tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61902819507863494492024-02-07T06:54:40.951+01:00HMKV proudly presents: Next stop Moscow (14-21 July 2016) and Vladivostok (22-28 July 2016)Welcome to HMKV's blog.<p>
This blog currently documents a research trip to twelve former Soviet Republics for a new regional project of the Goethe-Institut (2015-17). Earlier entries document the "Afro-Tech and the Future of (Re-)Invention" research trip to Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria (10-25 April 2014, Anne Bergner and Inke Arns), and the INDUSTRIAL on Tour trip to five industrial cities in Poland (27 Sep - 9 Oct 2011, Thibaut de Ruyter, Inke Arns et al.)</p><a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190281950786349449.post-73902150499569020832016-05-18T14:00:00.000+02:002016-07-09T10:18:26.146+02:00Researching a new regional project for the Goethe Institute (2015-2017) / Recherche für ein neues Regionalprojekt des Goethe-Instituts (2015–2017)<style>
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<b>EN</b> Thibaut de Ruyter and Inke Arns have embarked on a new adventure: Researching a new regional project for the Goethe-Institut (2015-2017)! The <b>first trip</b> brought us to <b>Russia and Belarus</b> -- Moscow (Aug 17-23, 2015), St. Petersburg (Aug 23-28, 2015), Yekatarinburg (Aug 28 - Sep 1, 2015), Novosibirsk (Sep 1-4, 2015), and Minsk/Belarus (Sep 4-6, 2015). The <b>second trip</b> brought us to <b>Central Asia</b> -- to Almaty/Kazakhstan (Nov 24-29, 2015), Bishkek/Kirgistan (Nov 29-Dec 3, 2015), Tashkent/Uzbekistan (Dec 3-9, 2015) and Dushanbe/Tadjikistan (Dec 9-13, 2015). The <b>third trip</b> brought us to the <b>Ukraine</b> (Kyiv, 25-31 Jan 2016). The <b>fourth trip</b> saw us in the <b>Caucasus</b> (Baku/Azerbaijan, Tblissi/Georgia, Yerevan/Armenia, 3-19 May 2016). And, finally, our <b>fifth trip</b> will bring us back to <b>Russia</b> (Moscow, 14-21 July 2016, and Vladivostok, 22-28 July). Expect to read more on this blog!<br />
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<b>DE</b> Thibaut de Ruyter und Inke Arns sind zu einem neuen Abenteuer aufgebrochen:
die Recherche für ein neues Regionalprojekt des Goethe-Instituts
(2015–2017)! Die <b>erste Reise</b> führte uns nach <b>Russland und Belarus</b>
-- Moskau (17.-23. Aug. 2015), St. Petersburg (23.-28. Aug. 2015),
Jekaterinburg (28. Aug. – 1. Sept. 2015), Nowosibirsk (1.-4. Sept. 2015)
und Minsk/Belarus (4.-6. Sept. 2015). Die <b>zweite Reise</b> ging nach <b>Zentralasien</b>
-- nach
Almaty/Kasachstan (24.-29. Nov. 2015), Bischkek/Kirgisien (29. Nov. - 3.
Dez. 2015), Taschkent/Usbekistan (3.-9. Dez. 2015) und
Duschanbe/Tadschikistan (9.-13. Dez. 2015). Die <b>dritte Reise</b> führte uns in die <b>Ukraine</b> (Kiew, 25.-31. Januar 2016). Die <b>vierte Reise</b> ging in den <b>Kaukasus</b> (Baku/Aserbaidschan, Tblissi/Georgien, Jerewan/Armenien, 3.-19. Mai 2016). Die <b>fünfte und letzte (Recherche-)Reise</b> führt uns nochmals nach <b>Russland</b> (Moskau, 14.-21. Juli 2016, und Vladivostok, 22.-28. Juli 2016). Mehr dann auf diesem Blog! <a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190281950786349449.post-86731863146028307422016-05-17T16:17:00.000+02:002016-05-18T16:23:40.170+02:00Yerevan, Armenia: Mies van der Rohe's subway entrance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It reminds me of something ... <br />
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... what was it ... <br />
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... somehow this looks strangely familiar ... <br />
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... even the roof construction ... <br />
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... it's the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin (1968)!<br />
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<a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190281950786349449.post-53004971234755817982016-05-11T18:30:00.000+02:002016-05-16T09:31:25.789+02:00Tbilisi, Georgia: Dinner at the Black Lion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Amazing food at the <a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g294195-d4014158-Reviews-The_Black_Lion_Restaurant-Tbilisi.html" target="_blank">Black Lion</a> restaurant in Tbilisi. Inke is speaking about the Nigerian connection. Now everybody at the table wants to apply for the NSK State in Time citizenship. Watch out for mass applications from Georgia! Photo by Nutsa Chikvaidze.<a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190281950786349449.post-45435976221327257322016-05-10T09:59:00.000+02:002016-05-16T09:59:32.700+02:00Tbilisi, Georgia: Museum of Word<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtQKTurudBCUZzle8Q_sZclBytrzVEX9QAMeI6iKvjkNGYojin5Vfio2v2Sp_jtKZ6ei-zdKEAzHuFMDPQbFruoOQ4xcoTErYCeDlNVf6lTR4fIKW9MM1WXTOItts0Aw4bixh1QYG6ctf/s1600/IMG_2260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggtQKTurudBCUZzle8Q_sZclBytrzVEX9QAMeI6iKvjkNGYojin5Vfio2v2Sp_jtKZ6ei-zdKEAzHuFMDPQbFruoOQ4xcoTErYCeDlNVf6lTR4fIKW9MM1WXTOItts0Aw4bixh1QYG6ctf/s320/IMG_2260.JPG" width="320" /></a>When in Tbilisi, don't miss this show! Here's an <a href="http://agenda.ge/news/57296/eng" target="_blank">article in English</a>. It's at the Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of Georgian
Literature, and it's on view until 16 May 2016!<a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190281950786349449.post-10698389031195699022016-05-10T08:50:00.000+02:002016-05-16T08:51:07.376+02:00Tbilisi, Georgia: Food porn II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Food porn, Tbilisi, Georgia: Khinkali - delicious traditional meat dumplings. Check <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khinkali">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khinkali</a> for more information.<a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190281950786349449.post-16298496322591926342016-05-09T08:55:00.000+02:002016-05-16T09:07:45.271+02:00Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgian - Klingon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Georgian script does not resemble any other known script or language - except <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klingon_language" target="_blank">Klingon</a>. <br />
