Community Involvement in Kyrgyzstan The Value of Heritages

Summary

A decade of collaboration with Kyrgyz citizens from many walks of life has resulted in several new heritage initiatives including local museums, teaching materials for school children, a college textbook, a national avocational organization, and a new government ministry. Kyrgyz people have always placed great value on their heritage, but as these programs have developed people have become more interested in protecting the material signifiers of heritage. Counter to expectations, public and professional interest in Kyrgyz archaeology has emphasized a complex multiethnic past, and may have a softening effect on the ethnic tensions that have threatened to divide the country in the past.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)   •
• Heritage Values in Contemporary Society

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