Gross Behnitz
Friday, November 30, 2012
Labels: Thatta Kedona Impressions
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:07 AM,
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Bazaar in Hamburg and Berlin
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Thatta Kedona volunteers, artists and those who like art and culture love bazaars. Lately, one bazaars were held in Hamburg and Berlin. Here are the images from the event showing Dr. Senta Siller with volunteer Uta Moeller (upper image) and Stephanie (lower image).
Related: Bazaar in House of Economy, Stuttgart
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4:20 PM,
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Volunteer at Work in TTTC - Tiles Protection
Labels: Volunteers
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:55 AM,
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Painting Workshop in Women Art Center TGD
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Labels: Dolls Makers, Education, Images
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Fine Art of Making Dolls
Sunday, November 25, 2012
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Labels: Dolls, Dolls Makers, Dr. Senta Siller
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 4:00 PM,
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Thatta Kedona Products
Labels: Products
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 11:06 AM,
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Abbreviations used at Thatta Kedona
AeFeA (or AFA) - Anjuman-e-Falah-e-Aama
BHU - Basic Health Unit
DOW - Dolls of the World
TTTC - Technical Transfer and Training Center
TGD – Thatta Ghulamka Dheroka
WAC - Women Arts Center
Labels: Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:40 AM,
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Dr. Senta Siller Calling
Friday, November 23, 2012
Double click to enlarge.
Labels: Dr. Senta Siller, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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DUKKER PROJEKT
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Alverdens dukker - Dukker fra hele verden.
Man har altid haft dukker. Der er fundet dukker i udgravninger i Sydamerika, Japan, Italien, Grækenland og mange andre steder i hele verden. De er lavet af så forskellige materialer træ, voks, ler og stof, og de var ikke kun legetøj, de blev ofte brugt som religiøse symboler i form af små mennesker. Endnu i dag bliver de af mange folkeslag brugt som feticher. Eksperterne er ikke enige om, hvad det oprindelige formål med dukkerne var. Var de legetøj, der udviklede sig til kultgenstande eller var de kultgenstande, der blev til legetøj?
Udover at være legetøj med pædagogisk formål er dukker en realistisk dokumentation for, hvordan man til forskellige tider og på forskellige steder har anskuet verden. Dukkerne er en vigtig kilde til vores viden om, hvordan man har levet og arbejdet, leget og handlet og er dermed vigtige kulturbærere.
Dr Senta Siller har startet dukkeprojekter i blandt andet Pakistan, Cameroun og Columbia. Disse projekter har sat en selvforstærkende udvikling i gang ved at give kvinderne mulighed for at tjene penge på deres håndarbejder, et lille men væsentligt bidrag til at udvikle landområderne og standse udvandringen til de store byer. Dukkerne er håndlavede og deres tøj og andet tilbehør er kopier af egnens originale dragter og brugsgenstande. De gamle mønstre og moder får på denne måde nyt liv og en vigtig plads i hverdagen.
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Man har altid haft dukker. Der er fundet dukker i udgravninger i Sydamerika, Japan, Italien, Grækenland og mange andre steder i hele verden. De er lavet af så forskellige materialer træ, voks, ler og stof, og de var ikke kun legetøj, de blev ofte brugt som religiøse symboler i form af små mennesker. Endnu i dag bliver de af mange folkeslag brugt som feticher. Eksperterne er ikke enige om, hvad det oprindelige formål med dukkerne var. Var de legetøj, der udviklede sig til kultgenstande eller var de kultgenstande, der blev til legetøj?Udover at være legetøj med pædagogisk formål er dukker en realistisk dokumentation for, hvordan man til forskellige tider og på forskellige steder har anskuet verden. Dukkerne er en vigtig kilde til vores viden om, hvordan man har levet og arbejdet, leget og handlet og er dermed vigtige kulturbærere.
Dr Senta Siller har startet dukkeprojekter i blandt andet Pakistan, Cameroun og Columbia. Disse projekter har sat en selvforstærkende udvikling i gang ved at give kvinderne mulighed for at tjene penge på deres håndarbejder, et lille men væsentligt bidrag til at udvikle landområderne og standse udvandringen til de store byer. Dukkerne er håndlavede og deres tøj og andet tilbehør er kopier af egnens originale dragter og brugsgenstande. De gamle mønstre og moder får på denne måde nyt liv og en vigtig plads i hverdagen.
Labels: Dolls of the World
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:20 AM,
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Dolls of the World
Monday, November 19, 2012
{Arabic Text - Click image to enlarge}
Labels: Dolls of the World
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 12:51 PM,
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International COMSAT Workshop on Environmentally Sustainable Development
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Dr. Norbert Pintsch explaining current projects being developed at TTTC at COMSAT One Day Workshop on Renewable Energy and Sanitation (Dry Toilet System) held on October 25, 2007 in Abbotabad (More pictures in Photo Stream down the sidebar).
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Labels: COMSAT, Dr. Norbert Pintsch
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 1:28 PM,
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Frequently Asked Questions
Friday, November 16, 2012
From information we got from internet, we would also like to start an income generating measure: what must we do?
