Friendship Park in Gyumri reflecting city, people and future

  • Discussion date and time

    July 15, 2020
    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)

Panelists

  • 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

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.

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

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 the discussion to discussion@futures-studio.org or ask them online during the webinar.