Xinjiang Documentation Project Archive
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- Title: Learning Materials: Peasant Paintings
- Subject: Visual Teaching Materials
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: Peasant paintings are common throughout the People’s Republic of China and play an important role in Chinese folk art. These colourful paintings are found throughout the countryside promoting Chinese pride and aspirations. However, oftentimes in Xinjiang, these paintings have been used as a tool to encourage ethnic assimilation and portray Turkic Muslim communities that do not adhere to Party values as radical secessionists.
- Description: Peasant paintings are common throughout the People’s Republic of China and play an important role in Chinese folk art. These colourful paintings are found throughout the countryside promoting Chinese pride and aspirations. However, oftentimes in Xinjiang, these paintings have been used as a tool to encourage ethnic assimilation and portray Turkic Muslim communities that do not adhere to Party values as radical secessionists.
- Title: Lesson Plan: The Contested Archive
- Creator: Dr. Eric Schluessel
- Subject: Lesson Plan
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: In conjunction with the Xinjiang Victims Database, students will analyze primary sources to develop their own understanding of the situation based the evidence at hand. This is a “history of the present” exercise in which students will spend a class period conducting simulated research in a “Xinjiang archive.” They will begin with a simple question—“What is happening in Xinjiang?”—and come to their own conclusions through a guided activity. Prof. Schluessel’s research focuses on the social and economic history of Xinjiang. He has published a monograph on the Qing empire’s efforts to transform Xinjiang into a culturally Chinese territory, Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia, as well as articles on the region’s experiences with local government and the law.
- Description: In conjunction with the Xinjiang Victims Database, students will analyze primary sources to develop their own understanding of the situation based the evidence at hand. This is a “history of the present” exercise in which students will spend a class period conducting simulated research in a “Xinjiang archive.” They will begin with a simple question—“What is happening in Xinjiang?”—and come to their own conclusions through a guided activity. Prof. Schluessel’s research focuses on the social and economic history of Xinjiang. He has published a monograph on the Qing empire’s efforts to transform Xinjiang into a culturally Chinese territory, Land of Strangers: The Civilizing Project in Qing Central Asia, as well as articles on the region’s experiences with local government and the law.
- Title: Leveraging Blockchain-Based Archival Solutions for Sensitive Documentation: a...
- Creator: Remy Hellstern, Daniel C. Park, Victoria Lemieux & Guldana Salimjan
- Date: Monday, July 18, 2022
- Subject: Streamlining Evidence Regarding Human Rights Violations
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This exploratory research surveys scholarly literature on decentralized storage solutions, including theories and works of archival science, and similar applications in humanitarian contexts, to illustrate the necessity of these systems in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Major findings focus on how decentralized systems can improve the streamlining and hosting of evidence regarding human rights violations occurring as well as advancing the study of cryptographic management of evidence regarding the treatment of vulnerable communities in low-rights regions.
- Description: This exploratory research surveys scholarly literature on decentralized storage solutions, including theories and works of archival science, and similar applications in humanitarian contexts, to illustrate the necessity of these systems in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. Major findings focus on how decentralized systems can improve the streamlining and hosting of evidence regarding human rights violations occurring as well as advancing the study of cryptographic management of evidence regarding the treatment of vulnerable communities in low-rights regions.
- Title: Major Events Preceding the Construction of Re-Education Camps
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Re-education Camps
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This timeline gives an overview of major events since the turn of the century, that preceded the establishment of “re-education camps” in Xinjiang. Human rights watchdogs have categorized these camps as mass prisons and internment camps.
- Description: This timeline gives an overview of major events since the turn of the century, that preceded the establishment of “re-education camps” in Xinjiang. Human rights watchdogs have categorized these camps as mass prisons and internment camps.
- Title: Official PRC Response to Human Rights Violations
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Official State Response to Human Rights Violations
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This timeline documents the changing Communist Party of China response to accusations of human rights violations in Xinjiang. As human rights groups have identified internment camps and forced labour in the region, China has denied these accusations, giving changing explanations since 2018.
- Description: This timeline documents the changing Communist Party of China response to accusations of human rights violations in Xinjiang. As human rights groups have identified internment camps and forced labour in the region, China has denied these accusations, giving changing explanations since 2018.
- Title: Population Data Collection Forms 人口信息采集表
- Creator: Chinese Government
- Subject: Demographics of the Uyghur Population
- Language: Chinese
- Item Type: Document
- Description: The Population Data Collection Form provides an insight into the type of information being collected and prioritized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to particularly target and oppress Muslim populations. In Xinjiang, every resident is required to fill out one or more Population Data Collection Forms (人口信息采集表). The information collected by the form is then used by the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) to mark individuals with a respective “threat level.”
- Description: The Population Data Collection Form provides an insight into the type of information being collected and prioritized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to particularly target and oppress Muslim populations. In Xinjiang, every resident is required to fill out one or more Population Data Collection Forms (人口信息采集表). The information collected by the form is then used by the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) to mark individuals with a respective “threat level.”
