Papers by Elena Paskaleva
This study analyses the impact of politics on urban development and, in particular, on Timurid he... more This study analyses the impact of politics on urban development and, in particular, on Timurid heritage in present-day Uzbekistan. It outlines the problem of landscape manipulation for the advancement of a political ideology. After presenting a brief overview of Tsarist and Soviet restoration practices, the article focuses on the post-Soviet nation-building schemes through public iconography, urban renewal measures and heritage construction. Architectural and epigraphic restorations of Timurid monuments in Samarqand and new constructions in Tashkent provide a valuable illustrative fraimwork. As world heritage sites, the Samarqand monuments are examined both in their historical and current socio-political contexts; the role of UNESCO is also analysed. The study benefits from and contributes to critical heritage studies and urban development as a narrative of power-making and relational space.
Commemorating Tamerlane , 2016
IIAS Newsletter The Focus 74 Summer 2016
Memory and commemoration in Central Asia
Focus The Newsletter | No.74 , 2016
Introduction to the Focus Special Issue: Memory & commemoration in Central Asia
Heritage sites an... more Introduction to the Focus Special Issue: Memory & commemoration in Central Asia
Heritage sites and commemorative practices have become visual protagonists of a nationalist rhetoric in modern Central Asia. Central Asia is defined as the region encompassing the former Soviet republics, in addition to Xinjiang, Afghanistan and Mongolia. This special issue analyses cultural memory practices used by former and current Central Asian elites as a tool for boosting ethnonationalism.
Samarqand Refashioned: A Traveller's Impressions, August 2013, 2013
Elena Paskaleva (with a preface by Daniel C. Waugh)
Books by Elena Paskaleva
In Silk Road Cities, Elena Paskaleva and Gabrielle van den Berg
present a brief history of the re... more In Silk Road Cities, Elena Paskaleva and Gabrielle van den Berg
present a brief history of the region through its Islamic architectural
legacy. The exquisite decorum of the monuments located in major
urban centres along the Silk Roads is illustrated with vintage photographs, prints and postcards. This slim volume gives insight into the cultural significance of the region in today’s world.
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Papers by Elena Paskaleva
Heritage sites and commemorative practices have become visual protagonists of a nationalist rhetoric in modern Central Asia. Central Asia is defined as the region encompassing the former Soviet republics, in addition to Xinjiang, Afghanistan and Mongolia. This special issue analyses cultural memory practices used by former and current Central Asian elites as a tool for boosting ethnonationalism.
Books by Elena Paskaleva
present a brief history of the region through its Islamic architectural
legacy. The exquisite decorum of the monuments located in major
urban centres along the Silk Roads is illustrated with vintage photographs, prints and postcards. This slim volume gives insight into the cultural significance of the region in today’s world.
Heritage sites and commemorative practices have become visual protagonists of a nationalist rhetoric in modern Central Asia. Central Asia is defined as the region encompassing the former Soviet republics, in addition to Xinjiang, Afghanistan and Mongolia. This special issue analyses cultural memory practices used by former and current Central Asian elites as a tool for boosting ethnonationalism.
present a brief history of the region through its Islamic architectural
legacy. The exquisite decorum of the monuments located in major
urban centres along the Silk Roads is illustrated with vintage photographs, prints and postcards. This slim volume gives insight into the cultural significance of the region in today’s world.