#European Capital of Culture

[plattenbau-persephone-praxis]

Synagogue in Timișoara. For a while it was used as a concert and event hall. Now it looks like it was reclaimed by the Romanian Jewish community-organisation and it's being renovated. It's in the center of town, which has about 4 big Christian religious buildings too. A place where it's believed that the old Ottoman mosque was situated is marked with a golden plate on the ground. A big part of the Identity of Timișoara is based on religious diversity.

#timisoara #Timișoara #jewish history #synagogue #european capital of culture

[sheltiechicago]

‘Modernism For The Future’. Architecture As Inspiration For Cinema, Dance, Music And Beyond

While becoming the European Capital of Culture is the most anticipated event in Kaunas, it’s not the only one. The UNESCO World Heritage Commission now has to decide whether the modernist architecture network of Kaunas will be included in the prestigious global list of protected heritage. The acknowledgment would continue the list of international appreciations that already includes the European Heritage Label.

The step to UNESCO is a challenge not only for architecture and urbanism professionals but for every citizen of Kaunas and Kaunas district. This is where ‘Modernism for the Future’, one of the key programmes of Kaunas 2022, steps in. It aims to awaken the responsibility for our surroundings and create a solid emotional bond with the urban landscape and heritage.

#modernism for the future #architecture #cinema #dance #music #kaunas #lithuania #european capital of culture #unesco world heritage commission #modernist architecture #european heritage label

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

April 2015: Easter Tree in Kyiv, Ukraine.

#kyiv #ukraine #slavic culture #easter eggs #easter #spring #slavic #world capitals #blue #christianity #christian #european culture #eastern europe

[kukekakuningaskris]

Joker out perform in tallinn and are then trending nr1 on here. Clearly theres a connection and they need to come back to estonia soon in order for eveyone to go insane again. Its what we deserve

#tartu is the european cultural capital of the year #why not go there #(clearly i have no ulterior motives of seeing them live closer to home) #joker out

[kyouka-supremacy]

WAIT YOU AREN'T AMERICAN???

#Sorry akdbrvekkdbrjekbdke this is just. not the first time I receive an ask of this kind and I really can't figure what makes this idea– #come across and how to stop it akdmbrkskdbbeksbdbeksk #I am. very much not. Besides I feel like my English is super broke so I thought at least *that* would give it away!!! #people asks me stuff #It's just. There's a big modern cultural colonization by the usa of my and other European countries– #which... Eh... Doesn't make me... Well... Uh... Very fond of the usa to put it that way #And I KNOW it's unfair towards the people and I love all of my friends from the usa deeply and truly #But like. I totally get this is just a small thing but like... It's hard to explain. #But you need to understand the influence the usa has on Europe is BAD. And at least in my country it's utterly terrible. #And it's more of an extension of a deep capitalist structure than all usa's fault but like... My country is currently undergoing a– #privatization of healthcare and education following a blatantly american model which is BAD. There's like one (1) thing that our country– #has going on which is free healthcare and some of the current leaders want to change that just because for them if that's how it works in– #the usa then it must be good. It's bad. it's screwed up. Once every year someone brings up making of the country a federal state– #like what the fuuuuuck what is wrong with everyone. Not to mention all the media we consume comes directly from the usa and contributes– #spreading the idea the usa is on top of the world and all other countries are underdeveloped compared to them. You see why it's bad #But like. God this is an awful and faulted way to reduce an extremely complex subject I really can't dwell on because an entire thesis– #could be written on it. But there's a huge cultural colonization in Europe that makes people feel like there's no possible alternative to– #late stage american capitalism which is sooooooo so so so fucked up. #Because capitalism wins the moment people start believing no alternative is possible

[leomssis]

was reading an article from the athletic about messi and miami and some of these quotes are brilliant

#his miami move is fascinating in so many ways #a move to the biggest market in the world #while also simultaneously finding peace and quiet #in the latin american capital of america #i’m endlessly fascinated by fan culture in america and how different it is from europe #him being surrounded by (mostly) his people when his entire life he’s been surrounded by europeans #the “flashiness” of miami sports culture #it’s all just so different from what he experienced at barcelona and psg #anyway i’m probably thinking too much about this #leo #text

[queers4years]

Indigenous Hawaiians really had a good system going: wake up reaaally early and do most of the days work while it's cool and by the time the sun was up and it got hot the work was done and you're free to surf and socialize. I wish the white people realized they themselves could work smarter and not harder and get time to relax. Instead of calling Hawaiians lazy (and being genocidal about it)

