Xinjiang Documentation Project Archive
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- Title: Identifying Religious Extremism - An Overview
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Identifying Religious Extremism
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: Published in 2017 in multiple news outlets, these documents were intended for distribution among communities throughout Xinjiang. The expressed intent was to provide individuals with 75 different activities and behaviors that the PRC government deemed as potential religious extremism. Individuals were encouraged to report any of these activities to local authorities for further investigation.
- Description: Published in 2017 in multiple news outlets, these documents were intended for distribution among communities throughout Xinjiang. The expressed intent was to provide individuals with 75 different activities and behaviors that the PRC government deemed as potential religious extremism. Individuals were encouraged to report any of these activities to local authorities for further investigation.
- Title: In the Past Three Years, What Have I...
- Creator: Anonymous
- Date: Thursday, May 9, 2019
- Subject: Lived Experiences
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This blog entry written by a Han woman, recounts her travels in Xinjiang and provides a rare glimpse into the everyday lives of Uyghurs living in a Kashgar neighborhood.
- Description: This blog entry written by a Han woman, recounts her travels in Xinjiang and provides a rare glimpse into the everyday lives of Uyghurs living in a Kashgar neighborhood.
- Title: Integrated Operating Platform Work Instructions - An Overview
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Surveillance Instructions
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This set of work instructions for Integrated Joint Operating Platform (IJOP) workers was uploaded to the Model Essay Center (范文中心), which collects essay and texts relevant to the training of low-ranking state officials. It offers insight into how the platform collects information about surveilled individuals, how it passes this information through different administrative units, and how it categorizes the individuals under suspicion–including students studying abroad and Kazakh citizens.
- Description: This set of work instructions for Integrated Joint Operating Platform (IJOP) workers was uploaded to the Model Essay Center (范文中心), which collects essay and texts relevant to the training of low-ranking state officials. It offers insight into how the platform collects information about surveilled individuals, how it passes this information through different administrative units, and how it categorizes the individuals under suspicion–including students studying abroad and Kazakh citizens.
- Title: Intellectual and Celebrity Arrests
- Creator: Xinjiang Documentation Project
- Subject: Arrests and Detainment
- Language: English
- Item Type: Document
- Description: This timeline gives an overview of the arrest and incarceration of Uyghur intellectuals and celebrities in Xinjiang. This is a partial overview and does not contain the complete list of notable people who have been arrested. See more at the Xinjiang Victims Database.
- Description: This timeline gives an overview of the arrest and incarceration of Uyghur intellectuals and celebrities in Xinjiang. This is a partial overview and does not contain the complete list of notable people who have been arrested. See more at the Xinjiang Victims Database.
- 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 - 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
- Creator: China News Service
- Date: Friday, March 1, 2019
- Subject: Re-Education Camps
- Language: English
- Item Type: Video
- Description: Originally published in March of 2019, Youtube account CHINA LIVE posted a five-part series entitled,
- Description: Originally published in March of 2019, Youtube account CHINA LIVE posted a five-part series entitled,
- 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.
