The MAJIC project, funded by the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’Homme, aims to explore the links between the arts, memory and social justice in Central Asia, by fostering dialogue between researchers engaged in artistic practice and artists from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. Over the past decade, artistic practice in the region has become a key forum for reflection on social inequalities, marginalised memories and the future of social justice.
This three-year project is structured around three key areas:
- Artists, memory and the imagination;
- The arts and social movements;
- International mobility and exchanges between academic research and artistic creation.
MAJIC aims to strengthen the links between the artistic and academic worlds by:
- Promoting knowledge derived from artistic practices (music, visual arts, literature, performance);
- Diversifying the forms and methods of disseminating academic knowledge;
- Creating spaces for collective reflection on social justice, bringing together artists, researchers and cultural mediators.
The Gaipar Aitiev National Museum of Fine Arts of Kyrgyzstan, the Franco-German Cultural Institute of Bishkek, and the French Institute for Central Asian Studies are partners of the MAJIC project.
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