The copper works handcraft involves the usage of raw copper sheets. These sheets are manufactured at the casting workshop and then distributed to copper craft workshops. There are several tools used in this craft including various engraving steel pens, hammers, compass, scissors , holders, hooks, welding tools and lathe machine. Coppercraft includes the following stages: lathing, assembly, refining, tin lining, glazing, painting, engraving and inlaying. There are a variety of products from … Read more
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World Café Consciously tapping into collective capacity
World Café’s invite participants to enter an atmosphere of relaxation and vibrant exchange with others from a variety of backgrounds. We tend to prefer having conversations with those who move in similar circles. Interestingly enough, it is precisely when we invite diversity and engage in multi-stakeholder dialogues that innovative approaches may arise. The setting is organised around café-tables, preferably with white paper tablecloths that may be used for doodling and scribbling down ideas. … Read more
Open Space Supporting true insight and innovation by allowing space for expression and cross-pollination
True insight and innovation is created amongst the people, deeply embedded in real life and real experience, and cannot be downloaded from key speakers, books or the internet (though all those may be of help and inspiration). The question of how to open up more space for this kind of innovative creativity within conference settings, sparked off the development of Open Space. In Open Space, people are invited to gather around a theme statement that ideally holds enough inspiration and power to … Read more
Appreciative Inquiry Igniting the collective imagination of what might be
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) strengthens a system’s capacity to apprehend, anticipate and heighten positive potential. AI seeks out the best of what is, to help ignite the collective imagination of what might be. Cycle of Appreciative Inquiry: 1. Discovery: identify and appreciate the best of what is 2. Dream: expand potential in grounded ways - generative 3. Design: develop provocative propositions through dialogue 4. Destiny: deliver on the new images of the future, sustain by … Read more
Open Courtyards Creating Cool Spaces in Buildings
Under some circumstances, architectural designs can be used to take advantage of the sun as a driving force for maintaining air movement. Warm air is less dense than cool air and therefore will rise in an environment of cool air. This movement is called convection. The relatively static cooling system used in a courtyard house can provide the basis for understanding modifications that can generate air movement by convection. In hot dry zones, air temperature drops considerably after sunset from … Read more
Malqaf Wind catch tower (Malqaf)
To satisfy the need for ventilation alone, the Malqaf or wind-catch was invented. It is a shaft rising high above the roofline, with an single large opening and a diagonally sloping top that faces the prevailing wind. It traps the wind from high above the building where it is cooler and stronger, and channels it down into the interior of the building. The Malqaf thus dispenses with the need for ordinary windows to ensure ventilation and air movement. The Malqaf is also useful in reducing the … Read more
Ramadan Lantern Festival Illumination
The Ramadan lantern became famous in Egypt during the Fatimid rule. Since this period the manufacture of the Ramadan lantern has become a famous handicraft in Egypt. There are many categories of craftsmen connected to this tradition, which represents to them a source of income. Though the lantern is considered to be a seasonal toy and decoration craft, it takes months for craftsmen to produce the lanterns to be ready for kids and also for decoration before the holy month of Ramadan. The … Read more
Imece (Collective Labour) Community Volunteering
Imece is a name given to traditional Turkish village-scale collaboration. For example, if a couple is getting married, villagers participate in the overall organization of the ceremony including, but not limited to, preparation of the celebration venue, food, building and settlement of the new house for the newly weds. Tasks are often distributed according to expertise and there is no central authority to govern activities. Imece is a voluntary (sometimes obligatory) activity, generally … Read more
Grow Like a Plant How do you tune in to the will of the Universe?
Through my life I face the phenomena that society demands of me to put labels on myself and to be able to formulate what I want to do with my life. I usually don’t have a clue, so I just say something that feels appropriate in the moment. Yet what do I want is a question for the mind. I may also consider what my heart has to say about it. During a lecture, I heard something that struck me. The teacher said, 'the universe has a plan with you. Let go of what you want and tune in to what the … Read more
Village Plays Entertainment as Intangible Cultural Heritage
Village plays (Koy Seyirlik Oyunlari), known as “villager theatre”, are ceremonial plays performed to celebrate the new year, and for wealth and health under the name of “making play” “performing a play” on certain days of the year. These plays are performed in homes in winter as well as in open spaces. Village plays, with a structure of presentational theatre, are presented all together. In other words, they are played to villagers by villagers who deal with this activity. Therefore, the … Read more
