LCO volunteers’ presentation – 6th March 2010

Dear all

The Land & Culture Organisation team will be holding a presentation in the afternoon of Saturday 6 March 2010 for those who have an interest in volunteering on one of our trips this year. This will be an informal gathering where you will be able to meet with previous volunteers and to talk through any questions you may have.

If you would be interested in joining on the day, please get in touch with us on landandculture@hotmail.com for further details of this gathering. Please do pass on the message to anyone who you know may be interested.

You may wish to have a look at our website, which we launched last year and which will be shortly updated with our 2010 programmes: www.landandculture.co.uk.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

The LCO Team

Gark Mue Haygagan Gazmagerboutiounner‏

RAG Mamoul (ragmamoul1@gmail.com)

ARTICLE BY HAGOP MARDIROSSIAN

LOS ANGELES, U.S.A.

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The 2010 Congressional Elections: Get involved!‏

From:	ANC-PAC (ancpac@ancpac.org)
Sent:	Fri 2/12/10 11:39 PM

ANC PAC 1212 S. Victory Boulevard Burbank, CA 91502 www.ancpac.org ANC-PAC Statement on the 2010 Congressional Elections The ANC-PAC views the 2010 Congressional elections - which are already shaping up to be as competitive as any of the past generation - as a powerful opportunity for our community to deliver a clear message that candidates must earn Armenian American votes by delivering real results in the weeks and months leading up to November 2nd. In these coming weeks and months, we will, as a PAC and as a community, continue to view electoral races on non-partisan, case-by-case basis. As in the past, we will support - with our votes, our campaign contributions, and our volunteer efforts - friends in both the Democratic and Republican parties based on their actual records of delivering support on issues of special concern to Armenian Americans. Our stand is not a Republican one or a Democratic one, but rather one that reflects the core consensus of a vibrant and diverse Armenian American electorate that stands united on our community's advocacy priorities. Read more. . . ANC-PAC Endorses Tarkanian in Nevada's Republican U.S. Senate Primary Las Vegas, NV –The Armenian National Committee – Political Action Committee (ANC-PAC) is encouraging the large and growing Armenian American community in Nevada to vote for Danny Tarkanian in the Republican Party primary for U.S. Senate that is slated to be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. "We are pleased to announce our support for Danny Tarkanian in the Republican Primary. He's an exceptionally talented and hard-working public servant, a highly effective standard bearer for the Republican Party, and a proud son of the Armenian American community,” said Armen Martin, Chairman of the ANC-PAC. "Every single Armenian American vote for Danny on June 8th in the Republican U.S. Senate Primary will be vital to his victory in this contest and to positioning him one step closer to becoming first Armenian American to serve in the U.S. Senate.” Read more. . . South Bay Armenian Americans Impact California Congressional Race Lomita, CA - With strength and purpose, dozens of South Bay Armenian American grassroots volunteers gathered for an orientation session focused on Marcy Winograd's race against Democratic incumbent Congresswoman Jane Harman. The gathering, held at the Armenian Center in Lomita, California, brought together a diverse number of leading Armenian American activists. These activists are ardently supporting Winograd, who is challenging longtime Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-36) in the Democratic primary that will take place on June 8, 2010. The campaign orientation session brought together community activist who are resolved to make an impact on the South Bay Congressional primary. The orientation included precinct details, background information about each candidate, new voter registration forms, volunteer sign up sheets, and distribution of walking sheets for different precincts. "I believe that walking the precincts and knocking neighbors' doors to spread Marcy's message is crucial in this campaign," explained Shant Baboujian who resides in California's 36th Congressional District. Read more. . . ANC-PAC Endorses McGoff In Indiana Primary Against Armenian Genocide Denier, Rep. Dan Burton McGoff Positioned to Defeat Vulnerable Burton Indianapolis, IN - The Armenian National Committee - Political Action Committee (ANC-PAC) has officially endorsed Dr. John McGoff in the hotly contested Republican primary against incumbent Representative Dan Burton in Indiana's 5th Congressional District. "The bad news is that Congressman Dan Burton has stridently opposed Congressional Armenian Genocide affirmation at every opportunity during his twenty-five years in office,” stated ANC-PAC representative Ari Terjanian. "The good news is that Dr. McGoff is powerfully positioned to defeat him in the Republican primary and provide the people of Indiana's 5th District with the type of moral and public policy leadership they deserve.” Read more. . . If you receive this email as "Junk" or "Spam", please make sure to add our email as a "Safe" or "Trusted" contact.

