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Georgian Country and Culture Guide
Georgian Country and Culture Guide მშვიდობის კორპუსი საქართველოში Peace Corps Georgia 2017 Forward What you have in your hands right now is the collaborate effort of numerous Peace Corps Volunteers and staff, who researched, wrote and edited the entire book. The process began in the fall of 2011, when the Language and Cross-Culture component of Peace Corps Georgia launched a Georgian Country and Culture Guide project and PCVs from different regions volunteered to do research and gather information on their specific areas. After the initial information was gathered, the arduous process of merging the researched information began. Extensive editing followed and this is the end result. The book is accompanied by a CD with Georgian music and dance audio and video files. We hope that this book is both informative and useful for you during your service. Sincerely, The Culture Book Team Initial Researchers/Writers Culture Sara Bushman (Director Programming and Training, PC Staff, 2010-11) History Jack Brands (G11), Samantha Oliver (G10) Adjara Jen Geerlings (G10), Emily New (G10) Guria Michelle Anderl (G11), Goodloe Harman (G11), Conor Hartnett (G11), Kaitlin Schaefer (G10) Imereti Caitlin Lowery (G11) Kakheti Jack Brands (G11), Jana Price (G11), Danielle Roe (G10) Kvemo Kartli Anastasia Skoybedo (G11), Chase Johnson (G11) Samstkhe-Javakheti Sam Harris (G10) Tbilisi Keti Chikovani (Language and Cross-Culture Coordinator, PC Staff) Workplace Culture Kimberly Tramel (G11), Shannon Knudsen (G11), Tami Timmer (G11), Connie Ross (G11) Compilers/Final Editors Jack Brands (G11) Caitlin Lowery (G11) Conor Hartnett (G11) Emily New (G10) Keti Chikovani (Language and Cross-Culture Coordinator, PC Staff) Compilers of Audio and Video Files Keti Chikovani (Language and Cross-Culture Coordinator, PC Staff) Irakli Elizbarashvili (IT Specialist, PC Staff) Revised and updated by Tea Sakvarelidze (Language and Cross-Culture Coordinator) and Kakha Gordadze (Training Manager). -
Mzia Chikhradze Modernism and Identity the Paradigm of Modernism
Mzia Chikhradze Modernism and Identity The paradigm of modernism places it in a cosmopolitan area. The desire to become integrated into a unified artistic space generates not only common, similar artistic trends in modernist art, but also severely limits the borders between the specific national derivatives within it. Coupled with the fact that “national” became a dangerous and unpopular topic after World War I, the modernism that developed in Central Europe developed as an anti-national phenomenon. Georgia enjoyed a short period of independence from 1918 to 1921. Not only Georgian modernism, but also the distinctive model of the Tbilisi avant-garde flourished during this time. It was based on a creative collaboration between different nationalities, their multinational and intercultural art. The specificity of the Tbilisi avant-garde was characterized by integrating different national characteristics into a unified artistic system. Despite the artists’ differing individual and national backgrounds, a unified artistic language was formed and this unique language determined the emerging art’s diversity and vivid imagery. The art and culture that developed in the bosom of independent Georgia generally carried a trace of Georgian national characteristics. The question arises: How organic and relevant is distinctiveness by national features in the context of modernism, which, as already mentioned, promotes cosmopolitanism. The priority of nationality should be considered as a hindering factor in terms of modernist values. However, the specifics of Georgian modernism and the Tbilisi avant-garde differed from the European ones. Namely, as Italian futurism stated and Tommaso Marinetti, its founding father, wrote in his Manifesto of Futurism: “We want to destroy museums and libraries, fight against morality, feminism, and all opportunist and utilitarian cowardice .. -
6. Imereti – Historical-Cultural Overview
SFG2110 SECOND REGIONAL DEVELOPMETN PROJECT IMERETI REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IMERETI TOURISM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Public Disclosure Authorized STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Tbilisi, December, 2014 ABBREVIATIONS GNTA Georgia National Tourism Administration EIA Environnemental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EMS Environmental Management System IFI International Financial Institution IRDS Imereti Regional Development Strategy ITDS Imereti Tourism Development Strategy MDF Municipal Development Fund of Georgia MoA Ministry of Agriculture MoENRP Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia MoIA Ministry of Internal Affairs MoCMP Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection MoJ Ministry of Justice MoESD Ministry of Economic and Sustaineble Developmnet NACHP National Agency for Cultural Heritage Protection PIU Project Implementation Unit PPE Personal protective equipment RDP Regional Development Project SECHSA Strategic Environmental, Cultural Heritage and Social Assessment WB World Bank Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................................... 0 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 14 1.1 PROJECT CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................... -
Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) by Dr
UDC 9 (479.22) 34 Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) by Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze (Tbilisi, Georgia) ISBN 99940-0-539-1 The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG. “Sakartvelos Demokratiuli Respublika” in Georgian) was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia in 1918 - 1921. The DRG was established after the collapse of the Russian Tsarist Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917. Its established borders were with Russia in the north, and the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan in the south. It had a total land area of roughly 107,600 km2 (by comparison, the total area of today's Georgia is 69,700 km2), and a population of 2.5 million. As today, its capital was Tbilisi and its state language - Georgian. THE NATIONAL FLAG AND COAT OF ARMS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA A Trans-Caucasian house of representatives convened on February 10, 1918, establishing the Trans-Caucasian Democratic Federative Republic, which existed from February, 1918 until May, 1918. The Trans-Caucasian Democratic Federative Republic was managed by the Trans-Caucasian Commissariat chaired by representatives of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia. On May 26, 1918 this Federation was abolished and Georgia declared its independence. Politics In February 1917, in Tbilisi the first meeting was organised concerning the future of Georgia. The main organizer of this event was an outstanding Georgian scientist and public benefactor, Professor Mikheil (Mikhako) Tsereteli (one of the leaders of the Committee -
The Case of the Puella Trans-Isalana Or the Kranenburg Girl (1717)
Marijke J. van der Wal Feral Children and the Origin of Language Debate: the Case of the Puella Trans-Isalana or the Kranenburg Girl (1717) La parole distingue I'homme entre les animaux: le langage distingue les nations entre elles; on ne connoit d'ol! est un homme qu'après qu'il a parlé. (J.J. Rousseau, Essai sur ['origine des [angues, ed. eh. Porset, Paris 1969: 26; p.1 of Essai) 1. Introduction When, at the beginning of the seventeenth century, the brilliant young scholar Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) presented his early linguistic ideas, he did not fail to give his view on the origin of language.l He maintained that both languages and nation states, the two bonds ofhuman society, were bom at the same time. Language was a human product, resulting from the need to have a language; the possibility of a divine gift is not even mentioned. Grotius was not the only one at the time who discussed the origin of language and his view on the mat• ter was not new. The view that language is a product of human ingenuity and related to the development of societies is found as early as in Plato' s Protago• ras. The origin of language debate, in which Grotius was involved, had been going on for centuries, and interest in the subject did not wane in the eight• eenth century. 1) These ideas are to be found in his Latin treatise Parallelon ReTUrn Publicarurn. Cf. Van der Wal (1997) and Van der Wal (fortheaming). G. HafJler, P. Sehmitter (Hrsg.): Spraehdiskussion und Besehreibung von Spraehen im 17. -
Les Enfants Sauvages Et La Question De La Nature Humaine
LES ENFANTS SAUVAGES ET LA QUESTION DE LA NATURE HUMAINE Josef Fulka Wild Children and the Question of Human Nature In the present text, the authors deals with the specific phenomenon of the so-called wild children, i. e. human beings deprived of contact with other members of the human species. We concentrate on a particular historical case – Victor of Aveyron, a wild child found in France in the end of the 18th century who has been submitted to remarkable pedagogical procedures conducted by J.-M. Itard. We attempt to highlight Itard’s philosophical background (Condillac, Locke) and to show how his philosophical conjectures might have influenced his practical pedagogical approach especially in the domain of language acquisition. Keywords: wild children, language acquisition, Enlightenment philosophy Pour commencer, il faut d’abord poser la question pourquoi.[1] Pourquoi s’intéresser aux enfants sauvages – c’est-à-dire aux enfants privés, pour une raison ou une autre, du contact avec d’autres êtres humains pendant une période prolongée – lorsqu’il s’agit de comprendre la nature humaine par rapport à l’animalité ? Qu’est-ce que les enfants sauvages peuvent nous dire sur la nature humaine en général et sur la relation entre l’homme et l’animal en particulier ? La question, en fait, est particulièrement épineuse : en général, on peut pourtant affirmer que le phénomène des enfants sauvages nous fournit un exemple négatif, nous permettant d’examiner certains processus – celui de l’acquisition du langage et du développement de certaines compétences cognitives, entre autres – sous des conditions pour ainsi dire « non-standard » ; bref, l’enfant sauvage représente un cas-limite capable de nous apprendre quelque chose sur la manière dont nous, les êtres « normaux », vivons, pensons, percevons ce qui nous entoure. -
Bringing Methodology to the Fore: the Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi Paul Everill, Nikoloz Antidze, Davit Lomitashvili, Nikoloz Murgulia
