Kunsthaus Dahlem Lyceum Club England
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Labels: CAT, Exhibition, Kids Club
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:52 AM,
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Bartolome de las Casas and Hans Knoepfli
Monday, September 18, 2023
Bartolome de las Casas (1484-1566) worked in Central America and Hans Knoepfli (1927-2023) in the Cameroonian grasslands; Both were connected to the organization of the church, but both are committed to preserving the traditional structures. De las Casas worked against enslavement, Knoepfli against the selling off of traditional values. Both worked on location - Being recognized for their work was not their main concern!
In our present time of global-digital-unification, it is of utter important to preserve the traditional-analogue-system, - without taking into account the influence of mass tourism, job creations, pseudo-inter-relationships, - the pseudo-values of the current time!
Academic institutions and their allies cannot carry out this task, - their stubbornness hinders and prevents them!
For this purpose and for this reason, there is a need to make efforts and carry out in-depth research, ignoring the prevailing and adopted values in order to create awareness about traditional values!
Labels: Amjad Ali Thatta Ghulamka Dhriroka, Cultura e V Nauen, DGFK e V Berlin, Ignatius Nji Bamenda, Prof Dr Norbert Pintsch IPC, Romillio Rodriguez Fajardo Chiquinquira
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:16 AM,
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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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Thatta Kedona and the Sisters
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The dolls project has inspired people in other regions to take similar approaches, according to the motto of Direct Support at Site, subconsciously as a counter-model of the so-called humanitarian aid (as above, - which is ultimately self-help for the donor countries, their institutions and organizations) .
1. Story
When did it start?
-Start in Pakistan 1993, -start in Cameroon 1998, -start in Colombia 1999, among others.
2. Themes
What were the themes or objectives?
Combining tradition and the future, supporting the preservation of traditional culture, creating income-generating measures for people in the countryside, using local opportunities.
3. Practice and manufacture
What were the main target groups?
Preferably women in family-friendly projects:
-Pakistan 120 women, Cameroon 60 women, Colombia 60 women.
4. Sales
Where were the unique items sold?
-Pakistan: Karimabad, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshavar, Faisalabad, Lahore, Karachi; Cameroon: Foyer du marine, Handicraft Center Bamenda; Colombia: Saboya, Chiquinquira.
Internationally in: USA (NY UN Gift Shop), UAE (Dubai Shopping Festival), Athens: Benaki Museum, Reykjavik: National Museum, Bogota: National Museum.
5. Museum bazaars
Where was the direct connection between ethnology and traditional culture?
Berlin: Voelkerkundemuseum, Hamburg: Voelkerkundemuseum, Cologne: Rautenstrauch-Jost-Museum, Stuttgart: Linden-Museum, Leipzig: Grassi-Museum, Zuerich: Museum am Riethberg, Vienna: Voelkerkundemuseum.
6. Museum collections
Have the unique pieces been accepted into museums?
Museum in Herrnhut, International Puppet Museum in Iceland, Lok-Virsa in Islamabad, Children's Museum in Izmir, Dolls and Puppet Museum in Herisau. Between 1995 and 2015 more than 20000 unique dolls were made, which are in private collections in the USA and Canada, Europe, South Africa, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
7. Internet information
Is there more information available on the internet?
https://www.facebook.com/ThattaKedona
https://www.facebook.com/akangkangcraft
Labels: CAT Bamenda, Njini King Caro, Norbert Pintsch, Omar M Ali, Ricardo Coslez, Thatta Kedona, TM Saboya
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 2:04 PM,
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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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