The Little Fascist Republic North of Armenia‏ From: Dikran Abrahamian (dikran@keghart.com)

Content:

• The Little Fascist Republic North of Armenia Team Keghart Editorial http://www.keghart.com/Editorial_Javakhk
• Երկու պատերազմ՝ երկու դաշնագիր, Գրիգոր Գրաճեան http://www.keghart.com/Kradjian_Treaties
• 90 Years Ago: The Globe's Great Humanitarian Crusade Aram Adjemian http://www.keghart.com/Adjemian_Globe
• «Ազդակ» օրաթերթի խմբագրապետ՝ Շահան Գանթահարեան Համօ Մոսկոֆեան http://www.keghart.com/Moskofian_Gantaharian
• Canada Should Take Page Out of South Korea's Green Playbook Keith Stewart http://www.keghart.com/Stewart_Green
• Spying on Americans: A Multibillion Bonanza for the Telecoms Tom Burghardt http://www.keghart.com/Burghardt_Spying
• Why Turkey needs Armenia more than Armenia needs Turkey Ted Tourian LLM http://www.keghart.com/Tourian_Turkey_Armenia
• ԽԱՉՈՒՀԻՆԵՐԸ Թաթուլ Սոնենց http://www.keghart.com/Sonentz_HOM
• Spitting on Christians in Jerusalem Raises Eyebrows Ben Harris http://www.keghart.com/Harris_Armenian_Patriarchate
• Ռաֆֆի Թօքաթլեան Համօ ՄոսկոՖեան http://www.keghart.com/Moskofian_Tokatlian

You might find other articles at www.keghart.com that interest you. Please visit the poll question In March will the US Congress pass the bill recognizing the Genocide of the Armenians? located at the right upper corner of the Homepage. If you would like your name to be deleted from the mailing list please respond by writing "remove" in the subject line.

Thank you for your attention!

2^nd Annual PFA Forum on Armenia-Diaspora Relations

Raffi Hovannisian to Deliver the Keynote Luncheon Address

SAVE THE DATE

To provide an opportunity for policy practitioners, academics, and the public to discuss Armenia-Diaspora relations—perspectives on and approaches to the present-day challenges facing the Armenian nation—Policy Forum Armenia (PFA) will hold its 2^nd Annual Forum in Washington, DC on February 28-March 2, 2010.

For its 1^st high-level Forum on the global economic crisis, held in Yerevan on May 25, 2009, PFA brought together an unprecedented line-up of academics and policymakers from Armenia, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and UAE, including Armenia’s five former Prime Ministers, to discuss the implications of the crisis for Armenia and help devise policy prescriptions to mitigate them.

As in the 1^st Forum, the 2^nd (Armenia-Diaspora) Forum will gather a large number of intellectuals—academic and public policy practitioners—to discuss challenges and help devise new modes of engagement between Armenia and its Diaspora.

Day 1 of the Forum (February 28) will be held at the Cosmos Club, Washington’s premier venue for social and policy events, and will feature the presentation of PFA’s Report on “Armenia-Diaspora Relations: 20 Years Since Independence.”

Day 2 of the Forum will be held at Georgetown University. This part of the Forum is open to the public, and we invite you to join us in Washington for a full day of deliberations on this important issue. We are very pleased to inform you that Mr. Raffi Hovannisian, Armenia’s First Foreign Minister, will deliver the keynote luncheon address on Day 2 (March 1).

The program for Day 3 (March 2) is limited to only young professionals and will include thematic meetings with various international agencies and public and private organizations in order to continue the discussion on Armenia-Diaspora relations and offer young professionals opportunities to network in Washington.

A detailed agenda will be circulated within days. For comments or questions related to the 2^nd Forum and to RSVP for Days 2 and 3, please email forum@pf-armenia.org. To register media presence, please email exrelations@pf-armenia.org.

Please put this event in your calendar

FATHER FRANK’S RANTS - England’s Greatness

Rant Number 384 11 February 2010

The Secret of England’s Greatness is a didactic oil painting by the Victorian artist T. Jones Barker. It portrays the young Queen Victoria presenting a large Bible to a richly dressed African chieftain. In the background, Prince Albert looks on, approvingly. The picture, banal commentators explain, aims at illustrating the benefits of British imperial civilisation, combined with the health-giving diffusion of Christianity. Fair enough. Victoria was both supreme governor of the Anglican Church and personally very pious, so in 1861, when the picture was painted, the ‘secret’ was an open one. To the believing and energetic Victorians, sharing the Word of God with heathen peoples made sense.

