contribution to "Cultural Security in Contemporary China and Mongolia" published by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social 👏
Read her article about #Securitization of #Uyghur and #Hui Muslims in #China in #OpenAccess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
Read her article about #Securitization of #Uyghur and #Hui Muslims in #China in #OpenAccess: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
How are digital discourses shaping #China’s #cyberspace? 🧑💻
Chenchen Zhang dives into online narratives, #ResearchStrategies & the challenges of #digital analysis in the 5th episode of the #RemoteChay podcast: www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
@chenchenzh.bsky.social
@durham-university.bsky.social
Chenchen Zhang dives into online narratives, #ResearchStrategies & the challenges of #digital analysis in the 5th episode of the #RemoteChay podcast: www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
@chenchenzh.bsky.social
@durham-university.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
How are digital discourses shaping #China’s #cyberspace? 🧑💻
Chenchen Zhang dives into online narratives, #ResearchStrategies & the challenges of #digital analysis in the 5th episode of the #RemoteChay podcast: www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
@chenchenzh.bsky.social
@durham-university.bsky.social
Chenchen Zhang dives into online narratives, #ResearchStrategies & the challenges of #digital analysis in the 5th episode of the #RemoteChay podcast: www.remote-xuar.com/podcast
@chenchenzh.bsky.social
@durham-university.bsky.social
The political intent hidden in a 36-second #propaganda video: Rune Steenberg, key researcher and PI in #RemoteXuar, comments on videos of #Uyghurs in #XUAR wearing #Han-Chinese costumes: www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewer...
@rfauyghur.bsky.social
@rfauyghur.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The political intent hidden in a 36-second #propaganda video: Rune Steenberg, key researcher and PI in #RemoteXuar, comments on videos of #Uyghurs in #XUAR wearing #Han-Chinese costumes: www.rfa.org/uyghur/xewer...
@rfauyghur.bsky.social
@rfauyghur.bsky.social
How can #Chinese blogs and social media 📱 serve as #ethnographic texts? On the latest #RemoteChay podcast, Tim Grose (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) explains how to collect and analyze data from these digital sources: www.remote-xuar.com/podcast Tune in! 🎧 #DigitalEthnography #XUAR
January 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
How can #Chinese blogs and social media 📱 serve as #ethnographic texts? On the latest #RemoteChay podcast, Tim Grose (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) explains how to collect and analyze data from these digital sources: www.remote-xuar.com/podcast Tune in! 🎧 #DigitalEthnography #XUAR