Histories of bahces

📢 Are you 18 to 35 and interested in history, dialogue and building sustainable communities?

🌐 Join us for a daylong workshop co-organized by PRIO Cyprus Centre, , and UNFICYP!

👉 For more information:
https://unficyp.unmissions.org/apply-workshop-intercommunal-dynamics-cyprus-mixed-communities
📝 To apply: https://forms.office.com/e/V4JQ000QYt

We're still thinking back with such fondness to our walk last Sunday around Katydata! Many many thanks to for hosting us; to .sav for these beautiful photographs; to our very own for leading the walk; and to YOU for all the support you've shown us. It fills our hearts to see so many people interested in learning about the history and society of this place we are blessed to call home: the island of Cyprus. Stay tuned for our next plans!

MINING HISTORY | Sun. 14 JULY 2024, 11:00-13:00 | Windcraft Music Fest 10, Katydata

Why and how does the history of mining around Katydata matter?
An interactive history workshop with Aliosha Bielenberg and Histories of bahces.

In this workshop, we'll explore the human and non-human landscapes around Katydata. We’ll walk to the old monastery of Skouriotissa, we’ll see ancient Roman slag heaps, and we’ll hear about the importance of the Cyprus Mines Corporation (CMC) for the economic and social history of Cyprus in the early 1900s.
No prior knowledge of Cypriot history or of Greek is expected.
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ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΙΩΝ | Κυρ. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2024, 11:00-13:00 | Windcraft Music Fest 10, Κατύδατα

Γιατί έχει σημασία η ιστορία των μεταλλείων που βρίσκονται γύρω από τα Κατύδατα;
Ένας διαδραστικός ιστορικός περίπατος με τον Aliosha Bielenberg και το bαhçές histories* of Cyprus

Σε αυτό το εργαστήρι, θα εξερευνήσουμε τα ανθρώπινα και μη τοπία γύρω από το χωριό. Θα περπατήσουμε μέχρι την παλιά μονή της Σκουριώτισσας, θα δούμε αρχαίους ρωμαϊκούς σωρούς σκωρίας, και θα ακούσουμε πως και γιατί η Κυπριακή Μεταλλευτική Εταιρεία (CMC) είχε τόση σημασία για την οικονομική και κοινωνική ιστορία της Κύπρου στις αρχές του εικοστού αιώνα.
Δεν απαιτείται προηγούμενη γνώση της κυπριακής ιστορίας ή της αγγλικής (ή ελληνικής) γλώσσας.
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MADENCILIK TARIHI | Pazartesi 14 Temmuz 2024, 11:00–13:00 | Windcraft Music Fest 10, Katydata

Katydata çevresindeki madencilik tarihinin önemi nedir ve niye önemlidir?
Aliosha Bielenberg ve bαhçές histories* of Cyprus ile interaktif bir tarih atölyesi

Bu atölyede, Katydata’nın etrafındaki insana ve doğaya ait manzaraları keşfedeceğiz. Eski Skouriotissa Manastırı’na yürüyecek, antik Roma’dan kalma maden atık yığınlarını görecek ve Kıbrıs Maden Şirketi’nin (CMC), 1900’lerin başında Kıbrıs'ın ekonomik ve sosyal tarihi için önemini dinleyeceğiz.
Kıbrıs tarihi hakkında önceden bilgi sahibi olmanız veya Yunanca bilmeniz gerekmemektedir.

www.windcraftmusicfest.com/mining-history

We are so excited to be collaborating again with Windcraft Music Fest to host an interactive history walk in two weeks in the village of Katydata. Take a look at all the details below and we hope to see you at the festival!

MINING HISTORY | Sun. 14 JULY 2024, 11:00-13:00 | Windcraft Music Fest 10, Katydata

Why and how does the history of mining around Katydata matter?
An interactive history workshop with Aliosha Bielenberg and Histories of bahces.