As Victoria looks down on us from Heaven (where else could she be?), she must be bewildered. An extraordinary reversal seems to have taken place. In Africa Christianity is booming. Many an African nation evangelised by the Victorians rejoice in a flourishing and fervent Christian life. Nigeria and Uganda together, for example, count 27 million Anglicans and you can bet your boots the majority aren’t just ‘nominal’ members. Conversely, England’s official 26 millions are a joke, even as a sociological figure. The average Sunday church attendance is barely 900.000. Worse, the power and influence of the C of E in the national life is nil.

Of course, it is not the present monarch’s fault. At her Coronation Service in 1953 the Queen was indeed handed the Bible, with the words: ‘the most valuable thing the world can afford’. Elizabeth II has fulfilled her religious duties punctiliously. But, gradually, government and nation have degenerated into practical heathenism. So, England’s greatness is as defunct as that of Rome or Constantinople. Were Jones Barker alive today, I fear he might have to paint his picture with the roles reversed – it is the African who would be bestowing the Bible on the English Sovereign!

The fierce faith and fidelity of African churches to Biblical teachings is indeed such that some US Episcopalian traditionalists in flight from same sex unions, gay bishops, priestesses, bishopesses and the like have seceded. They are now under the jurisdiction of stern African prelates like Bishop Peter Akinola, of Nigeria. Odd? Well, as I pointed out to a gay guy I once met in Doha, at least it shows the Yanks are not racists.

Maybe the traditionalists should choose as their patron saint St Bernardin of Siena. The Tuscan city’s patron saint. No liberal he. When a gentleman made young Bernardin an improper proposal, the chaste youth knocked him out with a punch. As an adult, the Saint became a Franciscan and successfully preached a crusade to have all gays kicked out of Siena. Huh! I figure these days St Bernardin would be done for hate crime.

Yet St Bernardin was a soft touch compared to some Ugandans. Gays are not flavour of the month there. Amongst the saints venerated in the country are the famous Ugandan martyrs. 45 Christian youths, Catholics as well as Anglicans, who embraced excruciating death rather than submitting to the bestial lust of the pagan King Mwunga. Some were tortured, beheaded and dismembered, others were castrated and burnt. Horrendous but verily, semen est sanguis Christianorun – ‘the blood of Christians is the seed of the Church’, as Tertullian put it. Thus the Christian faith in Uganda has spread and prospered ever since.

Pity Ugandan lawmakers now advocate the death penalty for HIV-positive gays who engage in sex, as well as for gay rape. Plus heavy penalties for a whole range of homosexual acts. Ahem... A bit over the top, perhaps. Insofar as Christianity influences such draconian attitudes, Ugandan MPs should be reminded that a) Jesus Christ did not come to earth to kill anyone and b) as Pope John XXIII well said, the Church must hate the sin but also love the sinner. So excessive a targeting of gays is lunacy. Come to think of it, the Hebrew prophets thundered against all sorts of sins, from cheating the labourer of his wages to oppressing the widow and the orphan...

The Church of England, I suppose, could do something. Like dispatching its own Ugandan-born Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, to Kampala. As an insider, Sentamu could persuade politicians and priests to be less extreme on the gay issue. But he could also learn a little from his own people. The colourful Archbishop loves engaging in cheap stunts, like vowing to discard his clerical collar till Mugabe is overthrown, (not quite as uncomfortable as wearing a hair shirt, eh?) or playing at being a pseudo-hermit in a tent inside his own crowded Yorkminster. But behind this feeble sound and fury there is nothing. Churches in the Province of York are emptying fast, as fast as in that of Canterbury. Sentamu is part of the problem, not part of the solution to Anglicanism’s woes. And both Archbishops must bear a heavy responsibility for the parlous state of English Christianity. Ugandan Christians might teach Sentamu a few tricks. Like how to lead. How to rejuvenate, to reinvigorate the geriatric body of the C of E. And how really to get in tune with the Holy Spirit. If anybody can do that today, Africans can.

