Vision: A Seat at the Table
Can the inclusion of women help prevent conflict and sustain security post-war? A large body of research attests that it can.
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Women, Paper and Power in the Medieval Period
A historical retrospective of the social realities and perceptions of the legal status of women in the Middle Ages, specifically in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.
Lilit Teryan: The Doyen of Iran’s Modern Sculpture
Known as the mother of modern sculpture, Lilit Teryan left an indelible mark on Iran’s art scene. Although teaching sculpture was banned following the 1979 revolution, Teryan continued creating and eventually returned to instruct a new generation of Iranian artists.
Studio Belle: Armenian Photo Studios and the Changing Standards of Female Beauty
The first Armenian-owned photo studios in Constantinople and Tbilisi at the end of the 1850s not only immortalized people’s lives, they were an effective shortcut to modernity and a powerful symbol of cultural emancipation.
Innovative Teaching Tools
Back in 2020, the Paradigma Education Foundation published the “Guidebook on History Teaching: Why, How?” for teachers in Armenia the purpose of which is to develop active historical thinking. This year, they launched another innovative tool for teachers—a gender history pack—called History #5. Co-founder Narek Manukyan speaks to EVN Report about the idea, the journey and the purpose of this new tool.
Կանայք չորս ժամանոց երկրում
Երկրում որտեղ մի քանի ժամում կարելի է տարբեր քաղաքներ այցելել, ինչու՞ է կանանց համար դժվար իրենց ծննդավայրից տեղափոխվել և համապատասխան կրթություն ստանալ իրենց միջավայրից և ծնողներից ոչ այդքան հեռու վայրում։ Արևիկ Համբարձումյանի հետ զրուցում ենք երիտասարդների մասնագիտական աճի և մենթորության տված հնարավորությունների մասին։
The Guardian Women of the Front Lines
While the majority of women didn’t pick up guns to fight in the war, many used their skills to fight in their own way. On this first anniversary of the 2020 Artsakh War, Kushane Chobanyan presents the stories of six extraordinary women who were on the front lines.
The EDM Kitchen։ Electronic Dance Music in the Context of Gender
Electronic dance music, as a relatively new cultural phenomenon, could have been occupied by women, but even here, the presence of men is predominant and women have to fight for fair representation.
Notes From a Future Museum: The Aesthetic Politics of Armenian “Chekanka” Art
Hybridizing fine art and mass culture, Soviet-era “chekanka” art generated an unconventional visual world in which ancient and modern mythologies, as well as sexual and political desires could be blended into a patently local cultural narrative.
Where Am I Now?
Post-trauma, when the imperative to continue existing before one is able to deal with the breakdown of a way of existence that was once valid, between the now and the future, between aftershocks, eight female photographers ask, “Where am I now?”
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