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Under the Guise of Charity

Խմբագրակազմ — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:40:33 +0000

The documentary is questioning the perception and coverage of socio-economic, political and environmental issues in Armenia. Particularly, it refers to the correlation of Alaverdi city and it’s integral part – the Cooper-Molybdenium Combine. The contrast between the social reality and the coverage of it are being demonstrated, leaving the viewer to draw conclusions.

Film by Anush Titanyan
Project Director: Davit Stepanyan
The film has been implemented within the “ACTV- Alternative Coverage Workshops”, with the support of European Endowment for Democracy (EED).

Jonas Malberg – Lecture on Paimio sanatorium /Յոնաս Մալբերգ – Պայմիոյի առողջարանի մասին

Խմբագրակազմ — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:34:17 +0000

Lecture on Paimio sanatorium conservation management plan development project by Jonas Malberg – architectural historian, researcher at the Alvar Aalto museum, international consultant of Sevan writers’ resort’s restoration project. Alvar Aalto’s Paimio sanatorium and Gevorg Kochar’s and Mikael Mazmanyan’s Sevan writers’ resort’s restoration and conservation projects are included in Paul Getty’s “Keeping it Modern” program.

Ճարտարապետության պատմաբան, Ալվար Աալտոյի թանգարանի հետազոտող, Սևանի գրողների հանգստյան տան վերականգնման նախագծի միջազգային խորհրդատու Յոնաս Մալմբերգի դասախոսությունը՝ Պայմիոյի առողջարանի պահպանության կառավարման պլանի ձևավորման նախագծի մասին։ Ալվար Աալտոյի Պայմիոյի առողջարանի, ինչպես նաև Գևորգ Քոչարի և Միքայել Մազմանյանի Սևանի գրողների հանգստյան տան վերականգնման նախագծերը ընդգրկված են Փոլ Գեթի հիմնադրամի «Պահպանել Արդի» ծրագրի շրջանակում։

Richard Lachmann — How and Why Modern States Became Nation-States

Խմբագրակազմ — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:30:29 +0000

Ричард Лахман – Как и почему современные государства стали национальными․

Richard Lachmann (Ph.D. Harvard 1983) is professor of sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York. His book, Capitalists In Spite of Themselves: Elite Conflict and Economic Transitions in Early Modern Europe (Oxford, 2000) received the 2003 American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award. He is the author of States and Power (Polity 2010), What is Historical Sociology? (Polity 2013). He also is researching media coverage of war deaths in the United States and Israel from the 1960s to the present.

IN BETWEEN PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC

Խմբագրակազմ — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:10:02 +0000

How is the notion ‘public’ perceived today? Are its hypotheses clear and distinct? Is there any connection between the way the concept ‘public’ is perceived and the social structure? To what extent are the borders among the public, the social, the state, and the private tangible?

The series of interviews held in the streets, squares, parks, and yards is an attempt to get informed about the opinions and ideas circulating in different social groups, and at the same time to promote the process of rethinking and redefining the above-mentioned concepts.

Թեղուտի հիմնախնդիրը

Խմբագրակազմ — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:19:17 +0000

Akhtala Tailing Dump

Խմբագրակազմ — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:10:06 +0000

Comments on Akhtala tailing dump by the chairman of the Green Union of Armenia Hakob Sanasaryan.

“Post-Soviet Urban Spaces” by Hrach Bayadyan

Խմբագրակազմ — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:04:00 +0000

Since late 1990s, a number of changes have been made in the Yerevan city area, which give birth to various questions: How does the meaning of our environment change? Which new meanings emerge and which ones slowly fade away? Who is interested in these changes of meaning and who wants to preserve them? Who struggles for alternative meanings and how? The course of these changes can be described in three main dimensions: the continuing Soviet- Soviet-Armenian, which constantly changes its meaning due to context changes, as well as retaliatory actions against the nationalization and the commercialization of the city space. The accessibility of information concerning the city space, the growing social significance of the information-communication network can be mentioned as vivid characteristics of the general context (especially in the last few years).

The first years of independence were characterized by the desire to erase the unwanted traces of the Soviet Union and in doing so to nationalize the history of the city and its territory. By renaming the squares, the streets, the buildings and other places, by removing statues and replacing them with new ones, it was attempted to reflect the national historical past on the surface of the city in the face of glorious ancestors and great events.

From the perspective of addressing the above-mentioned questions and particularly discussing the relationship between Yerevan’s socialist past and the present processes, two monumental buildings should be paid special attention to: Mother Armenia (together with the Victory park) and the monument dedicated to the 50th university of Soviet Armenia (together with the entire area of Cascade) with their similarities and differences.

These can be very briefly described in the following manner: both being full of signs of the Soviet ideology have essentially lost their monumental discourse dimension: their aphorisms inseparable from socialist utopias have mostly been changed or have become unreadable. Yet the former is better connected with the Soviet past and the post-Soviet period interferences are more related to the efforts of nationalizing the territory or conserving what can be perceived as socialistic. While the second can be described as one of Yerevan’s extraordinary places which, in the cultural sense, is subject to constant interventions of westernization, preserving the environment created by replicating the Soviet monumentalism and the elements of national architecture.

Human. Zaruhi Hovhannisyan

Խմբագրակազմ — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:29:23 +0000

A film about Zaruhi Hovհannisyan (a musician, poet and activist in human and women’s rights issues, environmental problems) explores her life and activities. We hope that her story will serve as an inspiration for many others.

Dismantling

Խմբագրակազմ — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:58:54 +0000

Action. ACP company’s new machinations and illegalities

Խմբագրակազմ — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:57:01 +0000

ACP company’s new machinations and illegalities concerning the exploitation of Teghut mine due to the indulgence of RA Government emerged . The initiative assess this as a criminal crime the investigation of which should be carried out by Special Investigation Service.

They call for the conscious public not to let the illegal exploitation of our natural resources and take part in the decision-making processes concerning our life.

On December 21, 13:00 interested people were invited to Mashtots park for presenting the current situation in details.

The members of Civic Initiative for Protection of Teghut presented the current situation, the illegalities revealed and the actions planned from civic platform.

The Civic Initiative for Protection of Teghut also presented the manifest and principles of the initiative and called for active participation and support of the society.

Further a march to the RA Prosecutor’s Office was implemented where the initiative passed publicly the materials to the Special Investigation Service by demanding to investigate the case for punishing those who’re guilty.

The priority principles of the Civic Initiative for Protection of Teghut;

1. to stop the exploitation of Teghut mine
2. to recover the damage
3. to punish the authorities responsible for illegal decisions and private companies who were involved in the criminal project of Teghut
4. to eliminate the corruption in mining industry

See the Manifesto of the Initiative