Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Sunday, 8 November 2009

bombing from Janneke





List where I put the bombing papers:

1 on a bench in front of my house, in the Sint mariastraat.
1 on a bench close to my house, in front of community centre de Gaffel
1 on a bench in the Kruiskade Park
2 in multicultural Centre Odeon, in de Gouvernestraat
2 in Lantaren Venster in de Gouvernestraat
1 at the tram stop on the time table in front of midtown, Nieuwe Binnenweg
1 at the tram stop in front of Westerpavaljoen, Nieuwe Binnenweg
1 at supermarket Coop, Nieuwe Binnenweg

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Normen en waarden

Het jaar van de tradities

Waarom een Jaar van de Tradities?

Een belangrijke reden om het Jaar van de Tradities te organiseren, is dat het belang van tradities steeds meer wordt ingezien. Tradities zijn gewoonten en gebruiken die je van huis uit hebt mee gekregen. In een snel veranderende tijd, in een globaliserende wereld en in een multiculturele samenleving is er behoefte aan inzicht in de eigen tradities en die van de omgeving. Het Jaar van de Tradities wil een bijdrage leveren aan de bewustwording van het belang van tradities en rituelen.

Het woord traditie komt van het latijnse woord traditio, dat overhandigen betekent. Het is het doorgeven van cultuur van de ene generatie aan de andere generatie.
Tradities hebben dus niet alleen betrekking op vroeger, maar het zijn gewoonten en gebruiken die van ouders op kinderen zijn overgedragen.

Als wij het hebben over tradities met een historische dimensie, dan spreken wij vaak over immaterieel erfgoed. Sinds UNESCO in 2003 over de bescherming van het immaterieel erfgoed een conventie heeft aangenomen, heeft dit begrip in Nederland snel ingang gevonden. Onder immaterieel erfgoed worden de tradities en rituelen gerekend die belangrijk genoeg zijn om te behouden voor volgende generaties. Ook verstaan wij onder immaterieel erfgoed het verhaal achter het materieel erfgoed: de verhalen van de monumenten, archiefstukken en museumvoorwerpen.
In het Jaar van de Tradities willen wij de belangrijke tradities en rituelen in Nederland inventariseren, documenteren, onderzoeken en toegankelijk maken voor iedereen.

Monday, 2 November 2009

Poll



Wat vind jij het meest belangrijk? Normen en waarden, zoals: respect, vriendelijkheid, open minded zijn en tolerantie. Of tradities zoals: Sinterklaas, Koninginnedag, beschuit met muisjes en carnaval?
Leeftijd: 15-25 Tradities
Leeftijd: 15-25 Normen en waarden
Leeftijd: 25-35 Tradities
Leeftijd: 25-35 Normen en waarden
Leeftijd: 35+ Tradities
Leeftijd: 35+ Normen en waarden








Paste ups

Sunday, 25 October 2009

VoxPop III

Ok, peeps! Here are the anwers to the VoxPop Janneke and I held in Rotterdam, and some I got from asking people I know who live in or nearby Rdam or who have lived here, etc. They are completely random, and the ages are stated at each statement. I'll translate them later be necessary, but I haven't slept, so please excuse me for now!

Let's discuss them tomorrow at 8.30 in the WdKA!


Er is altijd wel weer wat leuks om naar uit te kijken. Ook al lijkt alles somber.
Leeftijd 46

Sinterklaas en de zwarte Pieten

Leeftijd 22

Respect

Leeftijd 23

Ouderwetse Hollandse stamppot

Leeftijd 60

Question everything!

Leeftijd 22

Muziek

Leeftijd 29

Minstens 1 dag van de kerst dagen met de hele familie door te brengen

Leeftijd 30

Live and let live

Leeftijd 30

Achtergrond en karakters van mij

Leeftijd 18

Vriendelijkheid

Leeftijd 21

Sinterklaas/kerstfeest

Leeftijd 50

Artiesten voor jongeren belangrijker

Leeftijd 16

Feesten

Leeftijd 16

Bevordering van samengaan culturen

Leeftijd 16

Respect

Leeftijd 85

Spoorbrug

Leeftijd 46

Achtergrond familie

Leeftijd 25

Skyline R’dam

Leeftijd 41

Vriendelijkheid

Leeftijd 14

Winkels

Leeftijd 14

Laurenskerk

Leeftijd 65

Minder fietsen op straat

Leeftijd 74

Beeldende kunst

Leeftijd 40

Sport als vrije tijd

Leeftijd 31

Sport als vrije tijd

Leeftijd 63

Geen geweld

Leeftijd 30

Aardig zijn voor anderen

Leeftijd 34

Nuchterheid

Leeftijd 26

Respect voor elkaar

Leeftijd 24

Koninginnedag

Leeftijd 23

Koninginnedag

Leeftijd 53

De Nederlandse geschiedenis met alles wat daarbij komt kijken

Leeftijd 27

Aandacht geven en tijd maken voor familie en vrienden in goede en slechte tijden

Leeftijd 57

Te kunnen leven zoals jij dat wilt

Leeftijd 22

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

VOXPOP II

Hey you guys,

I finally found the time to check my mail and our blog (I'm at school now) . i can see ya'll had a lot of ideas about the fox pop. My idea for a question is: If you were mayor of Rotterdam, what would you change or keep in the city? What part, place, symbol, etc of Rotterdam is most important for you/where do you feel most at home?

Karlijn told me that the idea is that next Tuesday we'll try out the fox pop. Problem is I work next Tuesday and Wednesday so I hope we can do it another day? Maybe this weekend or another weekday? I'm going to check my mail again tomorrow, but you can also call or text me.

Grtz Janneke

Sunday, 11 October 2009

vox pop msn chat

dan says: hello

dan says: all three in one convo

Koen says: haha

Koen says: yeah also in the other chat

Koen says: but ill close that one

dan says: me to

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: riight, was confused there for a sec :P

dan says: haha

Koen says: haha well we made it

Koen says: right, what's the plan my friends

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: to get some kind of good idea...