In the background of The Secret of England’s Greatness you discern two human figures. Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell, famous statesmen, ministers of Queen Victoria. They are there to symbolise the British Government being at one with its Queen over the nation’s spiritual mission. Because no empire, no country can grow and maintain itself without being part of a universal vision. A vision providing the vim, the drive, the elan found in faith alone. Sure, this view today is widely pooh-poohed. ‘It is the economy, stupid’ kind of sneer. Or it is a matter of key natural resources, like oil or gas. Or of democracy and human rights, our tired era’s much plugged myths. Such are the only ‘values’ the apostate New Labour Government cares to countenance. But the Victorian painting, with all its rhetoric, takes you to the heart of the matter. Yes, the great secret. The artist was a minor one but he grasped a key insight. He conveyed the great truth: the secret of England’s greatness lies in her trust in God.

Revd Frank Julian Gelli

Azkayin Varg‏

ARTICLE BY DR. GEORGE PARSEGHIAN

DAMASCUS, SYRIA

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ARTICLE BY DR. GEORGE PARSEGHIAN

DAMASCUS, SYRIA

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TURKEY SLAMS BACK

YEREVAN, ANKARA (Combined Sources) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday slammed efforts by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who in a letter addressed to his Turkish counterpart, urged Turkey to honour its commitment to the protocols. In his letter to Gul, Sargsyan said: “It is high time to demonstrate the willingness to take a step forward in order to leave a stable and secure region to future generations.” “Our initiative to normalise Armenia-Turkey relations is in the spotlight of the international community. This is truly a historic moment, and the entire world realises it. The efforts of the countries involved in the region are invaluable in the process of improvement of bilateral relations. I’m confident that it would be impossible to register progress without their mediation. At the same time, I do believe that no matter the level of interest by friendly states for a positive outcome of the process, there are certain steps that can be taken only by our two nations,” said Sargsyan, whose office issued the letter while he was flying over Turkey on an official visit to Great Britain. “I think you’ll agree that the authorities are to play a key role in breaking the stereotypes between our peoples and establishing an atmosphere of mutual trust. It is only with trust in our efforts, resoluteness and adherence to our principles that we can achieve results. Otherwise, when the words and deeds contradict one another, it brings about mistrust, thus opening a vast field for those who oppose the process. We have to realize that, in this process, time is not working for but against this process,” added Sargsyan. “If up to now, we have managed to elevate bi-lateral relations to a point, from where the future of normal relations between our countries becomes more real and tangible, today, it is high time to demonstrate the willingness to take a step forward in order to leave a stable and secure region to future generations,” added Sargsyan. Turkey’s Davutoglu was quick to react and said that Yerevan was not displaying a positive approach to the protocols, saying “It is customary to send messages like that while flying over other states. The leaders of all states do so,” said Davutoglu, as reported by Haberturk news agency. Davutoglu cited the Armenian Constitutional Court’s decision, which, last month, verified the constitutionality of the protocols, but noted that the process cannot be linked to the Karabakh conflict resolution, nor can it impede Armenia from pursuing the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. “The Armenian Constitutional Court’s decision is not constructive and following these changes the relations between the two countries are again back to where they were in the past,” said Davutoglu, as reported by the Azeri Trend news agency. The Turkish Foreign Minister insisted that continuing the process would be impossible “unless Armenia backs down from its non-constructive position.” Davutoglu also said that a recent decision by the US House Foreign Relations Committee to vote on the Armenian Genocide resolution pending in Congress would greatly hinder the normalisation process.

EXIT - Editorial by Simon Aynedjian

Nicosia Wednesday 10 February - It is not by chance that during a relatively brief period of time, in two neighbouring countries around Turkey, coalition partners first in Armenia and now in Cyprus are exiting their reciprocal governments. It is not by chance, because what is happening in our region - at the expense of Cyprus and Armenia - is the result of an orchestrated plan to red-carpet Turkey to a hegemonic regional super-power and to secure her with a safe passage to the European continent. This effort would have been welcome by all, if the Turkish entry was accompanied by traces of real change and not mere cosmetic ones. By traces of change that would truly manifest that a new Turkey is in the making, with European specifications and European values. As everyone is well aware ... this is not the case. By only paying lip-service to both friends and foes, Turkey wants a ticket to a Union whose fundamental principles she violates. Turkey is benefiting from the spoils of the invasion in Cyprus in 1974, continues to deny the reality of the Armenian Genocide and continues her blockade on Armenia, to name but a few. Turkey now wants medals, for accepting the Annan Plan (that would capitulate the Cyprus Republic in 2004), for ratifying the Protocols (that would solidify the spoils of the Genocide) and wants a free no-cost pass, to the European elite. ARF Dashnaktsoutiun and EDEK - the two socialist parties in Armenia and Cyprus on the east and south flanks of Turkey - have found themselves on a similar path. To leave a coalition that they joined in an effort to influence their respective governments and not to accept an all-out surrender and a peace process whose cost would be too high to manage, for generations to come. Although EDEK and ARF Dashnaktsoutiun can both feel they have politically done the right thing in leaving their coalition partners, the process of surrender (or peace, as history will call it) will be completed without them and both Armenia and Cyprus will be unable to show enough clout to resist regional policy decisions, while the coalition exit parties will feel that their parties were not empowered by their people adequately - to make their exit - a statement to be reckoned with, to receptors both at home and across the border.

