A project by Eryka Rashid
Out of the 12 million Uighur minorities living in the Xinjiang region, over 3 million are detained in internment camps as of 2021. According to the Chinese Government, the Uighurs are placed in these camps to “combat separatism” and “Islamist militancy” in the Xinjiang region. In reality, the Uighurs in these internment camps suffer through torture, abuse and rape.
Data
The type of data that I was focusing on was the current locations of the internment camps in the region of Xinjiang. This data collected is from an online data collection website called the 'Xinjiang Data Project' by the ASPI (Australian Strategic Policy Institute).
Artefact
For my visual artefact, I've created a chinese-inspired calendar booklet which exhibits the current locations of internment camps I have collected and spead out on different transparent sheets over a map of Xinjiang.