Of the Power of the Small
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
by
Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch
No matter what is conceived or initiated, - more or less quickly the thought process moves to mass thinking and mass production; The motive in the background is to be able to participate in global events.
Even if such thought processes are understandable due to the global spree, still the preservation and support of small-scale and unspectacular projects are necessary.
It is not the globalization and digitization that represents the basis for the future, but the increasingly disappearing analog, the cultural asset that has emerged at some point - similar to the arctic seed vault in Spitzergen in the area of plants and horticulture.
It is urgently needed to support the delicate shoots of such projects is urgently needed, including the preservation of the environment.
The usual commercialization of such projects is counterproductive and destructive!
Labels: Alahkie, Bamenda RUC, CAT, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 3:08 PM,
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Announcement - Annonce
Thursday, February 16, 2023
This should not be understood as a homage to a person who always rejected such endeavors, but rather as an appreciation of an unusual idea, namely income-generating measures for people in rural areas, based on traditional culture and using local resources, and highlighting the selflessness of the project. This stands in complete contrast to the prevailing and increasingly growing global effort towards equalization of all cultures, discounting the fact that they are the real wealth of a country. Wealth is irrevocably lost in the onslaught of technology euphorics.
Senta Siller has worked in different positions and countries throughout her life. In more than 75 years of activity, she has met countless people, a large number of whom can no longer be interviewed. In this writing, however, a few voices were able to have their say, in which they fondly remember their encounters with this unusual woman, not only in her doll-making projects.
Rarely do we meet people who are unselfishly active for society's benefit.
The present publication intends to stimulate the reader in the undertaking, in the sense of making a certain effort, even if everything else speaks against it, - all for the welfare of the general public, even if such projects, as initiated by SSi and implemented with the help of many volunteers, are directed completely opposite to the global and digital mainstream.
The editors would like to thank all the people, organizations, and institutions involved who have supported and continue to support the work and ideas of SSi.
Labels: Senta Siller, SSi
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 5:07 PM,
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Handicrafts From Cameroon 2022
Friday, October 7, 2022
Labels: CAT - Bamenda, DGFK e V Berlin, Lum Theresia, Senta Siller, Stella Pachon, Tanto mejor - Saboya, Thatta Ghulamka Dhiroka, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 3:51 PM,
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Handicrafts and Appropriate Technology
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Handicrafts and Appropriate Technology
Labels: CAT Bamenda, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, L Fluegge, M.Bartkiewitz Schmitt, Norbert Pintsch, R.Perner, Senta Siller
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:08 AM,
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A little about ourselves DGFK-CAMCATBAM
Friday, August 6, 2021
by Aaron Pinsker and Norbert Pintsch
The DGFK was founded almost fifty years ago. The practical engagement with cultures was implemented in many projects according to a model which used and demonstrated the various interdependencies in culture.
Projects emerged through initiatives, collaborations and activities, initially in Central Europe and after 1990 increasingly in other countries.
From around 2010, we started to collect results and examples into our own (DGFK) archive and assigned them to topics such as interviews, sounds, movies, slide shows, animations, books, posters, etc.
The year 2000 is a turning point in the DGFK, because at the end of 1999 analogue printing of the DGFK newsletter as well as of Indus-River, Sanaga Rivière, Rio Magdalena and Hekla was discontinued.
The reason for this was increasing digitization of media. This also led to increasing depth of the digital information, so that the DGFK established its own website, sponsored by a company, because one of our projects showed pilot character at the EXPO2000 show.
An eShop was installed for selling certain handicraft products from the projects, but ultimately it was abandoned as it did not appear to be suitable for the individually unique items.
In similar manner some websites were also removed because they were no longer necessary or technically obsolete (for example Internet radio projects). But they are stored in the archive and available to interested quarters.
The partner initiatives had their own websites, which were supplemented early on by flexible blogs:
Pakistan:
Kamerun:
Kolumbien:
www.elcampomirando.blogspot.com
Other project partners, some of them no longer active, are:
www.dolls-project.com (Groenland),
www.royalglobage.com (UAE),
ac-criti-project.com (Griechenland),
www.id-museum.com (Island).
With the help of DGFK, partner societies in other project countries were established, such as:
www.sparc-project.blogspot.com (Pakistan),
www.spocabangladesh.blosspot.com (BanglaDesh),
www.spaetcolombia.blogspot.com (Kolumbien),
www.spathcameroon.blogspot.com (Kamerun),
www.spaetcolombia.blogspot.com (Kolumbien),
www.sutolsrilanka.blogspot.com (SriLanka),
www.sodshnepal.blogspot.com (Nepal),
www.semoliceland.blogspot.com (Island),
www.spokupolonia.blogspot.com (Polen).
In the course of time, a plethora of active participants, supporters and partners entered into the projects and their names are duly collected in the DGFK archive or can be found in search engines:
If a name (for example (Karola Groch,Werner Schroeder, Monika Kuppler, Renate Perner,Marlis Bartkiewitz-Schmitt, u.a.)) is associated with a certain activity or a certain support organization, e.g. the SES, it can be found there too.
Some friends of the DGFK have separated and put their work in the context of a company or organization (e.g. Fronzeck, Heckes, Klapper, Polzer, Sauter, Christ, Borgmann, Stober) or chosen an art platform for their efforts. We do have one person, who has selflessly devoted all her energy and efforts towards the benefit of the general public around the globe (Siller).
Labels: Aaron Pinsker, Berlin, Camcatbam, CatCamBam, DGFK e V, Ignatius Nji, Njini King Caro, Norbert Pintsch, Omar M Ali, Ricardo Coslez, Senta Siller
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:45 AM,
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News from a troubled region
Thursday, July 1, 2021
One of CAT's projects is the KidsClub, which has been regularly overseen for many years by R.Perner and L.Fluegge.
The KidsClub arose from the CAT initiative CAT Club, in which selected schools in the region received a set of alternative technology (SolarCooker, Wind-Mill, etc.) from CAT and were able to gain experience with it.
This initiative resulted in the KidsClub, which, under the umbrella of CAT, introduced children to the possibilities of alternative technology in a playful way.
Every year the foreign volunteers support the project for CAT-internal events, in which in the current situation, i.e in the backdrop of months of school strike, then school closure due to the pandemic, Manasse Norbert is now able to attend high school.
Enclosed is a recent photo from the first day of school in a long time.
Labels: CAT Bamenda, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, L Fluegge, M.Bartkiewitz Schmitt, Norbert Pintsch, R.Perner, Senta Siller
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:15 AM,
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Special Guests
Monday, November 5, 2018
Labels: Amjad Ali, CAT, Cultura eV, DGFK eV, Edmundo Perez, Njini Tantoh Ndu, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller, Tanto Mejor, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4:28 PM,
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Moses Mill
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Other information (Slide Show, movies, pictures) are available for exhibition and or research.
Labels: Moses Fru Wankie, Njini King Caro, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 3:01 PM,
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Traditional Culture and Future Development
Monday, April 13, 2015
Labels: Aaron Kaah Yancho, Anthony Ndi Njini Victor Ndu, Matthew Basung Gwanfogbe, Norbert Pintsch, Senta Siller
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:02 AM,
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