TURKEY TO SEEK SWISS, US SUPPORT IN ARMENIA ROW: OFFICIAL

Agence France Presse - February 3, 2010 - A top Turkish diplomat will travel to Switzerland and the United States to seek their support over an Armenian court ruling which Ankara says threatens historic reconciliation deals with Yerevan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. Feridun Sinirlioglu, Undersecretary at the Ministry, "will visit these two countries in the coming days to express our concern" over the ruling last month by the Armenian constitutional court, spokesman Burak Ozugergin told reporters here. After months of Swiss-mediation and US encouragement, Turkey and Armenia signed two protocols in October to establish diplomatic ties and reopen their shared border, in a historic step towards ending decades of hostility stemming from World War I-era massacres of Armenians under Ottoman Turks. Yet the process hit the rocks after the Armenian court upheld the legality of the protocols, but underlined that they could not contradict Yerevan's official position that the Armenian mass killings constituted genocide - a label fiercely rejected by Ankara. Turkey accused Armenia of trying to re-write and set new conditions on the deals, while Yerevan warned that the rapprochement was under threat of collapse. Ozugergin said Ankara maintained its desire to build better ties with its eastern neighbour. "There is no problem in Turkey's Armenian opening. But Armenia has a problem with its Turkey opening," he added. The reconciliation process is also complicated by Ankara's insistence that normalising Turkish-Armenian ties depend on progress between Armenia and neighbouring Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute - a link that Yerevan rejects. Turkey closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in solidarity with Azerbaijan after ethnic Armenian forces wrested Nagorno-Karabakh from Baku's control in a war that claimed an estimated 30,000 lives.

HOVIG'S EUROVISION DREAMS POSTPONED Gibrahayer e-magazine - Hovig Demirjian's dreams for representing Cyprus in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, were postponed last Sunday as he came in third from ten finalists with the song "Goodbye" on a vote that was determined by a combination of a jury and a national televote. We are certain that Hovig's career is only beginning now and he will be back not only to contest another Eurovision top spot, but to establish himself as a respected voice in Cyprus, Greece and the Armenian Diaspora.

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ARMENIA DECIDES WHO WILL REPRESENT HER IN EUROVISION SONG CONTEST NEXT SUNDAY

Philip Gordon-i, Sahmanadrakan Datarani Voroshman Yev Orinapashtutyan Masin‏

RAG Mamoul (ragmamoul1@gmail.com)

ARTICLE BY ARA PAPIAN

YEREVAN, ARMENIA

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Take Action Now on Upcoming Genocide Resolution‏

From:	S.F. Bay Area ANC (emaillist@ancsf.org)

Dear Friends,

The Armenian Genocide resolution, H.R.252, will be taken up for a vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4th. It's very important that all Armenian-Americans do their part in advocating for the passage of this resolution. Here are few simple, quick ways to participate:

1. Send a free message to your representative:
It's as easy as a few clicks. Representatives have an easy excuse not to support the Armenian Genocide resolution when they get no messages from their constituents. Please go to the TAKE ACTION section on the ANCA homepage. Using your zip code, the website will identify your representative and send an appropriate letter, thanking them for co-sponsoring H.R.252 or urging them to co-sponsor. In the Bay Area, the following representatives have not yet co-sponsored the Armenian Genocide resolution, and we strongly encourage those of you who are their constituents, to take action:
George Miller (7th District)
John Garamendi (10th District)
Tom McClintock (4th District)
Wally Herger (2nd District)

2. Sign the following online petition urging Congress to pass legislation recognizing the Armenian Genocide and call upon President Obama to honor his pledge and unambiguously acknowledge the Armenian Genocide on its 95th anniversary this April.

