Media, Representation, and Transformation
Date: May 15, 2026
Time: 12:15 PM – 2:50 PM
Location: CUNY GC
This year’s symposium explores how artists, filmmakers, archivists, actors, and cultural workers from Central Asia and those connected to it use media, storytelling, music, and visual representation as forms of cultural preservation, intervention, and grassroots transformation. Across film, sound, performance, and archival practice, the symposium asks how representation shapes public understanding of Central Asian identities and futures.
FINAL SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
| Time | Segment |
|---|---|
| 12:15–12:20 | Opening Student Remarks |
| 12:20–12:47 | Speaker 1: Omid Jahan — Music Archivist |
| 12:49–1:16 | Speaker 2: Makez Rikweda — Filmmaker |
| 1:18–1:45 | Speaker 3: Dralla Aierken — Actor / Screenwriter |
| 1:45–1:55 | Short Break / Stretch |
| 1:55–2:22 | Speaker 4: Ali Baluch — Filmmaker |
| 2:24–2:46 | Closing Student Reflection |
| 2:46–2:50 | Good Byes |