Koen says: yeah

Koen says: well shal I go first than?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: blow us away!

dan says: yea shore

Koen says: Allright wel to get started I thought about the exact question

Koen says: I'll first say it in dutch and then try to translate it

Koen says: Met welke traditie of gebruik wil jij de inwoners van Rotterdam kennis laten maken?
Of Welke traditie of gebruik wat jij hebt geleerd wil jij graag doorgeven aan de inwoners van Rotterdam?

Koen says: Wich tradition or habit you learned do you want to introduce to the people of Rotterdam?
or Wich tradition or habit you learned do you like to pass on to the inhabitants of Rotterdam?

Koen says: Than the way for the voxpop

Koen says: Like we discussed last week, I'm a believer of luring people to you with food.

Koen says: So maybe strawberrys in chocolate or typical foods from all kind of cultures. Just to get the people close and then ask them the question.

Koen says: But next to that I think it can also be interesting if we made just a piece of paper with a question and paste it to places where people wait for the bus, train, tram or at offices. A collegue of mine did it that way, and he was getting a lot of reactions with only pasting paper on a busstop, with a pen attached to it.

Koen says: So maybe we can do and and do both

Koen says: An other think we can think about is not luring the people with food but luring people out of curiosity

Koen says: so than we have to think about creating something strange, so people come our way out of curiosity. But than the problem is how to integrate the question

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: (or oa comb of those, since we may run out of food?)

dan says: yea that's true but if we use food we have to make shore we have enough so it will last

Koen says: yeah or lets say we make 100 things? so if we run out of it, then we have enough answers

dan says: yea and if we use fruit or sweets that will be cheep to get a lot of small ones

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: number of foods is number of answers...

Koen says: yea

Koen says: exactly, the thing is that I'm curious how people will react to that

Koen says: and how to make it work

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: indeed...

Koen says: if we make a big banner with free food

Koen says: when is the time to ask the people the question

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: hordes will come!

Koen says: haha

Koen says: maybe we have to walk with a plate sweets on them

Koen says: and then ask tthem do you want this delicious thing ( whatever it may be) and than immediately ask them a question

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: mobile 'maid cafe'

Koen says: so we dont make a stand

Koen says: yeah exactly

Koen says: walking

Koen says: so but im curious about your ideas

dan says: how would we record it?

Koen says: camera

Koen says: or maybe not

Koen says: maybe we have to tape them secretely

Koen says: but then we dont get pictures of the people

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: most people don't want a camera in their face.. this I know from experience...

Koen says: yeah

Koen says: your right

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: and basically, we only need their voice... since we didn't want to be biased

Koen says: yep

dan says: yea

Koen says: but we thought about taping so maybe we can do something in the future with the data

Koen says: but I think we have to do it secretely

dan says: i think we do need them to know they are being taped

Koen says: just to make it easier for us

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: aah, true...

Koen says: yeah but how can we make that work then?

dan says: but if we wont to play the recordings at the presentation we need to have permission and to make that work we would need some where were they can record by themselves in privet to make them feel more relaxed about doing it

Koen says: why do we need permission Dan?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: research standards...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: always let the participants know what your doing...

dan says: well we can do it without permission but technically speaking it is illegal to present it in public without permission

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: or at least afterwards...

Koen says: Well in that case maybe the best thing to do is just being absolutely honest.

Koen says: Good day sir we are bla bla bla from blablabla can I ask you one question?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: 'No'

Koen says: haha

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: luring, then the 'blabla' might work though

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: but that would require people coming to YOU, not the other way around

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: people will think they have better things to do, and right they are...

dan says: but thats what we have to convince them that it is worth there time

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: I myself was thinking aboout some sort of open tent, but I didn't think security would love us for it

dan says: we would need something that is completely portable to keep them from getting angry

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: exactly

Koen says: like...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: and because of the rain... some kind of shelter would be nice... that's where my thoughts were going...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: how to solve it, that's another question *sweatdrop*

Koen says: Well if it rains than it could be very easy

Koen says: just walk around with giant umbrellas

Koen says: and people can come under it

Koen says: but then they have to answer the question

Koen says: so we buy 3 giant umbrellas

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: true enough

Koen says: paint a question sign on top of it

Koen says: awsome

Koen says: but then it HAS to rain

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: yeah

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: and it -is- a rain-sun-rain-sun kind of deal these days...

Koen says: We can never be certain

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: nope

dan says: what happens if we taped a recorder to a umbrella and ad a curtain around it then we have a portable tent that people have privacy in

Koen says: hahaha

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: ooooh

Koen says: Pretty cool idea

Koen says: but will people actually go in?

Koen says: its pretty small

Koen says: maybe thats to private, you know what i mean?

dan says: make it a see through shower curtain then?

Koen says: but what will trigger the people actually going in

Koen says: because the audience has to come really close to a person wiuth a umbrella they dont know

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: doesn't have to be a full length cutain, maybe just enough to cover heads

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: that's true

dan says: no you let them hold the umbrella

dan says: lol

dan says: that would be really close

Koen says: ahhhh

Koen says: thats what you mean

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: and then they would run away with it :P

Koen says: that could be a good one

Koen says: just handig them a umbrella

Koen says: with a curtain

Koen says: and a question in it

Koen says: and how they answer

Koen says: by speaking and we tape it?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: guess so

dan says: yea just a quick idea i hadn't thought of everything about it

Koen says: yeah

Koen says: but I think it can work

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: but I think there might be a need of something extra... another trigger...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: just keeping dry may not cut it

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: maybe there's where food comes into play... but it'll need to be a real GIANT umbrella...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: more like a... you know... anti-sun thing...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: word escapes me...

Koen says: yeah

dan says: yea

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: sunbrella >.>

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: excuse my idiocy :P

dan says: if we did that we would really need to get people curious about it

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: yup

Koen says: indeed

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: and that when it doesn't rain, it'll still work

dan says: any ideas?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: if we make it hospitable enough, make it give of a safe, warm, cozy feeling, people might still be intruiged into 'sheltering'

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: even if it's just to talk about I-don't0-know-what, and we just pop the question at some time

Koen says: hmmm...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: well, it would work with loder people... but I'm not so sure about younger... ehehe...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: loder..? older...

dan says: maybe louder is the solution just be loud to get attention

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: music... colours..?

