MUSEUMS COMBINE TO HELP AFGHANISTAN CULTURE

Posted by on Apr 26, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

For over three decades of war, Afghan archaeological sites in ancient monuments. Ranging from prehistoric times to the Islamic era have suffered massive destruction and systematic looting. Now both the International Council of museums in association with the British Museum. Is launching a Red List of Antiquities to the thought to be a risk in the country. Both organizations are committed to raising awareness. “The main problem is the archaeological sites that still been systematically looted and it is very difficult to place, to police all these great areas. and the robbers will come in teams and bands and its that is very difficult. The security that the money is not there to to really have high security so this that the problem remains very great unfortunately.” The list describes, many objects which protected under Afghan legislation banning the export and sale. Which most likely to be looted and traded illicitly. Experts say, it is not just the stealing a valuable objects but the damage done to historic sites that is most worrying. “If you see a real views on the site today it is nothing but potholes them a just big holes in the ground everywhere. Now this when the object are found there not to dealt with with care they are broken there, some pieces they make they may just take a head destroy the body. So i it is really very sad and want is do everything we can to try and prevent this. “ The Red List is part of an ongoing campaign to protect historic items. Campaigners say helping the Afghan people to reassemble, what remains at the history and rebuild their past is a first step towards peace. “If we, defuse this information far and wide, Because the robbers will stop robbin if there is no market. If they cannot sell their goods. If they are stopped at rest and that is one thing but then if they have no market. If their work is not going to pay off. Then they this will be one way it is up into the Red List gets the message out there and do our partners, entrepreneur, customs other police agencies....

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Pul – India’s relationship with Afghanistan

Posted by on Apr 25, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

The Obama administration has seemed to be taking a different approach, to relations with India compared to the bush administration. Why, Marvin do think that they’re taking this approach and do you think that will affect cooperation in Afghanistan. Marvin Weinbaum say’s, well it continues to be in some ways an extension as I see above the bush policy. And that is to see these countries as such as both important for American foreign policy. But not necessarily have fit closely link so, that one policy depending on other policy. Recognizing that each country has to be addressed on its own terms, and that American interest. Will vary between the two countries obviously with India that focuses heavily on the economic side with Pakistan now it is the strategic relationship involving primarily now are efforts here, in counterterrorism in Afghanistan. India does not have any troops in Afghanistan; they are training the Afghan National Army now. But do you think that the Indian government is concerned about the US withdrawal of US troops next year. Ambassador Dennis Kux say’s, well I think the Indians are very concerned about that, because it for them the nightmare scenario is for Afghanistan to fall back into the sort of situation it had a before 911. With the government with the Taliban, strong position and above all with Pakistan having a strong position, good for both India and Pakistan. Afghanistan represents a sort of proxy, where they have a sort of proxy struggle. Playing out there are some other problems over Kashmir among so many other issues and so the Indians are very concerned about that. Lisa, you mentioned the Afghanistan the strategic dialogue with India that took place with the US, Did any about touch on Afghanistan. Lisa Curtis say’s, I think, Afghanistan definitely did come up in that strategic dialogue, and I would assume that India did raise some up its concerns particularly about the issue reconciliation with the Taliban. Is Dennis mention the Indian spear that the situation will go back to the 1990’s where the Taliban dominated country, where Pakistan played a very large role so I think there are some concerns there and...

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Assessing Which Agriculture Technologies Can Feed The World – with Claudia Ringler

Posted by on Apr 24, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Assessing Which Agriculture Technologies Can Feed The World – with Claudia Ringler Is a resell of food crisis 2007, 2008, and again 2010, 2011. Food security and double for production particularly home can be feed nine billion people in 2050, with small sustainable production methods and so that people can afford the food. So basically we have to increase yields that has come back on the forefront of the global development agenda, what we have been trying to look into is you know which agriculture technologies. Would make a difference the agriculture technology debate is polarized, so we have on the one hand the people who to believe that the organic farming. That is basically the only path to sustainable development and on the other hand. The other hand of the polarized debated, you have the schools and the followers of events, engineering, geo crops and looking for laser land leveling precision agriculture really and looking and towards in a way innovative technologies only without taking into account the indigenous knowledge and traditional technologies. Really, the goal is to bring this more polarized debated, to be back together. Showing meant really a variety of technologies work in a variety of settings. Based on a literally review and talking to a lot of agriculture experts we have, just come up was just a series of key technologies. That be believed have can make a difference, and different developing regions. Really being aware that there is no fantasy out there and that what a technology like in integrate its offer to the management. That we have shown to show a lot of potential in such an south Africa, might be of less interest in the region like Brazil, where still is not only very promising but has also been adopted at a very large scale. So all across all these technologies which make sense where, in terms of yields, in terms of conductivity, in terms of labor-saving, but also in terms of environmental impacts, because the focus really is to produce more with is less soldier to reduce environmental footprint. So on such results will be basically available in the former from a policy modeling tool...