#Ik this happened in most if not all tropical regions that got colonized #they were so pissed that these 'lazy' people got all sorts of fruit and natural bounty 'handed to them' #when those indigenous people were just working before the colonizers woke up and felt no need to kill themselves in midday heat #Which is what's natural for an apex predator: lazing around #Like u see lions in big cuddle puddles during the hottest part of the day. And they have the privilege of laziness by being the top predato #Idk if lions have a specific time they hunt but ik they will hunt at night when people can't observe them #Also Europeans failed to recognize indigenous agriculture and the /purposeful / cultivation of helpful plants (done w/out clearing the land #And even if they were only foraging. Like. If you love the earth and care for it (and not clear it) the earth will love you back idk #Gah! It's just like we coulda eradicated capitalism in its cradle if Euroamericans werent so arrogant and sure their way of life was correc #Like what if they were explorers and not conquistadors and colonizers. And there was a true cultural exchange #Would it have been better if the Europeans never crossed the ocean (even if they weren't there to colonize)? yeah probably #Like while the disease thing wasn't on purpose (initially) Europeans did inadvertently kill a lot of people bc they had no immunity #But I also acknowledge the human desire to explore and see what's out there #But I wish it was like #Europeans: here's some horses and metal tools #Indigenous people: thanks. Here's a way of life more in harmony with nature and an understanding that we're part of the ecosystem #Europeans: oh cool let me bring these ideas back to Europe. Maybe we won't deforest all of England #(I say Europeans but eventually when Canada and America became independent entities they also were responsible for these things) #Capitalism #capitalism is hell #anti capitalism #Colonization #colonialism #colonial violence #Imperialism #conquistador #age of exploration

[bretwalda-lamnguin]

The thing that gets me about Roman Empire being (arguably) the longest lived state in history is how much they had shifted in culture and language, and yet remained Roman. The founders of the Roman State would have surely considered the late-medieval empire an abomination. Anna Komnenos uses the word 'Latin' to describe the Normans her father fought against. They've lived so long that a word that described their founders has become an almost pejorative term for their enemies! The East-West schism of Christianity happened partially because of the language barrier, the Roman Church spoke Latin and the Roman Empire didn't, it spoke Greek! But they're still Roman. Alexius Komnenos was just as much a Roman emperor as Caesar Augustus.

#roman empire #anna komnenos #alexios komnenos #ship of thesus ass empire #everything has changed but they're the same #new capital new language new culture but it's still rome #some things never change though #anna still calls all western europeans celts #even the normans who definitely are not celts #absolutely no time for whatever bullshit is going on in western europe unless it helps them recruit into the varangians

[caninemotiff]

The hostility of the wilderness as a theme, the idea of conflict as man vs wild or civilisation vs wilderness, is a very white/western idea and it almost always stems from human hostility toward nature being misconstrued as nature's inherent hostility toward humans

#in this essay i will #the way a culture views the land is very interesting #it makes sense that western and white culture views land as hostile especially in places that the land is not easily exploited for profit #because colonialism and capitalism specifically value ownership #indigenous and first nations pand practice is much more harmonious #specifically te ao maori #because thats what i know the most about #land wasnt thought to be owned in the same way as the european colonisers who settled in aotearoa #theres this concept that basically boils down to #you dont own land #you're simply tending the land for your descendents #writeblr #themes #tropes #civilization vs wilderness #man vs wild #human vs nature #culture

[chaotic-queer-disaster]

thinking abt my "culture" as a concept is super... strange. as a white north american. and i dont know how to articulate this beyond "its so big it's nothing" and im aware it's so so so incredibly privileged to have a big disconnect from "my culture" because it's everywhere as opposed to because people tried to stamp it out! I know. i'm just thinking out loud about how it is strange.

[on "no reblogs" just bc i dont know if im articulating this exactly as what i mean and im mostly thinking out loud in the tags]

#hello bat if you see this youve actually sparked thinkingthoughts bc of that oc question on nicola-writes skdhfksdf #anyway. #i dont know the actual CULTURAL origin of the food i eat or the clothes i wear or the music i listen to or w/e #i know its. european. presumably. and i know it's canadian/american clusterfuck. and i also know it is influenced by other cultures #on some level ! like i dont live in a bubble with NO other cultures in it but i dont rlly think anyone does lol #but like..... all the influence i can NAME is ONLY influence from /other/ cultures. not mine #i can recognize when something *isnt* part of my culture but i also dont rlly know how to define what my *culture* is beyond... #idk ! a big ol slab of White #the hallmarks of my culture are like. whiteness. overarching influence. white christianity. having everything made for ''wide audiences'' #usually just made w/people like me in mind (most popular clothes most common food most tv characters etc) #and again thats SUPER privileged. obviously. im not complaining about anything (though ofc i dont think it /should/ be like this). #this isnt a ''poor white ppl :( no culture :('' thing this is more... wow we really did just destroy our own individuality for the sake of #white supremacy didnt we. #i dont know many people around here who can name parts of French or English or German or Irish or w/e culture SPECIFICALLY #even if thats what they are. #i read somethign once written by a woman of colour talking about how she noticed that white ppl seem to sacrifice actual individual culture #for the culture of Whiteness and White Supremacy (she capitalized it like that specifically. dont remember why) #especially white north americans (its less common in other places) #which CREATES this phenomenon where we genuinely just don't participate with culture on a conscious level very often #because. its everywhere. it's the ''default assumption'' of north american society. POC & their cultures are ignored in favor of us #and we really only notice when something is *not* our culture but not when something *is* our culture bc we never have to look for it #we participate with culture. obviously. its impossible not to. but we often dont do it on purpose. #idk. thoughts!! thought times. sometimes i have a single thought in my brain #and i am aware this is like 1 perspective and also the least important perspective on race & culture ever kdjhksdjf #i am just thinking.