Koen says: well i think that younger people if you just wallk to them you can get ypur answers

Koen says: to me its more the old people

Koen says: because I think if it doesnt rain

Koen says: people dont come for shelter

Koen says: they are in the city with a reason, buying stuff and getting hoem as quickly as possible

dan says: so do we stand in there way or to the side?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: true, though going to people to get them to answer a question... last time someone came to me I was ready to clobber them, just because it was the upteenth time...

Koen says: hmm

Koen says: difficult

dan says: so we have to make them come to us

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: yea

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: I really think that has to be the case

Koen says: so we're back at the start

Koen says: luring them with food? luring them out of curioscity

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: guess so

dan says: is there a way we could rope off a area of the street? and then people culd have to walk through our area

Koen says: hmm

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: not sure... no idea

Koen says: I dont think people like that

dan says: yea thats true

Koen says: And we can;t lie about they can win a bgi prize when they participate can we?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: lol, no

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: unless the bog prize is a sweet :P

Koen says: haha

Koen says: the big prize is that you have done your good deed of the day

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: a hug from a person of choice

Koen says: maybe we have to play into the feeling that they really did a good deed by participating for 10 seconds

dan says: maybe they get to play a game after answering a question

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: or we make a game that makes sure we get an answer at the end of it

Koen says: but a game that takes a lot of time off peoplew

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: life size 'ganzenborden'.. eh...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: ah, true...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: forgot

Koen says: so then the game has to be really really interesting

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: life-changing interesting...

Koen says: haha

Koen says: and what if we make a big banner

Koen says: and a table with food on it

Koen says: so they could already read the question

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: I'm actually a fan of the idea of a banner

Koen says: and than they can make the choice if i take delicious food i have to answer that question

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: and what abput market days? might be a good time...

Koen says: indeed

Koen says: but i wonder how many people will come

Koen says: I have nu idea

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: no idea...

Koen says: Dan, you a live?

Koen says: alife

dan says: sorry was just thinking

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: thinking is good!

dan says: its really hard to tell how many people will actually participate

Koen says: yes

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: no way to tell from just guessing

Koen says: so we have to find out

Koen says: so what idea whe think could attract the most people than we're just trying that out

Koen says: and than it could be an option to also bomb the streets with papers and pens attached to busstops etc

Koen says: (just to get more people

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: exactly, we don't have to hold on to just one idea

Koen says: lets do both

Koen says: the bombing is very easy

Koen says: we design the paper

Koen says: print it 100 times out

Koen says: making a paste tour through rotterdam

Koen says: and after a few days you pick the papers op

Koen says: it could maybe also say something about wehat kind of people or neighborhoods are willing to participate in it

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: true that

dan says: yea

dan says: i think for the non printed one we need to make the experience as quick as possible for people

Koen says: indeed

Koen says: so how do we do that

dan says: maybe the banner should have the question on it so people know the question by the time they get to us. did some one already say that tho?

Koen says: yeah

Koen says: but then why should people go to that banner and answer it

Koen says: I have an idea

Koen says: What if we make a big banner

Koen says: and put the quastion on it

Koen says: but underneath it we write down the answers we get in one word

dan says: or do we have a banner saying answer our question and win a surprise

Koen says: and then turving

Koen says: so people can immediately see what we do with their answers and what the rest is saying

Koen says: so they we immediately give it back to the people of rotterdam

dan says: yea thats true but would seeing that change there answer

Koen says: beacuse they get influenced from others

Koen says: that could be an option

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: good point

Koen says: but maybe the had an answer in their mind and they see a different one and they think a yeah thats more important to me

Koen says: so than they wouldnt lie

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: could go both ways

dan says: yea

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: and if it's only one word, how much influence could that be?

Koen says: well if they see something like be good to people

Koen says: and they see that 80 people said that I can imagine that more people wil answer that question also

Koen says: so you have a point

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: that's true

Koen says: If we ask them individualy we will get different answers than if we putted them on a banner

Koen says: but yeah the question is if it's wrong

dan says: if whats wrong?

Koen says: that people are getting influenced aand answer same things because they see it on the screen

dan says: which wuld be more intresting

Koen says: Well I think we get more answers with writing it on the banner

Koen says: but maybe the individual questions would be more interesting

Koen says: if we ask them individual we get more different answers i would say

dan says: yea thats what i would say

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: would make it more difficult for us

Koen says: a lot i think

dan says: hmm

Koen says: but maybe it could also be more handy for our research if we have less different answers

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: easier to make categories

Koen says: indeed

dan says: i guess it would be cheeper if we just brought a big sheet and some pens!

Koen says: and that we can do with the banner right?

dan says: yea

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: yup

Koen says: so maybe we just have to do it

Koen says: and if one doesnt work well we skip to the other idesa

Koen says: with the writing down the answers yes or no

dan says: which one was that?

Koen says: well if we just make a big sheet with the question on it

Koen says: no never mind

Koen says: im brabbeling

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: oi

dan says: oi what?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: Koen's brabbeling... that's worth an 'oi', no? ;)

dan says: dont worry koen i just got what you said and what is brabbeling?

Koen says: ahh

Koen says: brabbeling is talking shit

Koen says: so i was trying to say something but then I was like no this doesnt make sense

dan says: ahh ok

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: ghehehe

dan says: so were going to make a big banner and get people to write there answers on it yea?

Koen says: aahh thats also an option

Koen says: i ment that we were writing it down and categorising it

Koen says: but we can let them do it also indeed

Koen says: and then we can categorize it at school

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: lay down some sheets and/or on a banner for them to write on, then we can make sure we have their answers and not our interpretations of what they said to us

dan says: yea

Koen says: allright

Koen says: lets do that

Koen says: we just make a sheet with the text on it

Koen says: and then we are standing by it luring people to us and give them a marker to ewrite things down

dan says: yea

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: yup

Koen says: okay

Koen says: well lets pick a date

Koen says: and lets formulate the excect question now

dan says: yea

Koen says: we have to make the question as easy understanding as possible

dan says: in dutch yea?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: so that it doesn't need an explanation

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: dutch yeah

Koen says: yea in dutch

Koen says: Met welke traditie of gebruik wil jij de inwoners van Rotterdam kennis laten maken?
Of Welke traditie of gebruik wat jij hebt geleerd wil jij graag doorgeven aan de inwoners van Rotterdam?

