Imagined Futures: Transit Corridors in High Mountain Asia

UCA’s Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit presents a catalogue of the traveling exhibition “Imagined Futures: Transit Corridors in High Mountain Asia” that took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Dushanbe, Tajikistan and Peshawar, Pakistan from March 23 to April 12, 2022. The exhibition, supported by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF), UK, has allowed to revisit the mountain communities residing alongside new transit corridors to explore their knowledge and imagination of a changing landscape. During these trips we learned about stories of engagement, survival, resilience and perseverance of living in mountain regions, otherwise known as ‘remote’ yet connected through a network of highways. Works displayed in this volume belong to artisans and artists who have worked with mountain communities to protect and promote their heritage, voice their concerns, and spent time in these geographic regions to better understand their hopes and challenges.

The project was part of the “Resilient Silk Route Heritage Network” funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund, UK and implemented by the Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit, Graduate School of Development, University of Central Asia.

Curators:
Dr. Zahra Hussain, Founder and Director, Laajverd.

Altyn Kapalova, Research Fellow, Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit, Graduate School of Development, University of Central Asia.

Publishing Manager:
Dr. Anel Kulakhmetova, Communications Lead, Graduate School of Development, University of Central Asia

Editor in-Chief:
Dr. Elmira Köchümkulova, Director, Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit, Graduate School of Development, University of Central Asia.

Design:
Aida Tostokova, Graphic and Publication Designer, Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit, Graduate School of Development, University of Central Asia.