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CityScapes Blog

Welcome to the Goethe-Institut CityScapes Blog.

12 cities
36 artists
12 themes
From January through December 2011, these were the parameters for a playground of diverse, fascinating, vibrant tales: Responding individually to a collective impetus, a host of hand-picked young bloggers uploaded photos, texts, and multimedia. Every month, they were given a new theme. Step by step, they created a kaleidoscope of impressions, opinions, ideas and… plain fun.

This project has now ended. If you like what you see, you may want to check out the brand new
CityTales Comic Blog.

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This project was coordinated and moderated by Goethe-Institut Australia

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Saturday, December 31. 2011

Rites and rituals—How does my city celebrate?

I remember that my family usually buys about 20 chickens just for the 3 days of the Tet Holiday. Not just chickens—we buy mountains of meat, vegetables, rice, candy, beans... We prepare food like we’re feeding an army.

Continue reading "Rites and rituals—How does my city celebrate?" »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 10:20 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Wednesday, November 30. 2011

Hanoi Sidewalks: Not for walking!

If you want to walk in Hanoi, you might have to walk in the street, not on the sidewalk, because most of the sidewalks in Hanoi are for business or parking, not for walking.



Continue reading " Hanoi Sidewalks: Not for walking!" »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 10:07 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Tuesday, August 30. 2011

Ha Noi: Thirsty for green

By My Hang

Beside a Ha Noi of building sides, there is another Ha Noi, in which plants can grow up in every small empty angle of houses and streets.

Mosses with a wet color on old brick walls.

Wild bushes calling wild bees and birds on roofs.

A pot of onion trees looking so fresh in a smoky kitchen.

There are so many ways trees can chose to survive in such a cramped and crowded city like Ha Noi. Continue reading "Ha Noi: Thirsty for green " »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 09:59 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Sunday, July 31. 2011

Ha Noi Culture: Inside my family

by My Hang

The different thingkings among gererations enfluence deeply to family cultures

Yesterday I got a new “ao dai” – the traditional dress of Vietnamese women. I really wanted to take a photo of me in the ao dai with my whole family, including my grandfathers, my parents, and my brothers. Eventually I got the photo. The background of the photo is a vase of lotus and a tea pot on the table. It is a nice photo. But it was very difficult for me to gather all the members of the family for that photo. Continue reading "Ha Noi Culture: Inside my family" »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 17:21 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Friday, June 10. 2011

Integration in Ha Noi: A brighter color?

by My Hang

There are about 250,000 immigrants arriving in Ha Noi each year - photo by My Hang

How could the street vendor who sell ice teas near my office recently buy a house in this expensive city? Selling 1000 cups of tea per day? Wining a lottery? No. She just sold teas for a very very long time. And then bought a house.

Continue reading "Integration in Ha Noi: A brighter color?" »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 19:07 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Thursday, May 19. 2011

Ha Noi: Tube it?

by My Hang

A house in the Old Quarter of Ha Noi.
The first floor is modernized into a tube shape,
but the second one is remained in an old style


My grandfather has a 200- year-old house in the Old Quarter of Ha Noi. The house burned 50 years ago. But luckily for us, just one small part of it was damaged. That house is one of hundreds of old houses in the city struggling to survive through many upheavals.
Continue reading "Ha Noi: Tube it?" »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 16:59 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

Saturday, April 30. 2011

Buried in garbage



Hanoi’s garbage men may have nowhere to go next year. Nam Son, the city’s largest dump, is estimated to be full to capacity by 2012. Other small dumps will be unable to share the load. Continue reading "Buried in garbage" »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 16:27 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Wednesday, March 30. 2011

Sex in Hanoi: A secret wave

The marriage of two 19-year-old girls last year shocked my country. At that time, many wedding photos of the couple spread quickly on the internet. In some forums, people expressed widely varying opinions of the event.

By My Hang
Continue reading "Sex in Hanoi: A secret wave" »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 16:56 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Tuesday, January 18. 2011

Hanoi: coffee, honking and a city of building sites

An advertisement of "drilling and cutting concrete" in Ha Noi - photo by Le Nguyen Ba Thang



Hanoi in the the first days of new year has a cold which goes straight to the bones. Continue reading "Hanoi: coffee, honking and a city of building..." »
Posted by
Tran My Hang
in Hanoi at 18:07 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)
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Theme of the Month

DEC: Rites & Rituals

NOV: Jam it!

OCT: High Heels & Tight Jeans

SEP: Cents & Sensibilities

AUG: Green Issues

JUL: Culture and my City

JUN: Us and Them

MAY: Built up?

APR: Bin it!

MAR: Sex in my City

FEB: Going Local!

JAN: My Year in the City

CityScapes @ APUF

In June 2011, a selection of CityScapes bloggers attended the Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF) in Bangkok, reporting live for the UN through CityScapes.

CLICK HERE to read, see, and watch what was happening behind the scenes at this conference.

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Comments

Ben Fajzullin about Rites and rituals (Berlin): religions
Sat, 24.12.2011 18:15
Wow!! Great pix Max. Love the colour, emotion and movement i n your photos. You sometimes f orget about the multi-cu [...]
alfie about Built Up in Singapore
Mon, 19.12.2011 07:10
is that first pic taken in sin gapore? if yes, where?
to nga about Singapore: My kingdom for a bus/train/cab!
Mon, 19.12.2011 00:29
very interesting. I had a grea t time in Singapore last WE. b ook shopping, strolling time i n botanical garden and a [...]
anon about Sydney: High heels, high fashion and horses
Thu, 08.12.2011 08:31
Hey Sahar, I use a Marantz PMD661. It's a bit of a brick , but super easy to use and ha s great sound quality. [...]
Pattarasuda about Dear Traffic,....
Tue, 06.12.2011 11:43
Thank you for both feedbacks : D
Sahar about Sydney: High heels, high fashion and horses
Mon, 05.12.2011 06:29
Hi Jennifer, It's Sahar her e from Auckland. What kind of recording equipment, and softw are do you use? Your aud [...]
farid rakun about Dear Traffic,....
Thu, 01.12.2011 07:30
+ 1 me on the laughing part… T hanks!

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