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The Hazara of Afghanistan: Cultural Exhibit & Lecture

Posted by on Apr 24, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

The Hazara of Afghanistan Cultural Exhibit & Lecture was aim to increase awareness of the rich history and cultural heritage of the Hazara people who now live throughout the world, the Hazara ethnic group the third-largest in Afghanistan is a culture that surviving genocide decades the political oppression them Calvin hacking regine. even today terrace have been targeting Hazara ethnic group equator Pakistan.Hazara of Afghanistan culture exhibit and lecture was organized by Mister Mohammad Rezaee, let the Taliban Rezaee in 95 he has delivered a lecture several times in the latter area at the same time so important grams Caroline using you technology show the photos in large-scale living color. He is not only the organizers of this exhibit but He is also the author my mother’s prayers and the trio which were published by the quality newspaper you also the interviewed several times by me Rezaee has worked for day in and day out to rise this exhibit. On January 17 2012 opening for as The Hazara of Afghanistan cultural exhibit and lecture was held at the Tucker – Reid H. Cofer Library. Mr. Rezaee shared his personal story with attendees, talked about the history of Hazara and the current condition the Hazara people and in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The exhibit features works of Haraza journalists Ohafiz Besharat,Barat Ali Batoor, Sajad Juha, and Mohammad Rezaee. These photo had never been seen before in the United States attendees up the opening wokr served hazaragi and observe the display of hazaragi clothes, also read history of Haraza written in a brochure format by a famous historian Karim Yazdani, was distributed to attendees. The photo exhibit was on display Tucker Library, from January 17 until March 28 2012. Many people attended the opening and many people visited people the photo exhibit at the library. Georgia Perimeter College, one of the largest educational institution in Georgia, is hosting the Hazara afghanistan culture and exhibit at the Dunwoody campus. This is free event, open to the public from June 14 through July 13 2012, you are cordially invited to attend the lecture opening of photography exhibit on June 14 featuring the work Hazara photojournalist. The lecture when include...

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Afghanistan’s alternative culture: Skateboards, graffiti and motorbikes – Truthloader

Posted by on Apr 23, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Travis Beard is an Australian filmmaker, musician and event organizer extraordinaire who has been living in Kabul in Afghanistan for the past seven years. Since 2006 Travis has been helping to revolutionize youth culture in the city introducing thousands of young Afghans to skateboard, graffiti, and modern music festivals for the very first time. We spoke to Travis to find out more. “So I first came here in 2001 just as the Americans were entering in from the north. I came in from the south and did some reporting on the refugee crisis and then I came back in 2006 obviously I had a bug, I had the bug. I came back to teach photojournalism at an NGO here. I did that for two years, halfway through that I started in an organisation called ‘Skateistan’ who bought the first skateboards to Kabul and taught the first kids how to ride skateboards and that turned into it’s own NGO that’s still running today. Also in that time I started the first motorcycle club in Afghanistan the Kabul Nights MC and a bunch of foreigners and Afghan’s used to ride around the provinces on motorcycles touring and checking out the country.” How do you feel as an Afghan going in with a bunch of foreigners? Well to me, it’s quite hard. If they found out I’m working with refugee, they’re going to cut my head off.” “Wall-ords was a project we started in 2010. It was initially funded by Oxfam and it was meant to be on the theme of cost of war so we did a stencil campaign around the city. And it became so popular that we got funded a second time to do an actual graffiti workshop where we bought in a graffiti artist from England. His name was Chew and he taught a bunch of graphic designers, contemporary artists, how to use spray cans for the first time ever in this country. Then there’s my band White City which is the first expat band in Afghanistan. And then lastly there is the festival, Sound Central Music Festival. We came through in 2011 and we did the first modern music festival in something...

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Culture Wire: Afghanistan in 4 Frames

Posted by on Apr 22, 2015 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

Welcome to CultureWire, I am Meg Shiffler. Today we are here Beautiful Civic Center Plaza and I am here with artist James Lee “Hi James!” “Hi Meg” And James has been exhibiting artist in Arts Commission gallery new exhibition Afghanistan in 4 Frames and we are gonna have a little chat today. About to buy a brick that year presenting its called, Counter Narrative. Now after you left the military what come you to go back to you know it a place where the US is engaged in military action. “Sure I think it is interesting if you look that the population in Afghanistan is you know around $29 million and there is probably no more than with eighty thousand US soldier serving in and Afghanistan right now. But if you look at the stories a command in Afghanistan you think that the the numbers are completely reversed all the stories are about america. NEC almost no images are stories and about the Afghan people themselves. So I think if you look at that like the kind of dominate represent representational paradigm that we see today it is all about foreign soldiers. So my idea was to go there and try and create a counter to that, popularized narrative and focus on images and stories that really reflect their lived experience and complicate the lies about young people.” Now you are exhibiting with three other photographers, Reklama, Eros hoagland and Lynsey Addario and it is true all three of them have really focused in the areas, where a lot of US and allied forces are seeing action. You know are actually involved in combat. And so your story is quite different than theirs, what does it mean to you show your body of work alongside give the stories that and probably are more familiar. What kind of juxtaposition does that create for you as an artist. “Well, I think the strength to creating a bringing those two different stories together is that I think there’s a real danger in at focusing only on surface similarities between complex. When people look at a body work and I say all I see that this is competent...

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