Wilson Center Experts
Mauricio Borrero
Short-Term Grant
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
Affiliation:
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, Indiana University
Wilson Center Project(s):
Environment, Tradition and Heritage in the Post-Soviet World: Lake baikal and Buddhist Datsans in the Buriat Republic
Project Summary
the environmental controversy related to Lake Baikal: preservation versus exploitation. The extent to which the preservation or restoration of religious architecture is a part of current Buriat cultural discourses.