{"id":772,"date":"2023-05-25T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T19:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/transpacific-studies\/?page_id=772"},"modified":"2023-10-23T09:02:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T16:02:50","slug":"uyghur-visions-two-films-by-mukaddas-mijit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/uyghur-visions-two-films-by-mukaddas-mijit\/","title":{"rendered":"Uyghur Visions: Two Films by Mukaddas Mijit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/past-events\/\">&lt; Back to Events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Race\/Solidarity: Transpacific Conversations &amp; Anthropology Colloquium Series present Uyghur Visions: Two Films by Mukaddas Mijit<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-774 size-full\" src=\"\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/JunkCollectorHarshUglyVoice.jpg\" alt=\"Event Image\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/JunkCollectorHarshUglyVoice.jpg 624w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/JunkCollectorHarshUglyVoice-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To add this event to your calendar, click the date(s) below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/uyghur_visions_two_films_by_mukaddas_mijit_-_colloquium_with_jenny_chio\">Wednesday, September 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12:00 PM to 1:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>University Park Campus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.usc.edu\/event\/uyghur_visions_two_films_by_mukaddas_mijit_-_colloquium_with_jenny_chio\">Virtual URL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, September 15, 2021 | 12:00PM &#8211; 1:00PM (PT) | Online | Zoom Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Uyghur Visions: Two Films by Mukaddas Mijit &#8211; Conversation with Jenny Chio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Featuring filmmaker Dr. Mukaddas Mijit (via Zoom), in conversation with Professor Jenny Chio (East Asian Languages and Cultures\/Anthropology)<\/p>\n<p>In this event, filmmaker Dr. Mukaddas Mijit will share two short films that reflect upon contemporary Uyghur identity in light of both shifting personal relationships and the devastating political transformations that have upended life for Uyghur communities around the globe. The films will be followed by a Q&amp;A with Dr. Mijit, facilitated by Professor Jenny Chio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Films:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Moman, The Great Woman (2012)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe boy gave all three bread to the poor and didn\u2019t keep any for himself. Then a snake flew out of his bag into the sky.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211;Rehime Kamal<br \/>\nA video diary about my grandmother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMorning Feeling\u201d and Perhat Tursun (2021)<\/strong><br \/>\nA visual essay on a contemporary Uyghur poem about isolation, physical and psychological oppression.<\/p>\n<p><em>*Time will be allotted during the event to watch the films on Vimeo. Registered participants will receive URLs for the films the day before, if you would like to watch the films in advance but this is not required.*<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Speakers\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-DrhhUhlbap\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-DrhhUhlbap\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Mukaddas Mijit<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-DrhhUhlbap\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-DrhhUhlbap\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-775 size-full\" src=\"\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/Mukaddas_Mijit.jpg\" alt=\"Mukaddas Mijit image\" width=\"624\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/Mukaddas_Mijit.jpg 624w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/Mukaddas_Mijit-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/>Dr. Mijit is an ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, and performer born and raised in the Uyghur homeland. She is currently a Postdoctoral fellow at the Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles (Centre for East Asian Studies). Since 2019, Dr. Mijit has been involved in a research program entitled &#8220;Towards an alternative model of heritage as sustainable development: Meshrep in Kazakhstan (SOAS)&#8221; and several creative projects in Paris and in New York. She has also made four feature-length documentaries and a series of short films on Uyghur culture and is working on her first fiction film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-DrhhUhlbap\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-DrhhUhlbap\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Jenny Chio<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-DrhhUhlbap\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-DrhhUhlbap\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-773 size-full\" src=\"\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/Jenny_Chio.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny Chio Image\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/Jenny_Chio.jpg 333w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/Jenny_Chio-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/Jenny_Chio-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2023\/05\/Jenny_Chio-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>Dr. Jenny Chio is Associate Professor of East Asian Languages &amp; Cultures and Anthropology at USC. Her research focuses on ethnic identity, development, and modernization in contemporary China. In April 2021, as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania&#8217;s Center for Experimental Ethnography, Dr. Chio curated an online film series entitled &#8220;The Contest Over &#8216;Indigeneity&#8217;: Film and Ethnography in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan&#8221; (www.filmandethnography.org), which included three films by Dr. Mijit.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Race\/Solidarity: Transpacific Conversations<\/strong> series invites faculty and guest speakers to discuss the current racial reckoning at USC and beyond and start this conversation within a global context. This series will provide a platform for faculty and students to engage with a host of social and cultural issues related to race and racism on both sides of the Pacific. Our aim is to help broaden and deepen the current discussion on race with global and historical perspectives, drawing in particular on the expertise and connections of our affiliated faculty and graduate students who have worked on these topics within diverse East Asian contexts and among Asian diasporic communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>This event is co-sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eascenter\">USC East Asian Studies Center. The Center for Transpacific Studies<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/anth\/\">USC Department of Anthropology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-772","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uyghur Visions: Two Films by Mukaddas Mijit - Center for Transpacific Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/transpacific-studies\/uyghur-visions-two-films-by-mukaddas-mijit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uyghur Visions: Two Films by Mukaddas Mijit - 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