A ten-year project entitled “Integral Study of the Silk Roads: Roads of Dialogue” was initiated by UNESCO in 1988.
The project
implied several expeditions to be organized to retrace some of the land and
maritime routes with the participation of experts from the participating
countries. The objective of the project, which uses a multidisciplinary
approach, was to perform field studies aimed to understand the extent of the
scientific, technological and cultural exchanges which took place between the
East and the West along these routes. It was designed to stimulate further
research at the international and national levels and promote the concept of
multiple identities and a common heritage.
The basic purpose of this project initiated by
UNESCO in 1988 as part of the World Decade for Cultural Development was to highlight
the complex cultural interactions arising from the encounters between East and
West and helping to shape the rich common heritage of the Eurasian peoples.
It is worth reminding that the idea to create
the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS) first appeared
during the “The Silk Road Steppe Route” scientific expedition, which took place
in Central Asia in 1991 as a part of the UNESCO “Integral Study of the Silk
Roads: Roads of Dialogue” project.
The brochure offers a brief description of the
activities performed in the course of the project duration of the project as
well as the results achieved.
The publication is available for download at
the website of IICAS (http://unesco-iicas.org/library/0/Bulletin+of+IICAS)
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