Bringing methodology to the fore: The Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi Paul Everill, Nikoloz Antidze, Davit Lomitashvili, Nikoloz Murgulia Abstract The Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi has been working in Samegrelo, Georgia, since 2001, building on the work carried out by archaeologists from the S. Janashia Museum since 1973. The expedition has trained nearly 250 Georgian and British students in modern archaeological methodology since 2001, and over that same period Georgia has changed enormously, both politically and in its approach to cultural heritage. This paper seeks to contextualise the recent contribution of British archaeological methodology to the rich history of archaeological work in Georgia, and to consider the emergence of a dynamic cultural heritage sector within Georgia since 2004. Introduction A small village in the predominantly rural, western Georgian region of Mingrelia (Samgrelo) hosts a surprising and spectacular historic site. A fortress supposedly established by Kuji, a semi-mythical ruler of west Georgia in the vein of the British King Arthur, provides the stage for the story of an alliance with King Parnavaz of east Georgia (Iberia) and the overthrow of Hellenistic overlords. As a result Nokalakevi has become a potent political symbol of a united, independent Georgia and a backdrop to presidential campaign launches. Known as Tsikhegoji in the Mingrelian dialect, meaning Fortress/ Castle of Kuji, the Byzantine name Archaeopolis (old city) mirrors the literal meaning of the Georgian name, Nokalakevi – ruins where a town was – in suggesting that, even when the Laz and their Byzantine allies fortified the site in the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries AD, the ruins of the Hellenistic period town may have still been visible. -
Biuleteni Eng Saboloo
The ##88 V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State From the editors Conservatoire The news World recognition of a International Georgian Ethnomusicologist One Georgian folk Research Ensemble. Ensemble “Jvaruli” Center for Foreign Performers of Georgian Folk Song. Ensemble “Maspindzeli” Traditional from Britain Foreigners on Georgian Folk Polyphony Music. Interview with Polo Vallejo Polyphony of other B U L L E T I N countries. Zhanna Partlas. Multi-part singing in Estonia The Centers of Georgian Science and Culture. Ivane Javakhishvili Institute of History and Ethnology Beneficents of Georgian Folk Song. Levan Abashidze Folk Song in everyday life. eorgian Round Dances The History of one song. Dala Kojas khelghvazhale Tbilisi. June, 2010 1 Editors: Rusudan Tsurtsumia Maka Khardziani Translator: Maia kachkachishvili Computer services: Maka Khardziani ISSN (online) 1512-2883 eISSN 2346-7614 The V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, 8/10, Griboedov Str., Tbilisi, 0108 Georgia Tel. (+995 32) 299-89-53 Fax (+995 32) 298-71-87 Email: [email protected] [email protected] www.polyphony.ge 2 Introduction This is volume 1 of the online Bulletin of the Swiss Agency for Development and the International Research Center for Cooperation. Ttraditional Polyphony. It is the heir of Another noteworthy event was the the Center’s printed Bulletin and is completion of the project “Echoes from the enumerated as #1 (8). Past” with the assistance of the Vienna Two years have passed since the Center’s Phonogrammarchiv of Austrian Academy of last bulletin #7 was published. The Bulletin Sciences. 16 CDs of the unique examples was established in 2004 as part of UNESCO recorded on wax cylinders in 1923-1952 in project “Safeguarding and Promotion of various parts of Georgia were released in Georgian Traditional Polyphony” and aimed 2007-2009. -
For Beauty, Nation and God the Creation of the Georgian National Treasure
Venezia Arti e-ISSN 2385-2720 Vol. 27 – Dicembre 2018 ISSN 0394-4298 For Beauty, Nation and God The Creation of the Georgian National Treasure Alžběta Filipová (Ivane Djavakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia) Abstract The following paper traces the origins and increased interest in the cultural heritage of Georgia on behalf of the local intelligentsia in the 19th century. After describing the circumstances that may have led the new generation of Georgian scholars to a systematic exploration of ancient remains in the Caucasus and medieval ecclesiastical monuments and treasuries, the paper will focus on the main archaeologists of Christian antiquity in Georgia, Dimitri Bakradze and Ekvtime Taqaishvili. Finally, the study outlines the creation of what has been called the Georgian National Treasure. The treasure items, collected from monasteries and settlements all over Georgia and protected from robberies and impetuous art collectors, were sent into exile in 1921, shortly before the short-lived Georgian Democratic Republic’s annexation to the Soviet Union. The thirty-nine boxes, containing manuscripts, icons, precious liturgical vessels and other priceless items, were sent from Batumi to Marseille, via Istanbul, and stored in France until 1945, when Ekvtime Taqaishvili, who had taken care of and protected them over those 24 years, accompanied them back to Tbilisi. Summary 1 Introduction. – 2 Discovering the Southern Caucasus. – 3 Russian Collectors of Georgian Medieval Artefacts . – 4 Georgian Archaeology: Dimitri Bakradze and Ekvtime -
