The introspection of the activists Ruzanna Grigoryan, Gor Hakobyan, Arpine Galfayan and Eghia Nersisyan, who have undertaken the protection of the Mashtots park. While many people dream of a better society, few of them actually do something about it. The activists believe that in order to make a difference, it is important to act.  Thanks […]

The activists Ruzanna Grigoryan, Gor Hakobyan, Arpine Galfayan and Eghia Nersisyan, who have undertaken the protection of the Mashtots park, talk about the value system of the struggle. The core principles of the movement are the protection of the constitutional rights and freedoms of the citizens. The activists emphasize the need to create citizens  who […]

The activists Ruzanna Grigoryan, Gor Hakobyan, Arpine Galfayan and Eghia Nersisyan, who have undertaken the protection of the Mashtots park, clarify the technologies of the struggle. Throughout the movement, the activists have taken several important actions, including setting up tents in the park area, capturing a few boutiques, and creating a Citizens’ Platform, where voices […]

Ruzanna Grigoryan, Gor Hakobyan, Arpine Galfayan and Eghia Nersisyan, the activists undertaking the protection of the Mashtots park, comment on the attempts to label the movement. The initial attempts to label the movement came from the authorities, rather than from the public. Failing to relate the activists to any political or religious parties, the authorities […]

The politician Edgar Vardanyan gives a speech from the Citizens’ Platform of the  Mashtots park. The topic is “The Essence of the Constitutional Order”

Ruzanna Grigoryan, Gor Hakobyan, Arpine Galfayan and Eghia Nersisyan,  the activists undertaking the protection of the Mashtots park, talk about the continuation of the struggle. The activists explain the general and the specific objectives of the struggle. They are as follows: preserving the Mashtots park as a public space and preventing it from commercialization, holding […]

Ruzanna Grigoryan, Gor Hakobyan, Arpine Galfayan and Eghia Nersisyan, the activists undertaking the protection of the Mashtots park, explain the role of the police in this struggle. The role of the police has changed throughout the struggle. While in the beginning the police acted as an intermediary between the activists and the City Hall, handling […]

First speech at Mashtots Park Citizens’ Platform by ethnographer Aghasi Tadevosyan on Public Spaces 22.02.2012