Koen zegt: Wich tradition or habit you learned do you want to introduce to the people of Rotterdam?
or Wich tradition or habit you learned do you like to pass on to the inhabitan

Koen says: can we simplify this?

dan says: do you have a tradition or habit you would like to pass on to the people of rotterdam?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: "What tradtion or habit is important to you?"

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: if it's important to them, they might want to take it 'into the future' and 'introduce the rest of R'dam with it'

Koen says: but is What tradtion or habit is important to you?" the same as Wich tradition or habit you learned do you want to introduce to the people of Rotterdam?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: not exactly, no

Koen says: your missing out the part sharing with your inhabitants odf rotterdam

Koen says: im not sure if thats a bad thing or a good thing

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: not sure either...

Koen says: because the question is really simple and easy what i like

dan says: i dont think we need to say the people of rotterdam because were asking the people of rotterdam

Koen says: thats true

Koen says: but there are also traditions that you might not want to share with rotterdam?

Koen says: but you still can find them important to you

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: true

dan says: yea

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: 'worth sharing'

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: might be brutish...

Koen says: what tradition/value./habit do you want to share

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: 'with who?'
so maybe 'with rotterdam' might not be amiss

dan says: i dont think we need to mention rotterdam at all

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: maybe not no, now that I think about it

Koen says: okay

Koen says: so just ask them

Koen says: wich valye or habit or blabla is worth sharing

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: yeah

dan says: yea

Koen says: oke

Koen says: great

Koen says: well that leaves us with the date

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: too much text is also a bother, so

Koen says: caraline you know anything about jannekes schedule?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: nothing

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: But I do have her number, if her email was correct, do I can call

Koen says: allright

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: I can try righ tnow

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says:hold on!

Koen says: yeah great

Koen says: and dan maybe we can alsom bomb the city

Koen says: just for fun

Koen says: for having a great story

dan says: yae

dan says: yea im up for it

Koen says: allright

Koen says: and of course you too caraline

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: up and going!

Koen says: alright

Koen says: we can fix designing the paper in half an hour I think dan

Koen says: this week

dan says: yea

dan says: ive only got one problum i think i need to go to project week because i get credits for it

dan says: but i will double check

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: i have Janneke, so wait a minute

dan says: ok

Koen says: hmm yeah that could be a problem

dan says: i well go see Helen Howard tomorrow

dan says: will*

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: except for thursday, all days in the morning and afternoons

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: and we still have the 'safe-week'

Koen says: yeah

Koen says: but then dan istn part of it

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: true

Koen says: and for you carlaline?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: tuesday is a bad day, but I'm probably free for the rest of this week

Koen says: allright so we got wednesday and friday

Koen says: than i would say wednesday

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: unless I have an appointment for an internship, but that'll be last minute, so can't say anything about that

dan says: yea im not here fri

Koen says: ah yeah

Koen says: but tuesday is market day

dan says: i can defiantly let you know if i can do wed tomorrow and i dont mind not being there as long as i help do something

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: well, tuesday is possible actually, it'll just be a freakishly long day for me then :P

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: unless I skip SLC in the morning... wich I just might do...

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: so tuesday/wednesday, with tomorrow as a 'can i really go'date?

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: checkpointmonday as it were

Koen says: uhmm so we say tuesday

Koen says: and if it cant be tuesday

Koen says: than wednesday

dan says: tomorrow is going to be really busy in the day tho

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: yeah, but just to let us know tuesday really is possible, in a way of a quick sms?

Koen says: yeah but dan does have a problem becauce actually he has every day lessons

Koen says: or the project i mean

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: ahaa

Koen says: me to actually

dan says: yea

Koen says: but i think im going to skip a lot of it because i dont HAVE to and Dan does

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: I see

Koen says: but if thats the thing then you just can;t every day dan

dan says: yea

Koen says: only at night

Koen says: but thats not an option

dan says: what night?

dan says: well we would have to do the pasting at night

Caraline ~ Saezuru! says: probably

Koen says: yeah but i dont think thats the problem

Koen says: its the daytime banner thing thats the problem

dan says: yea

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Jongerencultuur / 'Rotterdam is in wezen een provinciestad'

Jonge Rotterdamse cultuurmakers spijkerden vorige week donderdag, midden in de nacht, een manifest op de deuren van cultuurinstellingen en het stadhuis. Het roer moet om, anders gaat in Rotterdam over tien jaar het licht uit.

Van Strien (36) is een van de 'leden' van R2002, een samenwerkingsverband van 22 jonge cultuurmakers in Rotterdam, dat met een tien-puntenmanifest het totale gebrek aan kennis van de straat en jongeren-subculturen bij de 'gevestigde orde' wil doorbreken. Want ondanks het hippe, jonge en dynamische imago van Rotterdam, worden veelbelovende initiatieven van jong talent vroegtijdig de kop ingedrukt of domweg niet (h)erkend. ,,We zijn blij als we in een krant of de Nieuwe Revu 'hip' genoemd worden. Maar het lukt absoluut nog niet om mensen buiten Rotterdam duidelijk te maken wat dat dan precies inhoudt. Rotterdam is voor de buitenwereld nog te veel een flitsend decor, zonder dat ze de acteurs kennen.''

Het probleem is tweeledig, vinden ook Bernard Zom (34) van communicatiebureau The Shop en Michel Smit (30), die samen met een partner het in Rotterdam steeds populairdere club Off Corso runt. De manier waarop Rotterdam jongerencultuur aan de man brengt is 'van een onthutsende oubolligheid'. Van Strien: ,,Ken je R'Uit? Dat is het culturele magazine van Rotterdam. Daar staat in waar je op donderdag kunt klaverjassen, zeg maar. Wat dat betreft zijn we in wezen nog een provinciestad.''

De subsidiepot jes worden al tientallen jaren beheerd door veertigers en vijftigers. Jongeren mogen wel ideeën leveren, maar die worden vaak uit hun handen gegrist en door de cultuursector totaal verkeerd aan de man gebracht. Zom: ,,Ze zitten achter een bureau en snappen niet waarom iets niet lukt. Je moet jongeren niet alleen iets laten bedenken, maar ze moeten dat 'halffabrikaat' ook zelf kunnen uitwerken. Zij snappen het beste hoe het in elkaar zit. We moeten van een top-down aanpak naar

bottom-up.''