An Investigation of Feral Children and Original Sin
Verbum Volume 8 Issue 1 Article 9 December 2010 An Investigation of Feral Children and Original Sin Christina Regelsberger St. John Fisher College Follow this and additional works at: https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum Part of the Religion Commons How has open access to Fisher Digital Publications benefited ou?y Recommended Citation Regelsberger, Christina (2010) "An Investigation of Feral Children and Original Sin," Verbum: Vol. 8 : Iss. 1 , Article 9. Available at: https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum/vol8/iss1/9 This document is posted at https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/verbum/vol8/iss1/9 and is brought to you for free and open access by Fisher Digital Publications at St. John Fisher College. For more information, please contact [email protected]. An Investigation of Feral Children and Original Sin Abstract In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph. "The subject of feral children has often been explored from a variety of viewpoints and angles. Frequently, such topics as education, language acquisition, emotional stability, mental stability and behavioral patterns are reviewed. However, the motive of actions or the inherent tendency of feral children to behave one way or another is often overlooked. The question remains whether feral children (prior to their integration into society), are in possession of original sin. Many maintain that all humans are born with an inherent desire to do evil. However, is it the result of social stimulation or merely an innate propensity to sin? Before such a question can be answered, a short discourse on original sin is necessary. Thus, I intend to explore and discuss the theories of original sin presented by both St. -
15, 1992 the Industry's Newspaper Issue Number 941
MAY 15, 1992 THE INDUSTRY'S NEWSPAPER ISSUE NUMBER 941 UPI Auctioned Off To Pat INSIDE: Robertson For $6 Million FCC TO APPROVE Evangelist the only bidder for entire NEW HOAX RULE organization; promises editorial freedom The FCC is expected to unveil a TV evangelist and former Re- creditors, owed approximately $60 million, would receive about plan this week to fine stations publican presidential hopeful Pat Robertson won a bankrupt- 10 cents on the dollar from Rob- that knowingly air bogus cy court auction of United Press ertson's bid. broadcasts that result in International, bidding $6 million Although he didn't spell out for the wire service network, specific plans for the company, "substantial public harm." A and other assets. Robertson listed the radio net- licensee will be held responsible "Business goes on as usual," work and international repor- ting among its most desirable even if the hoax is made without UPI Managing Editor Bob Kieckhefer told R&R late Tues- assets. He called the domestic management's knowledge. day (5/12) after lawyers for newspaper operation UPI's Page 4 UPI and its creditors commit- weakest link, but didn't say tee accepted the bid from Rob- whether he intended to shut it ertson's U.S. Media Corp. U.S. down. "I don't interfere in the Country Sales Swing Up Bankruptcy Judge Francis Con- editorial policies of our rad planned a hearing the next stations," Robertson told re- 10 QUESTIONS WITH Owing perhaps to an increasing number of older record day to certify the agreement. porters outside the court hear- buyers, sales of country music nearly doubled in the last GORDON HASTINGS Robertson is to provide ing in Rutland, VT. -
Robert Burns in Other Tongues; a Critical
^S *&>• >n BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME FROM THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND THE GIFT OF iii^nrg W. Bags 1S9X .fjr/j.rjf:.. ikp/.v.fj... 9963 Cornell University Library PR4336.J12 Robert Burns in other tongues; a critical 3 1924 013 447 937 M ^ Cornell University VM Library The original of tliis bool< is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924013447937 ROBERT BURNS IN OTHER TONGUES PUBLISHED BY JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS. GLASGOW, ^nbUshcrs to the Snibersitji). MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON AND NEW YORK" Loitdon^ • Sijnpkin, Hamilton and Co. Cainbridge^t Macinillan and Bowes, Edinburgh^ Dotiglas and Foulis. MDCCCXCVI. " , ROBERT BURNS IN OTHER TONGUES A Critical Review of the Translations of the Songs & Poems of Robert Burns i'- ii /; WILLIAM JACKS AUTHOR OF A TRANSLATION OF "NATHAN THE WISE ETC. Glasgow James MacLehose and Sons ^nblisheis to tite Stnibtrsits 1896 Ail rights reserved cc ! Jungst pflUckt' ich einen Wiesenstrauss, Trug ihn gedankenvoll nach Haus ; Da hatten, von der warmen Hand, Die Kronen sich alle zur Erde gewandt, Ich setzte sie in frisches Glas, Und welch ein Wunder war rair das Die Kopfchen hoben sich empor, Die Blatterstengel im grunen Flor, Und allzusammen so gesund, Als stiinden sie noch auf Muttergrund. So war mir's, als ich wundersam Main Lied in fremder Sprache vernahm. Goethe PREFACE. I WAS led into the present, task by seeing now and again in newspapers, reviews of foreign translations of the works of Robert Burns, and by occasionally meeting with specimens of these translations in my wanderings on the Continent.