[mishkakagehishka]

Just a reminder that southern europeans are not inherently lazy and hate work. Like, i am lazy and hate work, but it's not because i'm southern eur

#sorry. i'm never beating the stereotypes #also my post ab being dalmatian fucking so hard bc i can claim so many identities #slavic? yes. mediterranean? yes. southern european? yes. eastern european? yes. southeastern european? naturally. #i just don't feel a connection to central europe at all. like coming to the capital i can see why some northern croats would feel that way #but not my dalmatian ass. culturally i'm closer to italians and spaniards than to germans and austrians i feel

[miraclemaya]

i do think it's funny that there is most definitely a non zero amount of people who like played a ttrpg like ars magica and that inspired them to learn more history

#sadly given most historically rpgs are set in europe #most of that history is just european history #i wonder if coyote and crow is any good i hope it is all i really know about it is that it is really really long #but it would be cool to have a really good rpg about native american culture #though ill be honest it's length has scared me off #and its premises is not the most interesting to me #like its cool but idk what to do in a cyberpunkish setting without capitalism i guess and the like magic stuff didnt grab me #granted i havent read the book so maybe it's much cooler than i think it is #ttrpg

[driftlessarearev]

How to Detonate the Novel: A Rough Guide to the Later Fiction of Louis Armand

Form follows destruction.

Check out my essay in the latest volume of the European Association for Studies in Australia

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#book reviews #books #Breakfast at Midniught #Cairo #capitalism #Deaths Head Sutra #economics #European Associaton for Studies of Australia Studies of A #fiction #GlassHouse #Glitchead #JEASA #Louis Armand #politics #pop culture #prague #religion #The Combinations #Vampyr

[bharatbriefs]

Meet the 2024 European Cultural Capitals

Bad Ischl, a town in the Austrian region of Salzkammergut near the border with Germany’s Bavaria, is a popular tourist spot. Hundreds of thousands of people come here every year to enjoy the region’s scenic mountainous views, with crystal-clear lakes and lush green meadows in the summer or snow-covered peaks in the winter. (Also Read | Year-end Travel: Have ₹1 lakh? Go to Qatar) Bad Ischl is a…

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#Bad Ischl #Bodo #Estonia #European Cultural Capitals #Norway #Tartu

[zicmuse]

KERAMIEKOS TO KYKEON

Keramiekos to Kykeon, is an original, plastic and performative creation, to mark the end of the group show Visions from the Underworld, organized by The Aprognostic Temple, as part of the European Capital of Culture Elefsina 2023, Mystery 177. Keramiekos to Kykeon is a tribute to the mysteries of ancient Greece. Much of it is inspired by the works of Edouard Schuré: Les Grands Initiées & Le Drame sacrée d'Eleusis.

The work consists of several parts:

1). A music workshop with the public.

2). Elements created in ceramics: instruments that pay homage to the aulos (an ancient Greek double-reed instrument), Pythagoras' cups, puzzle cups that test the moderation of their users and a large creation (kernos) bearing a sacred drink, the Kykeon.

3). A wooden ark, used to carry the ceramics and the elixir, which transforms into a display stand at the end of the procession. 4). Costumes and flags are sewn to mark the presence of otherness.

5). A procession around the historic site of the Eleusian Mysteries, passing by the sea where an offering to the gods is made then continuing to the temple.

6). The performance of music & song accompanies the procession and the installation of the display. At the end, we sing, we share the kykeon, we unveil the cube of mystery and the exhibition is over.

ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ Sam & Dome

Here are links to articles about the exposition:

https://elculture.gr/mystirio-177-visions-from-the-underworld-avlaia-gia-tin-ekthesi-sygchronis-technis-me-tin-apokalypsi-tou-ergou-tou-glypti-theodorou/

https://elculture.gr/oi-agprognostic-temple-miloun-sto-elc-gia-to-mystirio-177-tin-apokalypsi-tou-ergou-tou-theodorou-kai-tin-elefsina/

#keramiek #party #pottery #elefsina #parade #european cultural capital #greece

[trivia-quiz-puzzle-jokes]

Online Printable Crossword puzzles about European Capitals - Trivia Quiz

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#European capitals crossword #European countries #cities of Europe #cultural diversity #European heritage