- Title: Population Data Collection Forms 人口信息采集表 - An Overview
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Demographics of the Uyghur Population
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: The Population Data Collection Form provides an insight into the type of information being collected and prioritized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to particularly target and oppress Muslim populations. In Xinjiang, every resident is required to fill out one or more Population Data Collection Forms (人口信息采集表). The information collected by the form is then used by the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) to mark individuals with a respective “threat level.”
- Description: The Population Data Collection Form provides an insight into the type of information being collected and prioritized by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to particularly target and oppress Muslim populations. In Xinjiang, every resident is required to fill out one or more Population Data Collection Forms (人口信息采集表). The information collected by the form is then used by the Integrated Joint Operations Platform (IJOP) to mark individuals with a respective “threat level.”
- Title: Recovering "Visiting a Re-Education Camp in Xinjiang" Series
- Creator: China News Service
- Date: Friday, March 1, 2019
- Subject: Re-Education Camps
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: Originally published in March of 2019, Youtube account CHINA LIVE posted a five-part series entitled, "Visiting a Re-Education Camp in Xinjiang" which recorded the daily lives of individuals in re-education facilities. After being deleted, the Xinjiang Documentation Project recovered and made the videos publically available.
- Description: Originally published in March of 2019, Youtube account CHINA LIVE posted a five-part series entitled, "Visiting a Re-Education Camp in Xinjiang" which recorded the daily lives of individuals in re-education facilities. After being deleted, the Xinjiang Documentation Project recovered and made the videos publically available.
- Title: Respecting and Protecting the Rights of All Ethnic...
- Creator: The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China
- Date: Thursday, July 1, 2021
- Subject: Human Rights
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This Chinese government “white paper” offers the official view of the state’s efforts to protect the rights of ethnic groups in Xinjiang. It offers a picture of the historical relationship between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the peoples of Xinjiang and presents the various social and political rights promised by the PRC to all citizens of China, including those in Xinjiang. The goals of each right are laid out, as well as the PRC’s commitment to elevating poverty, promoting well-being and protecting human rights in the region.
- Description: This Chinese government “white paper” offers the official view of the state’s efforts to protect the rights of ethnic groups in Xinjiang. It offers a picture of the historical relationship between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the peoples of Xinjiang and presents the various social and political rights promised by the PRC to all citizens of China, including those in Xinjiang. The goals of each right are laid out, as well as the PRC’s commitment to elevating poverty, promoting well-being and protecting human rights in the region.
- Title: Respecting and Protecting the Rights of All Ethnic...
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Human Rights
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This Chinese government “white paper” offers the official view of the state’s efforts to protect the rights of ethnic groups in Xinjiang. It offers a picture of the historical relationship between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the peoples of Xinjiang and presents the various social and political rights promised by the PRC to all citizens of China, including those in Xinjiang. The goals of each right are laid out, as well as the PRC’s commitment to elevating poverty, promoting well-being and protecting human rights in the region.
- Description: This Chinese government “white paper” offers the official view of the state’s efforts to protect the rights of ethnic groups in Xinjiang. It offers a picture of the historical relationship between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the peoples of Xinjiang and presents the various social and political rights promised by the PRC to all citizens of China, including those in Xinjiang. The goals of each right are laid out, as well as the PRC’s commitment to elevating poverty, promoting well-being and protecting human rights in the region.
- Title: Role-Playing Game: The Quandary of Muslim Minorities in...
- Creator: You Xi
- Subject: Role-Playing Game
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: You Xi designed the Xinjiang game for a teaching demo at a campus visit after being given the task of teaching race and religion in modern Chinese history. You Xi consulted with Mark Carnes, the founder of Reacting to the Past, about the game design. The main goal is to make students aware of the contemporary crisis of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, through reading government documents, journalist reports and witness accounts.
- Description: You Xi designed the Xinjiang game for a teaching demo at a campus visit after being given the task of teaching race and religion in modern Chinese history. You Xi consulted with Mark Carnes, the founder of Reacting to the Past, about the game design. The main goal is to make students aware of the contemporary crisis of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, through reading government documents, journalist reports and witness accounts.
- Title: Role-Playing Game: The Quandary of Muslim Minorities in...
- Creator: You Xi
- Subject: Role-Playing Game
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: You Xi designed the Xinjiang game for a teaching demo at a campus visit after being given the task of teaching race and religion in modern Chinese history. You Xi consulted with Mark Carnes, the founder of Reacting to the Past, about the game design. The main goal is to make students aware of the contemporary crisis of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, through reading government documents, journalist reports and witness accounts.
- Description: You Xi designed the Xinjiang game for a teaching demo at a campus visit after being given the task of teaching race and religion in modern Chinese history. You Xi consulted with Mark Carnes, the founder of Reacting to the Past, about the game design. The main goal is to make students aware of the contemporary crisis of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, through reading government documents, journalist reports and witness accounts.
