Commemoration of Mustafa Shokai’s personality: monuments, cinema

Abstract

This article analyzes the commemorative practices of Mustafa Shokai, a prominent representative of Kazakh intelligentsia of the twentieth century in the modern cultural space of Kazakhstan. Two categories of memory practices that are most accessible to the General public are considered: monuments and cinematography using appropriate methodological tools. The author of the article pays special attention to the reasons, motivations and actors of the memory practices of Mustafa Shokai – most often the actors are his «countrymen», and all the monuments are located in the Kyzylorda region – in  the homeland of Shokai. The article was prepared in the framework of the project «Places of memory» in modern culture of Kazakhstan: processes of commemoration in public spaces».