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Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name ...<br />
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Plaster copy of the death mask of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (birth surname: Jughashvili; 18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953), as seen in Hüseyn Haqverdi's studio in Baku, Azerbaijan.<br />
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Stalin's birth name in Georgian was Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili
(იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი). He was born an ethnic Georgian; Georgia
was then part of the Russian Empire. The Russian-language version of
his birth name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Ио́сиф
Виссарио́нович Джугашви́ли). <br />
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Pleased to meet you: I am a mud volcano. As seen in Gobustan, Azerbaijan<br />
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See more on the muddy buddies here: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_volcano">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_volcano</a><br />
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Some volcanoes are burning because of the methane that's being released. <br />
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No, we did not take a bath. The mud volcanoes are cold.<br />
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Mutton balls<br />
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A not-so-happy Baku goat on a wheelbarrow being driven to the butcher<br />
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A cow's head, intestines and feet hanging in the streets of Baku <br />
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Walnuts (entire, black) and baclava<br />
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<b>DE</b> Was die deutsche Wikipedia über den <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaukasus" target="_blank">Kaukasus</a> weiß.<br />
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<b>EN</b> Olena Blank's amazing exhibition at Ya Gallery, Kyiv. Pumpkins in porcelain.<br />
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<b>EN</b> Pavel Gudimov, gallery director, giving us a tour of Olena Blank's exhibition. <a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190281950786349449.post-87088306133155456392016-01-24T17:42:00.001+01:002016-01-24T19:05:17.791+01:00Next stop: Kyiv<b>EN</b> We are getting ready for our next trip. Tomorrow we will be flying from Berlin to Kyiv, arriving in the Ukrainian capital on Monday 25 January 2016 early afternoon. Poyechali!<a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6190281950786349449.post-40084075134709687192015-12-13T17:45:00.002+01:002015-12-13T17:45:47.097+01:00Thanks to everybody / Dank an alle<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b>EN</b> Thanks to all those we met during our research trip in Almaty, Bishkek, Tashkent and Dushanbe -- thanks for your time, and it was great talking to you! We only returned to Berlin today, and still have to get over our jet lag ;-)<br />
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<b>EN</b> Goodbye Dushanbe - we are celebrating at the Tajik Bar in Dushanbe.<br />
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<b>EN</b> Here's the proof. It's really called Bundesbar, and they serve Eisbein from mutton.<br />
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<b>EN</b> Alex explaining me the difference between "stakan" and "bokal". Nice drawing!<br />
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<b>EN</b> Which one to take? Our colleague Aleksey Ulko at ZUM (Central Universal Department Store) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.<br />
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<b>DE</b> Welchen bloß nehmen? Unser Kollege Aleksey Ulko im ZUM (Zentrales Universal Kaufhaus) in Duschanbe, Tadschikistan.<br />
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<b>EN</b> OK, here's the one I chose for my new office. Watch out, dear colleagues at HMKV!<br />
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<b>EN</b> Welcome to Dushanbe, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan" target="_blank">Tajikistan</a>!<br />
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<b>EN</b> ... better wrap them in some inconspicuous paper. This particular one was written by the former British Embassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray. Its title is <i>Murder in Samarkand. A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror </i>and it was published by Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh and London, in 2006. A must-read by a very brave man. He was removed from his ambassadorial post in October 2004.<br />
Check out <a href="https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/documents/">https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/documents/</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Murray">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Murray</a><br />
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<b>DE</b> ... dann sollte man sie in unverfängliches Papier einschlagen. Dieses Prachtexemplar wurde von Craig Murray, dem ehemaligen britischen Botschafter in Usbekistan, geschrieben. Der Titel lautet <i>Murder in Samarkand. A British Ambassador's Controversial Defiance of Tyranny in the War on Terror</i>. Es wurde 2006 von Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh and London, veröffentlicht. Ein wichtiges Buch von seinem sehr mutigen Mann. Er wurde im Oktober 2004 von seinem Botschafter-Posten abgezogen. Mehr unter <a href="https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/documents/">https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/documents/</a> und <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Murray_%28Diplomat%29">https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Murray_%28Diplomat%29</a><a href="http://www.hmkv.de/">www.hmkv.de</a>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01756394399044761721noreply@blogger.com