Michel Smit moest vorige week nog een backpacker teleurstellen. ,,Die vroeg of er op dinsdag avond iets leuks te doen was in Rotterdam. Ik grapte dat hij wel mee naar huis mocht om leuke plaatjes te draaien. Maar eigenlijk is het triest.'' Smit zelf heeft, net als party-organisator en mede-R2002'er Ted Langenbach, bij Off Corso horeca en cultuur gemixt. Werk van jong talent, zoals video-artists, krijgt een kans, terwijl het publiek relaxed uit kan gaan. ,,Het is hier niet alleen maar bier drinken en lekkere wijven kijken. Als je dat kunt overbrengen, verzamel je vanzelf de juiste mensen om je heen.''

Off Corso is dan ook een voorbeeld van hoe je jongerencultuur zou moeten opstuwen. Zom: ,,Dit is veel meer 'underground' dan een zwaar gesubsidieerde expositie waar drie mensen op afkomen''. Het manifest van R2002 is dan ook helder. De initiatiefnemers, veelal laat-twintigers en dertigers, fungeren als 'grote broer of zus' voor aanstormend, jonger talent, dat maar al te vaak tegen starre instellingen of ambtenaren opknalt. De gemeente moet daarnaast het belang inzien van 'broedplaatsen'. Groepjes jongeren worden te vaak gezien als overlast, terwijl ze op straat juist ideeën opdoen. Van Strien: ,,We moeten in Rotterdam af van die negen-tot-vijfcultuur. De beste ideeën ontstaan 's avonds, maar dan zijn er nauwelijks dingen open. Cultuur gaat nu eenmaal 24 uur per dag door.''

Het manifest van R2002 wordt op 29 augustus aangeboden aan het nieuwe stadsbestuur. De grootste partij, Leefbaar Rotterdam, heeft een broertje dood aan al te veel subsidies voor cultuur. Op het cultuurbudget wordt zeker tien procent bezuinigd. Toch zijn de leden van R2002 niet bij voorbaat huiverig voor het nieuwe cultuurbeleid. Van Strien: ,,Ze hebben gezegd dat ze naar de burger gaan luisteren. Wij zijn ook een burgerbeweging.''


This text is about that the people from the government who can give away money for cultural foundations in Rotterdam are all old 'grey people' who don't no what's happening nowadays.

White City Stories

I know this is for a slightly younger audience than ours but i still think its a very good way that they got the children at a school to communicate there cultural heritage even if this was not there primary objective.



from

White City Stories

The white is the stadium, the rings are the athelets, their colours are from their national flags.
Taking the colours and symbols in OUR flags of origin and identity we created individual fusions. Representing race, nationality, religion these striking graphics are individual reflections of identity.

Definition of cultural heritage from Erasmus university

Cultural Heritage

Cultural heritage may be described as 'the actual use of the past'. In the West, the term 'cultural heritage' covers, primarily, tangible, man-made objects from a distant or recent past. All these objects - whether works of art, handicrafts, buildings, monuments, archaeological sites, books or documents - display important and characteristic aspects of the history of mankind, in particular the history of art, science and technology. They embody former beliefs, knowledge and skills. They secure individuals, groups and nations in time and place. So-called negative cultural heritage, reminiscent of difficult, even traumatic, events and episodes, is protected as well, as part of the history of a nation or a distinctive group.
In the West, a large number of these objects are being studied and exhibited through institutions equipped to protect and preserve them: archives, libraries, museums, listed archaeological and architectonic monuments. Studying the history and development of cultural heritage involves studying the institutions which protect that heritage; because they define cultural heritage to a high degree. In this research proposal, the institutional perspective is as important as the individual heritage objects themselves. By 'institution' we mean the complex made up of policies, practices and organizations.

Starting in the nineteenth century, an active heritage policy has taken shape and expanded. It was the outcome of the Enlightenment project of declaring all possible objects fit for collecting and research, objects from far away countries and civilisations included. Civilisations outside Europe were not so fascinated by the Other as we were and maybe still are. Objects and monuments have been collected in museums and archives, or protected by law. Heritage institutions are seen as powerful instruments of nation-building which not only record the history of the nation, but also sustain its legitimacy.

States with colonial empires outside Europe took home with them interesting and valuable objects found in the colonies, and presented them to the heritage institutions of their homeland. In the colonies they built museums, libraries and archives, and protected important indigenous works of architecture.
Cultural heritage institutions such as museums kept pace with the process of globalisation, thanks to the information they disseminated about faraway countries and peoples. In many cases, historical information about the colonies was more accessible in the capitals of the colonial empires than in the colonies themselves.

In selecting the objects, two different standards were applied, one 'classic' and one 'romantic'. According to the classic standard, objects or monuments were selected that were considered a high point of human activity in the arts, science and technology. The emphasis was on tangible objects of high quality, collected on the basis of the European canon of culture. 'Romantic' cultural heritage, on the other hand, was collected mainly on the basis of identity. Objects, behaviours and performances were selected and recorded, as testimonies to human activity in the realm of religion, social structures, trade, art, and popular culture. Tangible objects were considered as important as intangible proofs of customs and traditions. The romantic collection method was applied primarily to non-European countries.
There was considerable interaction between these two concepts of culture. Quality and identity could be reversed, the quality of the objects confirming the nature of the nation or group that produced them. Tangible and intangible specimens of cultural heritage were stored and protected in the same institutions.

Globalisation contributed to the disappearance of the differences between 'classic' and 'romantic' cultural heritage. The UNESCO Convention of 1972 has introduced the concept of 'World Heritage' to protect both cultural and natural heritage of outstanding universal value for mankind. Though the scope of the World Heritage List is world-wide, the nomination procedure has to be initiated by individual state-parties of UNESCO. In most cases, the choice of the national contribution to the World Heritage List was linked to the most cherished traditions and/or the identity of the country.
With the installation of the UNESCO list of Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Objects in 2001, the romantic view of heritage achieved its ultimate recognition. This new inventory was explicitly established to undo the imbalance between the heritage of the West, consisting largely of tangible objects, and the intangible cultural assets of non-Western countries.

