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Of conferences and conflicts: 16th Congress of the IUAES, China, Summer 2009
Author(s) -
Hann Chris
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8322.2009.00701.x
Subject(s) - china , ethnic group , rhetoric , political science , narrative , gender studies , soviet union , sociology , law , politics , philosophy , linguistics
The 16th Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences in July 2009 was an opportunity for China to showcase socialist policies toward ethnic minorities. However just three weeks before the Congress 200 people were killed in ethnic rioting in Xinjiang. Hann's Narrative contrasts the dominant rhetoric of the Congress with the realities on the ground in rural eastern Xinjiang.