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Christine Martens

Home Country

United States

Central Asian textiles and the Islamic oral tradition - Sacred women, sacred sites and textiles of Central Asia: preservers of ethnic memory and identity

Program

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program

Program Country

Turkmenistan

Grant Activity Type

Research

Discipline

Arts

Academic Year

2007-2008

Dates

February 2008 - September 2008

Flex

Scholar type

U.S. Scholar

Project Title

Central Asian textiles and the Islamic oral tradition - Sacred women, sacred sites and textiles of Central Asia: preservers of ethnic memory and identity

Scholar Information

Grantee

Christine Martens

Title

Independent Researcher

Institution

The American Museum of Natural History

Host Institutions

Institution

Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy