The goal of the project was to spend two months on the -stan field and report the different political/human situations in such a diverse area, starting from Turkey, proceeding in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Kazakistan and passing by Ukraine after clashes and Romania.

Stan as a word has several meanings in different languages, from habitat to tent, from apartment to land. During our inquiry, we could retrace all these elements in the vast -stan area, having in mind the importance of the 40th parallel, the most crossed road in the history. Despite a luminescent past (Silk Road) the entire area is now facing post-communist identities, nationalisms and petrol oriented policies. Furthermore the vast steppe still put together natural bareers and adaptation skills with new society instances.

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