Lesson 3: Роль искусства в борьбе против экологических проблем в Казахстане

Lesson Description:

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This is the third lesson based on an interview with Kazakh artist Aigerim Kapar. You will watch four video clips and complete exercises based on those clips. This lesson consists of the following sections: Степные озёра, Перформанс в защиту озёр Талдыколь, Озеро Балхаш, Сары-Шаганский полигон, and Заключение.

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What You Will Learn:

In this lesson, you will learn about some of the ecological problems and catastrophes in Kazakhstan and the work that Aigerim Kapar and her colleagues have done to protest and work against them. You will learn about the Taldykol lakes in Astana and a group of performance art actions to protest their destruction, Lake Balkhash and the ecological problems that it is facing, and the Sary Shagan ballistic missile testing range located on Lake Balkhash.

Learning Tips:

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	Number of pages: 23
	Estimated completion time: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Lesson main author: Shannon Donnally Quinn, with Aselle Almuratova and Gulnara Glowacki

Project team members: Karen Evans-Romaine, Lidia Gault, Dianna Murphy, Iuliia Raiklin