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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.

CityScapes Blogger

Text Blogger

Photo Blogger

Multimedia Blogger

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This project was coordinated and moderated by Goethe-Institut Australia

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Berlin
Istanbul
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Thursday, December 8. 2011

Celebrating in Istanbul - Come as you are!

Sunday evening, 10 o clock in the evening: I am watering a handful of rice, some chick peas, a glass of crashed wheat, and some beans (in short: everything I could find on the kitchen shelf ...). The mix will soak over night, and tomorrow I will cook it together with loads of sugar, nuts, dried fruits, like figs and apricot, I some fresh fruits, too – pomegranate and orange respectively, and – very important – rose water! What for all this?

by Kristina Kamp

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Tuesday, November 29. 2011

Public Transport in Istanbul: From Metro to Horse Buggy

“Have you ever worked at a circus as an acrobat?” … “Traffic in Istanbul can be manic; expect a stressful drive ...” … “The traffic in Istanbul is utterly absurd …”... “Chaos” … “Jam” .. “Gridlock” … “Be aware!!!”

by Kristina Kamp

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Sunday, October 23. 2011

Istanbul: On the Intermingling of Fashion and Politics

'Long gone are the days when distinct or traditional clothing made our cultures recognizable' ??? Not when it comes to Turkey! Istanbul provides ground for a case study: The headscarf – an expression of culture? Of religion? A political symbol? … Fashion??? An everlasting topic in any case.

Kristina Kamp

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Sunday, September 25. 2011

Does money make people happy?

Istanbul'ian Ugur, Jusuf, Fatos, and Dilek explain what they think about 'Cents and Sensibilities' ...

by Kristina Kamp
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Monday, July 25. 2011

Istanbul: Fragments of Culture (s)

Mhhhhhmmmm...

What to write about 'culture' in my city? The sociologist inside me is confused. (Well, that's her job.) Culture ... what does the term actually mean?

Kristina Kamp

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Saturday, June 11. 2011

Who are we?

Who are 'we'? And who are 'they'?

Tomorrow, on June 12, the country will flock to the bullet boxes again and - no doubt! - the fault lines run deep in this country.

by Kristina Kamp

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Tuesday, May 17. 2011

Istanbul – Destroy it, and build it up again?!

In fact, summing up Istanbul's treasury of cultural and historic variety is unmanageable. Starting from the big historical empires – Byzantine, Roman, and Ottoman – over the multitude of minorities more or less influential during Ottoman times – namely Greeks, Armenians, French, Germans, Genoese, Levantines, Spanish and Sephardic Jews – to all those uncountable ethnic groups (Kurds, Laz, Syrians, Pomaks, Zaza, Roma ..) and immigrants (Africans, Arabs, Eastern European and Asian people) which found their way to the city in more recent times … They all shaped it, they all left their footsteps in terms of specific lifestyles, architecture, spiritual places and cultural festivities.


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Wednesday, April 20. 2011

Istanbul – Or who is the trashiest?!

Trash, waste, rubbish … when discussing this month's topic with a friend we could not help ourselves thinking that this article must necessarily result in cliches: Side boards overloaded with rubbish; empty bottles and leftovers in the streets, plastics, paper and other industrial waste in the backyards … Is it really like that in our city?
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Monday, March 21. 2011

Istanbul: Prudish, or just schizophrenic?

Wednesday morning, breakfast time: I quickly skim through the first pages of my beloved tabloid paper “Posta” ... passing by the crime scenes ... leaving the high society section behind … Yep .. there it is, my favorite good morning lecture: Page 14 – solely devoted to love, relationship problems and sexuality ...

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Monday, February 21. 2011

Going local in Istanbul?!

And before you can say knife another month is over again ... Hard to believe, but it has already been more than five weeks that I occupied my small island home for the first time. 'Home' – it already feels like that! Renovation finished so far and I dutifully established routine life again, i.e. sitting and writing my thesis.

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Monday, January 17. 2011

Istanbul: Anything but Boring!

It's Jan.13, something around 9:30 pm. Me, two carrying cases, one bag, one handbag, and .. um .. a mattress ... finally pulled out of the much too crowded airport bus. Whew, I take a deep breath. I am back!
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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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