In this workshop, we'll explore the human and non-human landscapes around Katydata. We’ll walk to the old monastery of Skouriotissa, we’ll see ancient Roman slag heaps, and we’ll hear about the importance of the Cyprus Mines Corporation (CMC) for the economic and social history of Cyprus in the early 1900s.
No prior knowledge of Cypriot history or of Greek is expected.
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ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΙΩΝ | Κυρ. 14 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 2024, 11:00-13:00 | Windcraft Music Fest 10, Κατύδατα

Γιατί έχει σημασία η ιστορία των μεταλλείων που βρίσκονται γύρω από τα Κατύδατα;
Ένας διαδραστικός ιστορικός περίπατος με τον Aliosha Bielenberg και το bαhçές histories* of Cyprus

Σε αυτό το εργαστήρι, θα εξερευνήσουμε τα ανθρώπινα και μη τοπία γύρω από το χωριό. Θα περπατήσουμε μέχρι την παλιά μονή της Σκουριώτισσας, θα δούμε αρχαίους ρωμαϊκούς σωρούς σκωρίας, και θα ακούσουμε πως και γιατί η Κυπριακή Μεταλλευτική Εταιρεία (CMC) είχε τόση σημασία για την οικονομική και κοινωνική ιστορία της Κύπρου στις αρχές του εικοστού αιώνα.
Δεν απαιτείται προηγούμενη γνώση της κυπριακής ιστορίας ή της αγγλικής (ή ελληνικής) γλώσσας.
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MADENCILIK TARIHI | Pazartesi 14 Temmuz 2024, 11:00–13:00 | Windcraft Music Fest 10, Katydata

Katydata çevresindeki madencilik tarihinin önemi nedir ve niye önemlidir?
Aliosha Bielenberg ve bαhçές histories* of Cyprus ile interaktif bir tarih atölyesi

Bu atölyede, Katydata’nın etrafındaki insana ve doğaya ait manzaraları keşfedeceğiz. Eski Skouriotissa Manastırı’na yürüyecek, antik Roma’dan kalma maden atık yığınlarını görecek ve Kıbrıs Maden Şirketi’nin (CMC), 1900’lerin başında Kıbrıs'ın ekonomik ve sosyal tarihi için önemini dinleyeceğiz.
Kıbrıs tarihi hakkında önceden bilgi sahibi olmanız veya Yunanca bilmeniz gerekmemektedir.

www.windcraftmusicfest.com/mining-history

Thank you Famagusta New Museum! It was lovely to be part of this!

[α]πιθανες ιστορίες | [in]credible histories:
A garden stage reading on the Swedish Cyprus archaeological exhibition.

At:
Cyprus Museum
By:
eva

Getting ready! (Famagusta) Orange stories and the bigger stories behind them 🍊

Join us tomorrow for the Orange Stories! Trust us, you won't want to miss out on this incredible experience! 🌟 See you there!

We are exciting to see you at our new event on this Saturday, 13th of April!

Orange Stories: Εxploring Famagusta’s Past & Collaging its Future

What was Famagusta’s Orange Festival? What were the stories told about the city, its relationship to the world, and its citizens, through the festival representations? What stories does today’s revived interest on the festival reveal? And what are the untold stories of the festival?

The 1.5 hour workshop will invite participants to reflect on the above questions by engaging with photos and other sources, in an interactive and playful manner. Participants will have the opportunity to give their own story of Famagusta through a story collage!

The workshop will be in English but there will be simultaneous translation in Turkish and Greek.

🌟 Are you looking for something to do tomorrow morning? You have one last chance to visit FIVE - the exhibition discussed at our last Histories of bahces episode - tomorrow at the Cyprus Museum!

😊 Stay tuned for the upcoming video recording of the episode, with Demetra Ignatiou, curator-museologist, and Gregoria Ioannou, bioarchaeologist, discussing "Curating the past: Encounters with (5) ancient Cypriots".

💻 Until then, you can watch our previous episodes on our YouTube channel!

bαhçές - YouTube Thanks for stopping by! ❁We are teaming up with scholars and other specialists to create webinars that will enrich our knowledge of the past and will encoura...

What more beautiful way to start the year than with a walk in Ayios Sozomenos with this beautiful weather and these beautiful people? We discovered the historical, natural, and cultural richness concentrated in this small place, learning from the place and its people. A big thank you to our guide, bahçes editor , and to all the participants for coming out. And, lest we forget, to Ttasis souvlakia for stimulating our post-walk discussions (and satisfying our appetites). If you couldn't make it this time, don't worry — we hope to see you again soon!

📣 This Tuesday, December 19, at 6pm EET (Cyprus time), online!