Motivation to do something, inspiration and vision and the readiness to find a new way and a new product are necessary to start.
How can we manufacture dolls in traditional clothes economically?
It is not the cheap manufacturing that should be the main consideration rather affectionate conversion of traditional dresses into dolls.
Read more »Motivation to do something, inspiration and vision and the readiness to find a new way and a new product are necessary to start.
How can we manufacture dolls in traditional clothes economically?
It is not the cheap manufacturing that should be the main consideration rather affectionate conversion of traditional dresses into dolls.
Labels: Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:35 AM,
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Special Products
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Thatta Kedona makes following ethic dolls (boys and girls):
- Makrani
- Sindhi
- Beluchi
- Punjabi
- Bride and Groom
- Kalashi
- Hunza
- Balti
- Kuchi
- Hazara
Labels: Products, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:05 AM,
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Extreme Housing
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
We have already discussed and illustrated Technology and Economy in connection with extreme housing in in parts 1 and 2. Here we discuss the area of Philosophy and the Religion in order to complete the whole picture.
First of all a note on, perhaps surprising, aspects of Religion:
First of all a note on, perhaps surprising, aspects of Religion:
- The basis of thinking of believers as well as non-believers is identical. If non-believers are of the opinion, they are free of religious limitations and think clearly on scientific lines, so this shows actually their incapacity to admit the influence of religion on our way of thinking.
- One should accept this fact in order to understand the errors in the usual way of thinking, giving a shocking dimension to the usual concepts of finding problem solutions.
- In western systems, one is inclined in religious matters to make a comparison between bananas and Neem-tree, i.e. one compares, what is actually incomparable, e.g. a religion with a total life system. One can only compare in order to recognize the differences and after that again separate, because the incomparability becomes apparent,- a continuously changing process which should be quite clear.
Labels: Housing, Real Estate
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 9:17 AM,
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Pond Project
Buffalo pond is already functioning in the village. The Goal of the project is connect the (gray water) canals in different bazaars with the pond, so that grey water can run in the pond. On a special mark, the water will be pumped into the regional canal, and fresh water will be brought into the pond from the regional canal.
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posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:05 AM,
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Technology Transfer and Training Centre
Monday, November 12, 2012
Labels: Posters, Thatta Kedona, TTTC
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 10:41 AM,
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Appropriate Technology With Dr. Tobias Leonhard
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Dr. Tobias Leonhard worked for the 10th time in the Men’s Centre. During his last visit, Dr. Tobias had contributed to the expansion of products made of tin sheet. In this visit, he carried out improvements in the area of "Appropriate Technology" with particular reference to the already installed Wind Turbine, which was the result of the five-month stay of Zephanja Arzt last year. The first proto-type was noisy and showed wear and tear. It was installed on wooden supports. In the second proto-type, it was established that metal supports were better than the wooden supports, whereas it is important in these technologies, that local materials are used. The units can be used in the rural areas and produce electricity totally independent of the central technical infra-structure. The demand for energy in the rural area is not as high as in the urban area. A small light (LED), a fan, charging of cell-phone or lap-top battery - excessive energy is not required. More experiments however must be carried out to reach this objective.Labels: Appropriate Technology, Dr. Tobias Leonhard, Men's Centre
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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Thatta Kedona - The Toy Village of Pakistan - Part 1 (Germany 2005) (2005-05-08)
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Thatta Kedona is a remarkable village in rural Pakistan. 36 volunteers from Western countries have visited and coached the village people in a help to self help project since 1991. Dolls and tin toys reflecting regional cultures of Pakistan are products which generate cash income for the farming families through the local cooperative-like NGO. But those volunteers from Western countries are also having fun by working creatively in a remote village of Islamic society with strong overlays by the traditional culture of Indus Valley (Harappa 3.000 B.C.), the Mogul period, influences from the colonial British-India period and the Punjab country culture. Hence the playfulness of a "toy village" is on both sides: for the villagers by manufacturing hand-craft toys for cash in a not-yet industrialized region avoiding rural exodus to the big cites (poverty slums that are generated in cities by migration). -- And on the other side one can notice the joy of Western volunteers being confronted at work by their own history framework but in present time and with a very foreign and sometimes strange context.
Director: Joachim Polzer
Producer: Joachim Polzer
Production Company: Polzer Media Group GmbH & Globians Media Project
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: German and English
Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
Thumbnails for Thatta Kedona - The Toy Village of Pakistan - Part 1 (Germany 2005)
Labels: Joachim Polzer, Thatta Kedona
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 1:29 PM,
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Aamir Rafiq from University of Punjab Lahore in TGD
Friday, November 2, 2012
Aamir Rafique (PU) and Muhammad Iqbal (Harrapa)Read more »
Labels: Images
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:30 AM,
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Thatta Kedona Architecture Competition in the past
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Labels: Thatta Kedona Impressions
posted by S A J Shirazi @ 8:00 AM,
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