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  • Houshamadyan Kicks off Preservation of Ottoman Armenian cultural lif

    PRESS RELEASE
    Houshamadyan e. V. (non-profit Organisation)
    Berliner Str. 100
    13189 Berlin, Germany
    Email: houshamadyan(at)gmail.com
    Web: http://www.houshamadyan.org/

    14 May 2011, Berlin

    The Houshamadyan website, whose aim is to reconstruct and preserve the
    memory, daily life and social environment of the Ottoman Armenians
    through research, has now been operating for several months.

    The owner and operator of the website is the Houshamadyan Association,
    founded and officially registered in Berlin, Germany, in 2010.

    Our research encompasses all aspects of the history of the Armenians
    in the Ottoman Empire, including social history, the history of daily
    life, local microhistory, dialects, music, literature, material
    culture and so on. For this, the following are of special importance:
    the collection and preservation of culturally valuable artefacts of
    all kinds produced by the Ottoman Armenians such as musical recordings
    of historical value, old photographs, pictures, old film footage and
    so on. Similarly important to our work are documents bearing on
    Ottoman Armenian history such as printed books, periodical
    publications and archival material, or papers in individual
    collections such as correspondence, unpublished notes, official
    documents, autobiographical details etc. We also want documenting oral
    history by recording interviews and related materials.

    We are convinced that the internet is the most practical, influential
    and immediate means of carrying out the wide scope of work required to
    reconstruct the Ottoman Armenian memory. More than this, it is our aim
    to create a collaborative website to which each individual visitor
    will have the ability to make comments or input the things that are in
    his possession - photographs, books, memoirs, information etc - so
    that it's pages may be enriched collaboratively.

    The first place chosen by Houshamadyan was the district of Palu, with
    its town and surrounding villages. Various articles may be seen on the
    website about Palu's local history, interethnic relations, geography,
    agricultural activities, social structure, local songs and dances and
    so forth.

    The pages of the website are in the process of being gradually
    enriched. In the next few weeks articles about other
    Armenian-populated places in the Ottoman Empire will be put in the
    public domain.

    The website address is: www.houshamadyan.org

    Yours sincerely,
    Houshamadyan editorial board



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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