👉 Taking as a starting point the exhibition FIVE, currently on view at the Cyprus Museum and on display until the 7th of January 2024, the episode will focus on the challenges and capacity of the handling and displaying of human remains in museum environments, and about the contributions of the scientific study of human skeletal remains in Cypriot archaeology.

🎤 The episode features a live discussion with bαhçές editor Dr. Maria K. Georgiou, Ign Dmtreea Demetra Ignatiou, curator-museologist, and Grigoria Ioannou, human bioarchaeologist, followed by a Q&A!

Demetra Ignatiou is a cultural practitioner with a background in Archaeology and Cultural Studies. She works as an independent curator and museologist and she collaborates with institutions and initiatives in Greece and Cyprus for the design and implementation of exhibitions, projects and educational programs.

Grigoria Ioannou is a human bioarcheologist and PhD candidate at the Science and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center (STARC), The Cyprus Institute. Her PhD research focused on health, living conditions, diet and paleopathology of populations of Nea Paphos during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. She is part of several research projects and excavations, and she is collaborating, as human bioarcheologist, with foreign Archaeological Missions in Cyprus.

👉 Zoom link: https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/94155080594?pwd=RmMwQ0cvR2prbzg4ZUhuZGJpU0crUT09

This evening, at Limassol, Pylon Art&Culture Gallery, 6-8pm, part of Limassol Art Walks parallel program, with Histories of bahces editor Loizos Kapsalis! Join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/d41d8cd9/limassol-art-walks-2023/6578232172225008/

This Saturday the bαhcές is travelling to Limassol, to take part in the Limassol Art Walks!

In this hybrid episode of the bαhcές histories* of Cyprus, bαhcές editor Loizos Kapsalis and guest Andreas Panagiotou will discuss "Limassol in the 1940s - 1950s".

We will talk about the emergence of new ideas around social, cultural, and educational reform in the 1940s and 1950s, and how these are reflected in the landscape of Limassol.

This event will be part of Raissa Aggeli's new exhibition "C.P. and “Of Other ‘Garden’ Spaces” curated by Elena Parpa.

You can catch us live, at Pylon Gallery (Pylon Art & Culture, Athens 1A, 3041, Limassol), and via Zoom at the link: https://zoom.us/j/99066717901

More information here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/6578232172225008
and, https://limassolartwalks.com

The bahçes histories* of Cyprus team consists of Aliosha Bielenberg, Maria K. Georgiou, Nur Çetiner, Loizos Kapsalis, Evrensel Sebep and Okcan Yıldırımtürk. Visit: https://www.historiesofbahces.org/

💥 Tomorrow, Sunday, 11-2, from bαhçές histories of Cyprus, at Xarkis - Ξαρκής 2023 festival, at Kornos village!

What is lost and silenced when documenting the production of cultural heritage? The bαhçές team will bring together festival participants and local craftswomen for an interactive history workshop. Languages: Greek and English.

🙌 A big thank you to Melek Kaptanoğlu for writing a review of our past webinar, The Cypriot Fiddler: The Oral History of a Professional Class in the Twentieth Century

📖 Follow the link for the text...

👇https://www.historiesofbahces.org/blog/the-cypriot-fiddler-a-review-of-nicoletta-demetriou-melek-kaptanoglu

The Cypriot Fiddler: A Review of Nicoletta Demetriou’s Talk by Melek Kaptanoğlu — bαhçές histories* of Cyprus In this paper, I will share my reflections on Nicoletta Demetriou’s wonderful talk The Cypriot Fiddler: The Oral History of a Professional Class in the Twentieth Century. Demetriou’s research provides us with valuable information on the relationship between culture and music. Ethnomusicology, th...

Had such a blast today exploring Galata's Churches & Watermills! A big thank you to Windcraft Music Fest for hosting us as part of its parallel activities program 😊

🔥🔥Is the heatwave getting to you? Are you looking to escape the city? 🔥🔥

Why not join Windcraft Music Fest for two days full of music and, take the opportunity to join Histories of bahces editor Aliosha Bielenberg for a refreshing mini-bus excursion of the 'Churches and Watermills' of the Karkotis valley as part of the festival?!

If you enjoy your walks in nature with a generous dose of history, this one's for you!

👉Tomorrow, Sunday, 23 July 2023, between 10-12.

Register through the Windcraft festival page:
https://www.windcraftmusicfest.com/activities

See you at 10am in front of the Katydata school, the starting point of our excursion!