Minerva Projects.

"Spanning seven years of fieldwork, research, and collective production, SRS (Silk Road Songbook) traces a contemporary and critical passage through the historically fraught geographies of the so-called Silk Road. The project unfolds across Istanbul, Tehran, Tashkent, Bishkek, and Xi’an, where women’s voices—grounded in land, song, and community—form the structural and emotional spine of the work. Istanbul, with its status as both an international hub and a historical crossroads, offers an ideal setting for launching a book as diasporic and multilingual as SRS.

What began as an audio-video installation has evolved into a book that resists conventional editorial hierarchies and embraces a feminist practice of translation and co-authorship. Lyrics from each site are repeated in six languages, with translators’ dialogues, divergences, and negotiations openly inscribed into the text. Here, translation is not simply a tool but a stance—one that privileges plurality and discourse over singular authority."

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