3. Call the offices of these Bay Area representatives, urging them to co-sponsor the Armenian Genocide resolution.
Rep. Miller: (925) 602-1880
Rep. Garamendi: (925) 932-8899
Rep. McClintock: (916) 786-5560
Rep. Herger: (530) 893-8363

4. Pass on this e-mail to your friends and family.

THANK YOU.

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Armenian National Committee
San Francisco - Bay Area
51 Commonwealth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: 415-387-3433
Fax: 415-751-0617
mail@ancsf.org
www.ancsf.org

Take Action Now on Upcoming Genocide Resolution‏

From:	S.F. Bay Area ANC (emaillist@ancsf.org)

Dear Friends,

The Armenian Genocide resolution, H.R.252, will be taken up for a vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 4th. It's very important that all Armenian-Americans do their part in advocating for the passage of this resolution. Here are few simple, quick ways to participate:

1. Send a free message to your representative:
It's as easy as a few clicks. Representatives have an easy excuse not to support the Armenian Genocide resolution when they get no messages from their constituents. Please go to the TAKE ACTION section on the ANCA homepage. Using your zip code, the website will identify your representative and send an appropriate letter, thanking them for co-sponsoring H.R.252 or urging them to co-sponsor. In the Bay Area, the following representatives have not yet co-sponsored the Armenian Genocide resolution, and we strongly encourage those of you who are their constituents, to take action:
George Miller (7th District)
John Garamendi (10th District)
Tom McClintock (4th District)
Wally Herger (2nd District)

2. Sign the following online petition urging Congress to pass legislation recognizing the Armenian Genocide and call upon President Obama to honor his pledge and unambiguously acknowledge the Armenian Genocide on its 95th anniversary this April.

3. Call the offices of these Bay Area representatives, urging them to co-sponsor the Armenian Genocide resolution.
Rep. Miller: (925) 602-1880
Rep. Garamendi: (925) 932-8899
Rep. McClintock: (916) 786-5560
Rep. Herger: (530) 893-8363

4. Pass on this e-mail to your friends and family.

THANK YOU.

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Armenian National Committee
San Francisco - Bay Area
51 Commonwealth Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94118
Tel: 415-387-3433
Fax: 415-751-0617
mail@ancsf.org
www.ancsf.org

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Վանքերի, եկեղեցիների, հուշահամալիրների, հուշակոթողների, հուշարձանների, խաչքարերի, գերեզմանաքարերի և այլ հնչյունավորման ծրագիր

Ծրագրի հիմնավորումը

Մշակութային բազմաթիվ արժեքներ ունեն տեսանելի, դիտելի, արտաքուստ ընկալելի հնարավորություն, և բազմաթիվ §խորքային¦, §բովանդակային¦ նկարագրեր, որոնք առաջին հայացքից §տեսանելի¦ չեն, բայց որոնք կարելի է մատուցել ժամանակակից տեխնիկական միջոցներով, որով այդ արժեքների տեսանելի, ճանաչելի և ընակելելի ծավալն ու ազդեցությունը զգալիորեն կմեծանա: Օրինակ, որևէ նյութական հուշարձան` արձան, ճարտարապետական կառույց, կամուրջ, ամրոց, հուշահամալիր, տապանաքարեր, խաչքարեր, հուշակոթող և այլն, նույնիսկ փառահեղ լինելու դեպքում, մարդկանց մտքի ու զգայարանների վրա ազդում է ընդամենը… աչքերի միջոցով: Եթե նյութական մշակույթի այդ արժեքների §մատուցամանն¦ ավելանում են լուսային և հնչունային/ձայնային ազդեցությունը, զգալիորեն մեծանում է այդ արժեքների պատմա-բովանդակային հուզա-ճանաչողական էֆեկտը: Պատկերացնենք որևէ արժեք, օրինակ` տապանաքար, խաչարձան, եկեղեցի, աղբյուր, ամրոց… Դիտորդի մոտենալու պահին միանում են §մատուցման¦ նոր հնարավորությունները` ձայնը տարբեր լեզուներով պատմում է արժեքի գեղագիտական, պատմական, մշակութային դերը, ընդգծում է առաջնային մոտեցմամբ աննկատ նրբերանգների մասին, համաշխարհային, տարածաշրջանային կամ ազգային մակարդակների զուգահեռականությունները, տվյալ արժեքի առանձնահատկությունը, յուրօրինակությունը, լանդշաֆտի հետ դրա հաղորդակցական հնարավորություններն ու ինտեգրվածությունը, տվյալ արժեքի ժողովրդական ընկալումները և դրա շուրջն առկա առասպելների մասին տեղեկատվություն, հայոց արժեքների էթնիկության հաստատագրում և այլն: Եթե արժեքը անձ է ներկայացնում /արձան, տապանաքար…/, պատմում է անձի մասին: Ձայնային մատուցումը կարող է ուղեկցվել ընտրված համապատասխան երաժշտությամբ: Միաժամանակ լուսային §մատուցումը¦ օրվա տարբեր ժամերի ու տարբեր սեզոնների շահեկանորեն ներկայացնում է տվյալ արժեքի գեղագիտական էֆեկտը` լույսի գույնով, լույսի` տարբեր աստիճաններով կամ տարբեր կողմերից թափանցումով և այլն:

Ծրագիրը շատ ճկուն հնարավորություններ է առաջարկում: Լուսային և ձայնային/հնչունային §մատուցումները¦ կարող են լինել հեռազգայունությամբ, հեռակառավարմամբ, ավտոմատ ինքնակառավարմամբ, ժամանակային կառավարմամբ /օրինակ` միայն գիշերը, կամ` օրվա որոշակի ժամերի/ և այլն:

Ծրագրի նպատակը

1. Մշակութային և պատմական արժեքների նորովի իմաստավորում, նորովի ներկայացում, ներկայացման հնարավորությունների մեծացում,

2. Պատմող, արտասանող, նվագող, երգող (և այլն) Հայաստանի և հայության ներկայացում,

3. Լավագույն բարոյական արժեքների ամրագրում և տարածում,

4. Լավագույն բարոյական արժեքների գովազդում,

5. Ոչ նյութական մշակութային արժեքների ժառանգորդման նպաստում,

6. Ազգային ինքնության ամրապնդում, հայոց ինքնության ու արժեքների ներքին ընկալումների հայտարարագրում, այլոց մոտ էթնիկ արժեքների մասին հստակ պատկերացումների ձևավորում,

7. Պայքար այլադավանության- աղանդների դեմ,

8. Հայաստանը և հայոց պատմությունն ու առաքինությունները լավագույնս ներկայացնելը:

Ծրագրի արդյունքները և շարունակականությունը

Ծրագիրն իրականացվելու դեպքում արդյունքները կօգտագործվեն թե զբոսաշրջության ծրագրերում, թե ներհայկական` ուսուցման ոլորտում, թե ընդհանուր գեղագիտական ճաշակի բարձրացման ոլորտում, թե այդ արժեքների շուրջ մշակութային-արվեստի գործունեության ծավալմամբ /օրինակ` թատերական ներկայացումներ, գիշերային համերգներ, ասմունքի ու երաժշտական փառատոներ, պատանեկան ու երիտասարդական` ուսանողական ճամբարներ և այլն/, սպորտախաղերի, տոնահանդեսների կազմակերպումներ…

Ծրագիրին իրականացնելու հնարավորությունները

1. Ծրագիրն իրականացվելու համար անհրաժեշտ մարդկային ռեսուրսներն առկա են: Տեխնիակական մասն իրականացնելու են բարձրակարգ մասնագետները` անհատ փորձագետների /ազգագրագետներ, ճարտարապետներ, պատմաբաններ, հնագետներ, երաժշտագետներ/ և ինստիտուտների /Մշակույթի նախարարություն, Հայ առաքելական եկեղեցու հոգևոր խորհուրդ, Գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիայի հումանիտար ինստիտուտներ/ հետ խորհրդակցությամբ:

2. Տեխնիակական մասի համար անհրաժեշտ ինֆորնացիայի կրիչներ, սենսորներ, լուսավորիչներ, բարձրախոսներ(ցածր, միջին և բարձր հզորության), ուժեղարարներ և այլն:

3. Ֆինանսական մաս- կախված է ծրագրի ծավալներից և ընտրված արժեքների թվից, ինչպես նաև այդ արժեքների ծավալային ու տեխնիկական հնարավորություններից: Յուրաքանչյուր հնչյունա-ձայնային ձևավորում անհատական բյուջեի կազմում է պահանջում:

Մտահղացման հեղինակ և կոորդինատոր` Գառնիկ Ժորայի Մատինյան

Հասցե Երևան, Րաֆֆու փ. 87 շենք, բն. 34

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