Friendship Park in Gyumri reflecting city, people and future

Friendship Park in Gyumri reflecting city, people and future

The webinar to be held on July 15, 5 p.m. Yerevan time (GMT+4) and we will present the research results in Gyumri:

  • the historical, cultural and social specificities of the town and its “local text”;
  • base characteristics of citizens and their local habits and practices.

The project team will present the main territory development idea and how it reflects in the functional and cultural program of the park and will announce the nomination of the Open International Competition for recreational infrastructure elements design in Friendship Park in Gyumri.

Speakers:

  • Marina Baiduzh, social anthropologist, folklorist, a partner of the group of applied anthropologists “Artel”
  • Hasmik Knyazyan, cultural anthropologist, a researcher at Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA 
  • Ksenia Trofimova, lead urban development expert
  • Elena Melkumova, public space programming expert.

Discussion language: English. Simultaneous interpretation to Russian and Armenian will be provided.

Discussion date and time: July 15, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Yerevan time (GMT+4) 4:00 p.m. Moscow time (GMT+3), 2:00 p.m. London time (GMT+1), 09:00 a.m. New York time (EDT).

The participation is free. You can join the online webinar by Zoom link (please register here) or by live streaming on Facebook. Please note that only participants who registered via Zoom will have access to Russian and Armenian simultaneous interpretation.

Please send your questions prior to the discussion to discussion@futures-studio.org or ask them online during the webinar.

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