Aynur Kadir




Assistant Professor

Office: CK Choi 178
=Email: akadir@mail.ubc.ca


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Aynur Kadir is an Indigenous Uyghur scholar, filmmaker and curator with a research focus on the documentation, conservation and revitalization of Indigenous cultures and languages. Her work bridges the gap between Indigenous studies in Canada and in Asia. Her research interests are in global indigeneity from the Uyghur in China to Coast Salish and Six Nations in Canada; transnational Indigenous diplomacy; and the safeguarding and revitalization of languages and cultural heritage through digital technology and collaborative initiatives.

As a native of Altishahr (southern Xinjiang) who was educated in Uyghur language, she has extensive knowledge of written and oral Uyghur literature, musical traditions and cultural practices. She has documented and digitized an extensive amount of Uyghur folklore, festivals and other endangered cultural heritage. She is also working on collaborative digitization projects on Muslim Asia and on transnational Indigenous solidarity and history-making to expand the concept of global indigeneity.

Dr. Kadir’s films and exhibitions contribute to the conceptualization of the poetics and politics of digital media in the representation of indigeneity, traditional knowledge, memory, language and cultural heritage, and to the ethical use of new media through collaboration with originating communities. She is the recipient of several grants, including from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

Her previous collaborations include The Contest of the FruitsLandscapes of InjusticeSq’éwlets: A Stó:lo-Coast Salish community in the Fraser River Valley project, AI-generated Anonymity project, Ethnographic Terminalia multimedia and multi-sited exhibitions, and The Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage Project.

Her recent films and exhibitions include To Speak With a Golden Voiceqaʔ yəxʷ – water honours us: womxn and waterwaysHúy̓at: Our Voices our LandHaida Now: A Visual Feast of Innovation and Tradition, and Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art.

Winter Term 2

FNEL 380 (3) Technologies for Endangered Language Documentation and Revitalization
Digital tools for endangered language documentation, conservation, and revitalization. Overview of best practices, introduction to community engagement and capacity-building, protocols and ethics, project design, cultural context, orthographies, use of audio, video and still photography, data management, archiving and web publishing.
Prerequisite: none
Term: 2

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