In recent decades the body of cultural heritage has increased at an astonishing pace, as ever more objects and other remnants of the past have been deemed worthy of protection. New kinds of heritage institutions have arisen in the form of theme parks and other organizations featuring replicas or fictitious interpretations of the past. Also the differences between 'nature' and man-made objects have become blurred, since historic parks and polders are now regarded as part of our cultural heritage. No doubt in future the title 'Cultural Landscape' will be bestowed on all kinds of objects, places and environments that are in some way reminiscent of the past. An European convention on Cultural Landscapes has been undersigned.


link

immigration in to the Netherlands


Since living here i have got the impression that most people think Moroccans and people from other Eastern country's are the largest source of immigrants in to the Netherlands but as you will see from this map (well you need to go to the website to see it work correctly) the largest number of immigrants from 2008 and have been for many years in the past is in fact people coming from Germany and this is something nobody has spoke of in lessons what about German cultural heritage in the Netherlanders.

immigration in to the Netherlands

social security benefits Rotterdam

I have just found this info about young people in Rotterdam on social security benefits the data is from 2007 though with the credit crunch this will no doubt be higher now how is this influencing cultural heritage? if the paragraph i posted earlier is correct then the less money people have there cultural heritage should play a larger role in there lives?


Dependency rate also high in Rotterdam

The municipalities with the highest proportions of young social security claimants are found in the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Limburg. In municipalities with more than one hundred thousand residents, Rotterdam has the highest amount of young social security recipients (3.9 percent). In absolute terms, Rotterdam also tops the list with over 3 thousand young people involved. In Reiderland, for example, 30 young people were living on social security benefits last year.

Statistics Netherlands

Paragraph from the 'Diversities in Perspective Essays by Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes for the European Cultural Foundation (2007/2008)'



"In a remarkable essay entitled La Grande Perturbation,
the political scientist Zaki Laidi puts forward the thesis that
globalisation is both "a sociology of planetary
interdependencies" and "a representation of the world; in
other words, it is also a way of being and living in the world".
Developing an imagery of globalisation, he insists on the
immediacy of "global daily life", which implies a "cultural
devaluation of the long duration". He points out that market
ideology rejects "any mediation that might delay direct
access to the consumption of a product or a commodity". He
also recalls that globalisation is "a considerable source of
privatisation of public property", and of knowledge in
particular. Which is where cultural diversity comes in – as
global public property."



I find this paragraph extremely interesting as it really dose pose the question can globalization and cultural diversity co exist side by side?

heritage integration

a video i found on Google video i know its about England but are there any projects like this happening in Rotterdam where people are trying to bring together all faiths and people for one common goal?

exhibition on youth culture





Exhibition on youth culture from the south of Rotterdam. it mostly concentrated on hip hop artists and rappers. Is this as large a influence on Rotterdam youth as it makes out? maybe need to look in to other influences and the power they have over the young people?

Your World Rotterdam

Spreken wij wel dezelfde taal?

In de rubriek ‘onafhankelijk en vrij maar niet over de partij’ dit keer de column van Kirsten Verdel. Over Rotterdam als jongerenhoofdstad van Europa 2009 en de organisatie Your World die dit organiseert: ‘Hoe vaak is er niet geopperd dat het zo mooi zou zijn als we de kennis en ervaring van oudere mensen kunnen koppelen aan het enthousiasme en het talent van jongeren? Your World is het gewoon gaan doen.’

‘Het is deze maand precies vier jaar geleden dat er uit PvdA-koker een idee ontstond om eindelijk eens een keer iets positiefs te doen met en voor jongeren die mee willen doen in de maatschappij, in plaats van altijd alleen maar te klagen over wat er allemaal mis gaat en straffen op te leggen voor wangedrag. Het idee, in campagnetijd ontstaan, was om Rotterdam tot Jongerenhoofdstad van Europa te bombarderen. Of Europa überhaupt de titel 'Jongerenhoofdstad' kende, dat was onbekend, maar zo niet: dan moest het er maar komen. Het idee werd omarmd door de Rotterdamse gemeenteraad en uiteindelijk ook door de Europese instanties die er iets officieels van konden maken. In 2009 zou Rotterdam European Youth Capital zijn. De gemeenteraad en diverse sponsoren maakten miljoenen vrij om het project op de rails te zetten.

De organisatie van het Jongerenjaar heet 'Your World'. Ik heb me de afgelopen tijd steeds meer verbaasd over de enorme hoeveelheid activiteiten die Your World in Rotterdam op heeft weten te zetten. Om de haverklap zijn er groot- en kleinschalige evenementen waar jongeren hun talenten kunnen ontplooien. Door jongeren bedachte plannen krijgen ondersteuning van experts en worden (soms met financiële ondersteuning) massaal uitgevoerd. En... proefballonnetjes die politici al jarenlang telkens opnieuw oplaten maar waar nooit iets mee gebeurt, worden nu ineens uitgeprobeerd. Het mooiste voorbeeld daarvan zijn de Dynamic Duo's. Hoe vaak is er niet geopperd dat het zo mooi zou zijn als we de kennis en ervaring van oudere mensen kunnen koppelen aan het enthousiasme en het talent van jongeren? Er wordt dan gesproken over 'mentors' of 'coaches', en complete gemeentelijke taskforces worden ingericht om een (gaap) beleidsplan te ontwikkelen om zoiets mogelijk te maken. Er gebeurt meestal weinig.

Nee, neem dan Your World: die zijn het gewoon gaan doen. Er zijn inmiddels al bijna 1.000 (!) succesvol gecreëerde koppels. Er zijn zelfs al een meerdere bedrijfjes gestart door jongeren met behulp van hun Dynamic Duo Partner. De inktvlekwerking van het project wordt steeds groter. Het enthousiasme van de betrokkenen werkt aanstekelijk: ik heb me ook aangemeld. Je merkt echt in de stad dat er een nieuwe golf van creativiteit en enthousiasme is. Jongeren worden en voelen zich steeds meer betrokken.

