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How a Cultural Appropriation Dispute Among ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Obsessed Artists Lead to a Celebration of the Many Indigenous Cultures of the Ex-Soviet Territories

In a wholesome display of Twitter de-escalation, Kazakh artists used the hashtag #AvatarSNG to shed light on the many cultures of CIS-countries and beyond

August 25th, 2020|Country: Azerbaijan, Bashkortostan, Belarus, Chuvashia, Crimean Karaites, Georgia, Hutsul People, Kalmykia, Kamchadals, Karelia, Kazakhstan, Komi, Kuban Cossacks, Kyrgyzstan, Mari El, Moldova, Mordovia, Nivkh People, Pontic Greeks, Roma, Russia, Sakha, Selkup People, Tatarstan, Tuva, Udmurtia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan|

Film: Baikonur. Earth, dir. Andrea Sorini, 2018

A trip to Baikonur, the biggest space launch facility on Earth, and its adjacent surroundings in rural Kazakhstan: a sci-fi inspired documentary feature from a young Italian filmmaker

May 31st, 2019|Country: Italy, Kazakhstan|

Music: Jah Khalib, E.G.O., 2018

December 18th, 2018|Country: Kazakhstan|

Music: Smithsonian Folkways, Folk Music of the USSR, 1960

October 18th, 2018|Country: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bashkortostan, Belarus, Dagestan, Georgia, Karelia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, South Ossetia, Tajikistan, Tatarstan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan|