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Vanishing City: What Remains After YONAR on BarsakelmesFrom 17 to 19 September 2026, the Barsakelmes salt flat in Karakalpakstan hosted YONAR for the second time, bringing together art, music and communal living in a single experiment. Over three days, participants built White Salt City, then dismantled the camp, cleared away the materials and waste, and left the salt flat as they had found it. Yet the city lives on through the people who met there, the connections they forged and the projects that emerge far beyond its boundaries.Alfiya Kalmaganbetova#Ecology and Economics#Ideas & Analysis