Maar let wel: dat kan niet zomaar vertaald worden naar betrokkenheid bij de politiek. Dat de Rotterdamse jongeren zich meer betrokken voelen bij hun stad, betekent niet per se dat ze zich ook betrokken voelen bij de politiek, landelijk of lokaal. Sterker nog, uit zogeheten 'Your Lab'-sessies die met jongeren worden gehouden blijkt dat de jeugd een grote afkeer heeft van de politiek. Ze voelen zich niet serieus genomen, hebben niet het idee dat er naar hen wordt geluisterd. Ze zijn bang dat ze nu de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen eraan komen weer een speelbal worden van politieke belangen en spelletjes in de media. Die afkeer zit echt diep en uit zich vaak in woede of agressie. Tegelijkertijd zit daar ook weer enorm veel energie in, die omgebogen kan worden naar iets positiefs. En dat is natuurlijk precies het doel en de hoop van Your World. Als Rotterdam iets kan leren van het Jongerenjaar, dan is het wel hoe belangrijk het is om met elkaar te communiceren. En ook al heeft Rotterdam 167 nationaliteiten; ik doel nu niet op spreektaal, maar op de taalkloof tussen de generaties. Rotterdamse instanties, politici en organisaties leren nu dat ze moeten vragen: 'Hoe zou jij het doen als je het voor het zeggen had? Wat wil jij?'

Die simpele vraag krijgen jongeren slechts zelden te horen. En dat is een les voor iedereen.’

Kirsten Verdel

Stuk uit een publicate van de Uva

Uit

Jongeren voelen zich ongeacht hun afkomst ‘Amsterdammer’

Islam heeft geen invloed op verbondenheid met Nederland

Bij de jongeren van buitenlandse afkomst maken de onderzoekers een onderverdeling in vier groepen: ‘de evenwichtskunstenaar' die verschillende plaatsgebonden identiteiten samen laat gaan, de ‘kleurbekenner' die zich gedwongen voelt de ene identiteit boven de andere te kiezen, de jongere die zich ‘boven alles Amsterdammer' voelt, en een zeer kleine groep die de positie inneemt van ‘bewuste buitenstaander' en zich terugtrekt in de ‘eigen groep'.

De religiositeit verschilt sterk onder de Amsterdamse jongeren. Die van Nederlandse afkomst zijn sterk geseculariseerd. De overgrote meerderheid van de jongvolwassenen van Marokkaanse of Turkse afkomst beschouwt zichzelf als moslim, terwijl de helft van de jongvolwassenen van Surinaamse afkomst zichzelf ziet als christen, hindoe of moslim. Zichzelf rekenen tot een religie betekent niet automatisch dat de jongvolwassenen ook daadwerkelijk praktiserend zijn of dat religie een belangrijke plaats inneemt. Hierin zijn grote verschillen. Het belang dat wordt gehecht aan het behoren tot een religieuze groep en de mate van orthodoxie hebben geen invloed op de relatie met Nederland of Amsterdam. Ook strenggelovige jongeren voelen zich thuis in Nederland. Jongeren met een orthodoxe geloofsopvatting en die het belangrijk vinden om tot een religieuze groep te horen voelen zich wel vaker meer Marokkaan of Turk dan Nederlander.

Met de labels die de jongvolwassenen zelf gebruiken benadrukken ze de diversiteit, zij zien zichzelf bijvoorbeeld als Marokkaanse Amsterdammer of als Turkse Nederlander. Deze diversiteit is voor hen belangrijk. Grote containerbegrippen zoals ‘allochtoon' en ‘autochtoon' moeten worden vermeden, concluderen Van der Welle en Mamadouh. Het label allochtoon scheert teveel over één kam en doet zo te kort aan de diversiteit. Bovendien zorgt het label ‘allochtoon' voor associaties met achterstand en problemen.

Rotterdamse allochtone en autochtone jongeren voelen grote culturele afstand

Rotterdamse allochtone en autochtone jongeren voelen grote culturele afstand
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Inleiding
Ondanks dat allochtone jongeren over het algemeen meer geïntegreerd zijn geraakt, bestaat er onder zowel allochtone als autochtone jongeren het gevoel dat de onderlinge culturele afstand is gegroeid. Dit is een conclusie uit het boek “De lat steeds hoger: de leefwereld van jongeren in een Multi-etnische stad”. In het boek presenteert prof. dr. Han Entzinger de resultaten van zijn onderzoek onder Turkse, Marokkaanse en autochtone jongeren tussen de 18 en de 30 jaar in Rotterdam. In 1999 is hetzelfde onderzoek gedaan. Opvallend is dat jongeren in een paar jaar tijd, waarin de moorden op Pim Fortuyn en Theo van Gogh en de aanslagen in New York plaatsvonden, anders over integratie zijn gaan denken.
Probleemstelling
Hoe kijken zowel allochtone als autochtone jongeren naar integratie?
Beschrijving
In 1999 ondervroegen de onderzoekers 962 Rotterdamse jongeren. 373 van hen waren van Turkse afkomst, 319 van Marokkaanse afkomst en de overige 270 waren autochtonen. Voor het recente onderzoek werden in 2006 647 jongeren uit Rotterdam ondervraagd waaronder 281 van Turkse afkomst, 168 van Marokkaanse afkomst en 198 autochtonen.
De vragen gingen over uiteenlopende zaken als godsdienstbeleving, politiek, vriendschappen, de rol van de islam, nationale identiteit, taal, mediagebruik, discriminatie, radicalisering, wederzijdse beeldvorming en toekomstverwachtingen.
Conclusies
Entzinger spreekt van een integratie-paradox: Hoewel Turkse en Marokkaanse jongeren over het algemeen beter de taal spreken en vaak hoger opgeleid zijn dan een paar jaar geleden, hebben zowel allochtonen als autochtonen het gevoel dat de culturele afstand groter geworden is.
Een van de verklaringen hiervoor kan zijn dat de lat voor integratie hoger is komen te liggen. Dit blijkt bijvoorbeeld uit het feit dat meer dan de helft van de allochtone jongeren tijdens het onderzoek van 1999 zei erg goed Nederlands te spreken. In 2006 zei slechts eenderde van deze jongeren dit. Dit is een opvallende verschijning aangezien de jongeren die nu tussen de 18 en de 30 over het algemeen de Nederlandse taal beter onder de knie hebben dan zij die in 1999 ondervraagd werden.
Ook kan het gevoel van culturele afstand verklaard worden door een aantal verschillen tussen de levenswijzen van allochtone en autochtone jongeren.
  • Tussen allochtone en autochtone jongeren zijn grote verschillen wat betreft de woon- en gezinssituatie. In tegenstelling tot autochtone jongeren wonen Turkse en Marokkaanse jongeren bijna nooit ongehuwd samen of zelfstandig op kamers.
  • Jongeren van Turkse en Marokkaanse afkomst in Rotterdam zijn bijna allemaal gelovig. Van de autochtone jongeren is meer dan de helft ongelovig.
  • Het aandeel allochtone jongeren dat zegt de regels van het geloof strikt te volgens is gestegen. 42 procent van de ondervraagde Turkse jongeren en 58 procent van de Marokkaanse jongeren stelt dit.
  • De meerderheid van de jongeren van Turkse of Marokkaanse afkomst voelt zich in de eerste plaats Turk of Marokkaan, vervolgens Rotterdammer en daarna Nederlander. Bij de autochtone jongeren weegt de nationale identiteit over het algemeen zwaarder dan de ‘Rotterdamse-identiteit’.

