Conference Programme: 24 September 2022
Dominic Mciver Lopes, Distinguished Scholar and Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia.
No Views from Nowhere
UCA Venue: Library; Speech Mode: Live
Panel 2: Innovation from Tradition: Nomadic Image and Creativity in Modern Kyrgyzstan. Panel Chair: Elmira Kochumkulova
- 10.00 - 10.15: Aibek Baiymbetov, Filmmaker/Research Fellow of Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit, University of Central Asia. Adapdation of Cultural Symbols and Meaning Through Creative Projects.
- 10.15 - 10.30: Yntymak Abdyldaev, Fashion Designer, Lecturer at Compass College of Arts and Design. The Influence of Traditional Culture on Modern Design: New Trends in Kyrgyz Fashion.
- 10.30 - 10.45: Altynai Abetekova,Music Producer, Lecturer at National Music Conservatory, Bishkek. Modern Traditional Music on the Experience and Example of the Musical Educational Project Kyrgyz Kairyk.
- 10.45 - 11.00: Janyshbek Botoev, Co-Founder of Branding Company “Epigram”, Designer, Bishkek. Digital Art and Branding in the Context of Cultural Heritage Development.
- 11.00 - 11.15: Discussion
UCA Venue: Library
Panel 3: Image of the Nomad in the Kyrgyz Creative Industries of the 21st Century. Panel Chair: Dinara Chochunbaeva
- 11.15 – 11.30: Cholpon Tentieva, Vice-President of the "Manas" and Chingiz Aitmatov National Academy, and Talantaaly Bakchiev, President of the "Manas" and Chingiz Aitmatov National Academy. Epic Legacy as a Basis for Understanding Philosophy, Ethical and Cultural Values of the Kyrgyz People.
- 11.30 – 11.45: Nurzad Zheenbek Kyzy, Artist of Applied Arts, Member of the Union of Artists of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tamila Mamatova, Sculptor, Member of the Union of Artists of the Kyrgyz Republic. Images and Symbols of Ancient Nomadic Culture in Kyrgyz Contemporary Art.
- 11.45 – 12.00: Iniskan Turgankaziyeva, Artisan, Designer of clothes and fashion accessories; Sharipa Tashkulova, Head of the Department of Science and Postgraduate Studies at the Kyrgyz-Uzbek University, Osh; and Zhyldyz Kazieva, Mentor of the “Creative Spark” program. Promoting Nomadic Culture in the Creative Industries of Kyrgyzstan.
- 12.00 – 12.15: Dinara Chochunbaeva, Founder of the Central Asia Crafts Support Association’s Resource Center in Kyrgyzstan.
- 12.15 - 12.30: Discussion
UCA Venue: Library
UCA Venue: Dining Hall
Session 5: Travel, Memory, and Imagination
- 13.15 - 13.30: Andrey Menshikov – University of Central Asia and Ekaterina Purgina – Ural Institute of Humanities at the Ural Federal University. Border Crossing in Contemporary Travelogues.
- 13.30 - 1.45: Dana Rice, Australian National University. China in the Historical Memory of the People of Kazakhstan.
- 13.45 - 14.00: Scott East, UNSW. A Nomadic Image for Fictocriticism.
- 2.00 - 2.15 pm: Elena Kolesova, University of Central Asia. The Great Urkun of 1916 and its Effect on Collective Identity Formation of Kyrgyz People.
- 14.15 - 14.30: Discussion
UCA Venue: Library
- 14.30 – 14.45: Victoria de Rijke. Synaesthetic/Kinetic Light Experience.
14.45 – 15.00: Liz Coulter-Smith. On Machine Becoming: Co-creation of Images Through Deep Neural Networks.
15.00 – 15.15: Mike Phillips. A Tangled Substrate and the Emergent Image.
15.15 – 15.30: Discussion
15.30 – 15.45: Jane Grant. Somatosensory Encounters: Sensory Nomadism in Immersive Media.
15.45 – 16.00: Pete Davis. ‘Somewhere’ not quite here or there…The complex geometries of trees…
16.00 – 16.15: Birgitte Aga. The Persuasiveness and Relationality of Relational Things.
16.15 – 16.30: Discussion
UCA Venue: Library
UCA Venue: Library
Panel 4: Nomadism and Culture in Kyrgyzstan. Session Chair: Elira Turdubaeva
- 16.45 – 17.00: Seitbek Tilekov, Vice-Rector for Administrative and Economic Affairs, International Ala-Too University, and Alymjan Zakirov, Coordinator of Postgraduate and Mastership Courses for Linguistics, International Ala-Too University. The Role of Manas Storytelling in Kyrgyz Nomadic Culture.
- 17.00 – 17.15: Aida Abduldaeva, Journalism Lecturer, International Ala-Too University. Kyrgyz Language Acquisition in the Age of Digital Nomadism: A Competitive Advantage for Learners of Kyrgyz as a Foreign Language.
- 17.15 – 17.30: Elira Turdubaeva Head of Journalism Department, International Ala-Too University, and Baitur Toktosunov, Freelance Researcher. Tengrian Believes/Shamanism and Nomadism in Kyrgyzstan.
- 17.30 – 17.45: Gulzada Narmamatova, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, International Ala-Too University. Symbols of Nomads on the Example of Kyrgyz Folklore Works.
- 17.45 – 18.00: Discussion
UCA Venue: Library
Session 6: Music, Sound, and Meaning
- 18.00 – 18.15: Wendy Osmond, UNSW. Come and See the Real Thing: The Making of Midnight Oil from Stage to Exhibition.
- 18.15 – 18.30: Patricia Flanagan and Georgia Wallace-Crabbe, UNSW Sydney. Flows and Crossing zones: Counter-Narratives, Experimental Imaging and New Media Environments in Transcultural Art and Visual Practice
- 18.30 – 18.45: Michael Knight, University of Central Florida. Deleuzian Nomadology and the Lost Tribe of Shabazz: Hip Hop Lines of Flight.
- 18.45 – 19.00: Paulie Doyle and Randall Via, Independent Scholars. Nomadism in a US Supermax Prison.
- 19.00 - 19.15: Discussion
UCA Venue: Library
Session 7: Archaeologies of Performance
- 19.15 - 19.30: Tordis Berstrand, Amir Djalali, Yiping Dong, Martin Goffriller, Jiawen Han, Teresa Hoskyns, Siti Balkish Roslan, Glen Wash Ivanovic and Claudia Westermann, CRAC-UK and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. THE NOMADIC MAP.
- 19.30 - 19.45: Szilvia Ruszev, University of Southern California, Elisabeth Brun, independent scholar, Gonzalo H. Rodrigues, Film University Babelsberg, Kausik Ghosh, Jadavpur University, Paul Jones, Wrexham Glyndwr University and Kristín Mjöll Bjarnadóttir Johnsen, Independent Scholar. Szikago Pakrel: FUTURE ARCHAEOLOGY.
- 19.45 - 20.00: Discussion
UCA Venue: Library
UCA Venue: Dining Hall
Sophie Dia Pegrum, Filmmaker, Fulbright National Geographic Society Fellow.
Film Presentation – Wings of Kyrgyzstan
UCA Venue: Library; Speech Mode: Live
Nomadic Image Magazine
The Seventh Transdisciplinary Imaging Conference is held in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, a country where equestrian nomadism remains a powerful cultural signifier. In a hybrid online and in-person event hosted by the University of Central Asia on its Naryn campus, the conference offers an exciting opportunity for international participants to connect with Kyrgyz and other Central Asian creatives and scholars, and to explore experimental imaging cultures at the crossroads between East and West, and hypermodernity and tradition.
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