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Workshops & Talks
Knowledge sharing is an integral part of cultural preservation
Yekmal
WORKSHOP
DEQ & Print Workshop
Participants learned the basics about traditional DEQ and the meaning of the symbols. Afterwards each participant created their DEQ design on a bag with linowood printing technique.
Yekmal
INTRODUCTION
LAST DOTS OF DERSIM
Introducing our short documentary KUTENE and our field work in Dersim, with the focus of the role of women in Dersim and the connection to nature.
TARII The Academic Research Institute in Iraq
INTRODUCTION & WORKSHOP
TRADITIONAL TATTOOS IN BABYLON
In this workshop participants of the field research study in Babylon learned about the tradition of DEQ and received extensive knowledge on the documentation of a traditional skin marking practice.
UCLA MESA
INTRODUCTION & WORKSHOP
TRADITIONAL DEQ
In this workshop students of the Middle Eastern Student Association at UCLA learned about the tradition of DEQ and created their own designs with an interactive template.
Heinrich Böll Stiftung
INTRODUCTION
FRAUEN IN DERSIM /
HAUTMARKIERUNGEN UND SELBSTBESTIMMUNG
In collaboration with Ceni the participants of the talk learned from the directors of the short documentary KUTENE / Last Dots of Dersim about the tradition and the role of women in this practice as well as geography.
FLYING CARPET
EDUCATION/ART FESTIVAL
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ANCIENT TREASURES - BLOCKPRINT
Flying Carpet is a remote childrens festival traveling in Merdin and surrounding to serve art, culture and education in vulnerable communities.
In this workshop children learned about the symbols of traditional DEQ and block printed their own desings on felt garlands, connecting to the ancient local knowledge of Mesopotamia.
SEBAEY ELBWISHI
EDUCATION/EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY
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DEQ: MARKING A RESISTANCE
Participants of the Sebaey Elbwishi Academy, organized by Queeraspora e.V., learned about the resistance that comes with the practice of an oppressed and erased culture. At the end of the workshop a collective piece was created in which everyone block printed their own DEQ stories.
If you are interested in cultural preservation and education please feel welcome to reach out.
We are working on different projects to diversify knowledge transmission and look forward to hearing your ideas and projects.