Het Marrokanentasje

Te koop:

Marokkaanse leren tasjes

1. Donker bruin leren tasje. Afmeting: 19 x 16 cm € 20,00
2. Licht bruin leren tasje. Afmeting: 22 x 20 cm € 25,00
3. Licht bruin vierkant leren tasje. Afmeting: 15 x 17 cm € 20,00
4. Licht bruin rechthoekig tasje. Afmeting: 15 x 20 cm € 20,00
5. Donker bruin leren tasje. Afmeting: 22 x 20 cm € 25,00
6. Licht bruin gekleurd tasje. Afmeting: 22 x 20 cm € 25,00

Alle tasjes hebben een lange hengsel die versteld kan worden. Je kunt hem schuin over je schouder hangen.

Verzendkosten voor de koper.

Je kunt me altijd mailen voor meer informatie!





hallo,

ik wil een tasje kopen,
zo'n klein schouder tasje van lacoste/bjornborg/eastpak.
ongeveer afmeting 19X12X4

weet iemand een site?

Nick

Vincent Dekkers Rotterdam Youth Culture

http://www.vincentdekkers.com/

Photographer Vincent dekkers made a serie of the youth inhabitants of Rotterdam.
You have to click on reportage and then on Rotterdam Youth Culture.
There's also a serie about Spangen, a neighbourhood in Rotterdam-West

Cultural identity / Cultural Heritage

Cultural identity

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cultural identity is the identity of a group or culture, or of an individual as far as one is influenced by one's belonging to a group or culture. Cultural identity is similar to and has overlaps with, but is not synonymous with, identity politics.

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There are modern questions of culture that are transferred into questions of identity. Various cultural studies and social theory investigate the question of cultural identity. In recent decades, a new form of identification and with pieces broken off from the individual as a coherent whole subject. Cultural identity remarks upon: place, gender, race, history, nationality, language, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, and aesthetics.

Culture, as a social practice, is not something that individuals possess. Rather, it is a social process in which individuals participate, in the context of changing historical conditions. As a "historical reservoir", culture is an important factor in shaping identity[1] Some critics of cultural identity argue that the preservation of cultural identity, being based upon difference, is a divisive force in society, and that cosmopolitanism gives individuals a greater sense of shared citizenship.[2]. That is not to always be divisive. When considering practical association in international society, states may share an inherent part of their 'make up' that gives common ground, and alternate means of identifying with each other. Examples can be taken from both old and contemporary world order. In the old world order European states shared a high level of cultural homogeneity, due to their common history of "frequently violent relationships, and Greco-Roman cultural origins" (Brown 2001). Brown also argues that the Western invention of the nation-state has proven to be an appealing and homogenising factor to many cultures.[3].





Cultural heritage

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cultural heritage ("national heritage" or just "heritage") is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations. Often though, what is considered cultural heritage by one generation may be rejected by the next generation, only to be revived by a succeeding generation.

Physical or "tangible cultural heritage" includes buildings and historic places, monuments, artifacts, etc., that are considered worthy of preservation for the future. These include objects significant to the archaeology, architecture, science or technology of a specific culture.

"Natural heritage" is also an important part of a culture, encompassing the countryside and natural environment, including flora and fauna, scientifically know as biodiversity. These kind of heritage sites often serve as an important component in a country's tourist industry, attracting many visitors from abroad as well as locally.

The heritage that survives from the past is often unique and irreplaceable, which places the responsibility of preservation on the current generation. Smaller objects such as artworks and other cultural masterpieces are collected in museums and art galleries. Grass roots organizations and political groups have been successful at gaining the necessary support to preserve the heritage of many nations for the future.

Significant was the Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage that was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972. As of 2008, there are 878 World Heritage Sites: 678 cultural, 174 natural, and 26 mixed properties, in 145 countries. Each of these sites is considered important to the international community.

A broader definition includes intangible aspects of a particular culture, often maintained by social customs during a specific period in history. The ways and means of behavior in a society, and the often formal rules for operating in a particular cultural climate. These include social values and traditions, customs and practices, aesthetic and spiritual beliefs, artistic expression, language and other aspects of human activity. The significance of physical artifacts can be interpreted against the backdrop of socioeconomic, political, ethnic, religious and philosophical values of a particular group of people. Naturally, intangible cultural heritage is more difficult to preserve than physical objects.

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[edit] The impulse to preserve artifacts

Objects are important to the study of human history because they provide a concrete basis for ideas, and can validate them. Their preservation demonstrates a recognition of the necessity of the past and of the things that tell its story.[1] In The Past is a Foreign Country, David Lowenthal observes that preserved objects also validate memories; and the actuality of the object, as opposed to a reproduction or surrogate, draws people in and gives them a literal way of touching the past. This unfortunately poses a danger as places and things are damaged by the hands of tourists, the light required to display them, and other risks of making an object known and available. The reality of this risk reinforces the fact that all artifacts are in a constant state of chemical transformation, so that what is considered to be preserved is actually changing – it is never as it once was.[2] Similarly changing is the value each generation may place on the past and on the artifacts that link it to the past.

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

hi all

here is the blog we can use to upload our images and other research put all your ideas and communicate as much as possible!