Rachel Harris

Uyghur expressive culture, politics of religion and heritage in China and Central Asia

[Jewish Anti-Zionist Action @JAZA_UK]

The Israel lobby claims UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs is an antisemite. Someone who knows about antisemitism, the Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos, begs to differ. Here he is with Francesca after her recent speech at SOAS university, London

#IsraelLobby
#GazaGenocide

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

What an absolute honor to give my testimony next to Dr Abusitta. I am grateful to the @lshtm for hosting such a powerful (and packed!) event.

[巴丢草 Bad ї ucao @badiucao]

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and one of my works has been selected for Berlin’s public commemoration event.

The piece protests Volkswagen’s support for China’s forced labor and genocide against the Uyghurs. I hope the people of Berlin will take a look at the new wall they have helped build today.

今年是柏林墙倒塌35周年，我的一件作品也选入了柏林市政府的公共纪念活动。

作品抗议了德国大众汽车厂支持中国对维吾尔强制劳动和种族灭绝。希望柏林人看看今天他们今天亲手建起来的新墙。

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children, UN says https://t.co/4f30gQ1zRw

[SOAS University of London @SOAS]

📢 SOAS Event 15 November

We’ll be holding a special lecture on the evolving relationship between ethnomusicology and anthropology.

Ethnomusicologist @Rachel_A_Harris will discuss how listening at the borders can inform creative practice.

Register now
https://t.co/jMwvczKnzM

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

Ensemble Bezmara performing in Venice https://t.co/uh6BIiE3hN

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

@RayhanAsat Yes, we’ll do our best

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

The RAI Annual Blacking Lecture, “Border Listening: Ethnography and Performance Beyond Nation,” will be given by Rachel Harris https://t.co/OgHLQ4qleZ

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

.@UNRWA is an irreplaceable lifeline to the Palestinian people. And it has been for the past seven decades.

UNRWA was created by the @UN Member States. Today’s decision by the Israeli parliament barring UNRWA from its life-saving and health-protecting work on behalf of millions of Palestinians will have devastating consequences.

This is intolerable. It contravenes Israel’s obligations and responsibilities, and threatens the lives and health of all those who depend on UNRWA.

[Democracy in Exile @DAWN_Journal]

“The rubble of schools and mosques in Gaza takes me back to my homeland, where the oldest shrines have been leveled,” @RayhanAsat writes. “If human rights are universal, what happens in Gaza and Xinjiang should equally outrage us all.” https://t.co/rreTpNysKy

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

Our 2023 report on heritage in the Uyghur region highlighted the problems with the preservation and the historical misrepresentation of karez

[Uyghur Human Rights Project @UyghurProject]

The @Independent continues to run stories 💰 paid by @ChinaDaily—ignoring cultural erasure.

One story describes Karez (hand-dug underground irrigation channels) as "one of China’s greatest surviving ancient man-made structures."

UK press should not print 🇨🇳 gov't propaganda.

[Mortaza Behboudi @mortazabehboudi]

Quand les talibans posent avec des touristes chinoises, les femmes afghanes, elles, sont réduites au silence. Privées de droits, invisibles dans l’espace public. Le contraste est violent. #Afghanistan

[Uyghur Human Rights Project @UyghurProject]

Read our 2023 report on the destruction of @UNESCO-inscribed cultural heritage in the Uyghur region.

"The Complicity of Heritage: Cultural Heritage and Genocide in the Uyghur Region"

@Rachel_A_Harris @AzizIsaElkun

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

I am speaking at Society for Ethnomusicology 2024 Annual Meeting. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event!

[Remote Xuar @Remote_Xuar]

After a long summer break, it’s time for the Inner #Asia #Colloquium again! On October 4 at 15:00 CET, @Rachel_A_Harris, @rune_s_r, and Zarina Mukanova will debate the methodologies of ethnographic interviews with #exiles 🎙️

Join the talk at https://t.co/AppjvEchxx 👥

[Zayra Badillo Castro @zaybad]

Seminar: The forgotten Sufi movement that reshaped China's Islams by @RianThum and chaired by @Rachel_A_Harris @SOAS (14 October 2024 / 17:00)
https://t.co/R8zDXKgRLE

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

The citation for Rahile

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

Feeling unusually proud of my institution tonight. SOAS has awarded an honorary doctorate to Rahile Dawut to recognise her contributions to scholarship.

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

Rahile’s daughter Akeda Polat gave a wonderful, moving acceptance speech in a recorded video

[Rachel Harris @Rachel_A_Harris]

Thank you SOAS https://t.co/MTNKwwbWHJ