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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region"”.
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Examining Narratives of Place: Representations of Xinjiang in Tourism and Geography Education
This thesis examines how Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, located in northwest China, is represented in tourism and geographic education literature. The research demonstrates the limited and distorted place narratives of Xinjiang that are promoted by the government-backed tourist enterprise in …
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Examining Narratives of Place: Representations of Xinjiang in Tourism and Geography Education
This thesis examines how Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, located in northwest China, is represented in tourism and geographic education literature. The research demonstrates the limited and distorted place narratives of Xinjiang that are promoted by the government-backed tourist enterprise in …
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Out Of Place: Stone Architecture And Pastoral Nomadism In Prehistoric Inner Asia
… architecture in the Bortala River Valley of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, an area where pastoral nomadism developed in the second and first millennia BCE. With data collected from survey and excavation, this study employs GIS, statistics, and 3D photogrammetry to examine the environment …
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Repetition and its discontents : space, time and identity in the city of Urumqi
… identity in the city of Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. The work explores the shifting interface between various types of spaces within the city, focusing on three major areas: dominant state space, Han Chinese space and Turkic Muslim …
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Discovering Epic, Constructing Culture: Culture-Politics on China’s Western Frontier
… of 1.5 years of participant observation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, PRC, and analyses Chinese ‘Cultural Construction’ policies among Xinjiang’s ‘Torghut Mongols’. It explores the complex social and political negotiations that transformed an officially recognized ‘epic’ (The Heroic …