The program components included thematic lectures on topics such as “nationalism”, “reading/deconstructing history”, “history of Anatolia, Antakya, and Armenians”, “communal identity issues in the age of globalization”. Other thematic presentations/workshops on “peace journalism”, “mapping conflict areas”, and “conflict resolution and negotiation” shed light on what can be done from an activist point of view. Interactive exercises held in joint sessions helped to clarify and dissolve prejudices & stereotype images versus actual personal identities. In the rest of the program, reserved for “working together”, a language course was held jointly as the whole group to teach each other “basic survival Turkish & Armenian”, with the facilitation of a bi-lingual tutor, and on free-times common words and practices were evaluated and, folk songs were sang. A seminar journal was produced each day, by a rotating team of journalists from among the participants, and also participants formed four groups to complete “a task” of their choice until the end of the program. The seminar program was paralleled by excursions around Antakya, including the celebrations on 14th of August in Vakiflikoy, an Armenian village in the vicinity, sightseeing tours in Antakya and a visit to the seaside.
The Summer School program was realized as shown below:
|
Time |
Activity |
Notes |
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DAY 1 |
Istanbul -> Antakya (1) 9 Aug, Tuesday 2005 |
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| At night Participants (12) + Lecturers (2) fly in from Yerevan to Istanbul | ||
| Participants/Lecturers from Armenia stay overnight in Istanbul | With support of Bilgi University | |
| 11:00 | Transfer to hCa office from Bilgi Dormitory | |
| 13:30 | Transfer to Airport from hCa office | |
| 16:00 | Afternoon flight to Adana | |
| Transfer from Adana airport to Antakya | w/ bus | |
| Travel of participants from Central/Eastern parts of Turkey to Antakya (2 participants) | ||
| 21:00 | Joint Dinner : Orientation & Information | |
| Lodging in Antakya: Half-board (Bed & Breakfast + Dinner) | ||
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DAY 2 |
Antakya (2) 10 Aug, Wednesday 2005 |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Groups work time: discussing and identifying group assignments (1st editorial group meeting for the journal) | |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Workshop: Conflict Resolution and Negotiation | Sezin Oney |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 16:30 | Reading & Deconstructing History | Murat Belge |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | History of Antakya | Sevan Nisanyan |
| 18:30 - 19:30 | Groups work time: tasks review & completion | |
| 20:00 - 21:00 | Dinner | |
| 21:30 - ..... | Free Time | |
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DAY 3 |
Antakya (3) 11 Aug, Thursday 2005 |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Groups work time: group assignments (2nd editorial group meeting for the journal; 1st journal issued) | |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Comparative literature | Murat Belge |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | History of Antakya | Sevan Nisanyan |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Visit to St. Pierre Church | |
| 17:30 - 18:30 | Visit to Mosaics Museum | |
| 18:30 - 20:00 | Visit to Harbiye Waterfalls | |
| 20:00 - ..... | Dinner in Harbiye & Free time | |
|
DAY 4 |
Antakya (4) 12 August, Friday 2005 |
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| 10:00 - 10:45 | Groups work time: group assignments (3th editorial group meeting for the journal; 2rd journal issued) | |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Lecture: Nationalism (mutual perceptions - Turkey & Armenia) | Ferhat Kentel Nazan Maksudyan |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Discussion: Nationalism (continue...) | Ferhat Kentel Nazan Maksudyan (Isabella Sargasyan Arman Udumyan) |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | History of Antakya, and Anatolia | Sevan Nisanyan |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Groups work time: tasks review & completion | |
| 19:30 - 20:30 | Dinner | |
| 21:00 - ..... | Free Time | |
|
DAY 5 |
Antakya (5) 13 August, Saturday 2005 |
|
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Groups work time: group assignments (4th editorial group meeting for the journal; 3th journal issued) | |
| 11:00 - 13:00 | Keynote speeches & joint discussion on Globalisation & Identity (Communal/Ethnic/Cultural Identities) | Murat Belge Ferhat Kentel Nazan Maksudyan |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Workshop: Peace Building and Strategic Mapping | Emel Kurma |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Language course | Markar Esayan |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Groups work time: tasks review & completion | |
| 19:30 - 21:00 | Dinner | |
| 21:30 - ..... | Free Time & Visit to Vakiflikoy | |
|
DAY 6 |
Antakya (6) 14 August, Sunday 2005 |
|
| 10:30 - ..... | Excursion to “Vakiflikoy” | |
| Lunch at Vakiflikoy | ||
| Excursion continues with sea & swimming pool in Cevikli | ||
| Dinner at Samandagi | ||
| 21:30 - ..... | Return to Antakya & free time | |
|
DAY 7 |
Antakya (7) 15 August, Monday 2005 |
|
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Groups work time: group assignments (6th editorial group meeting for the journal; 5th journal issued) | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Peace Journalism - Journalism Ethics | Sinan Gokcen Sevgi Ozcelik |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | NGO sector issues in Armenia and the activities of ad-hoc Committee on Armenian-Turkish reconciliation | Isabella Sargasyan Arman Udumyan |
| 16:00 - 18:30 | Free time | |
| 18:30 - 19:30 | Visit to Orthodox Church, “Common Values in Religious Cultures”, Josef Naseh | |
| 19:30 - 20:30 | Dinner | |
| 20:30 - ..... | Free time | |
|
DAY 8 |
Antakya (8) 16 August, Tuesday 2005 |
|
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Groups work time: completing group assignments (7th editorial group meeting for the journal; 6th journal issued) | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Language course | Markar Esayan |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Presentations of group products | |
| 17:30 - 19:00 | Evaluation & Closing Session | |
| 20:00 - 21:30 | Dinner | |
| 21:30 - ..... | Closing Party | |
|
DAY 9 |
Antakya -> Istanbul 17 August, Wednesday 2005 |
|
| Early morning | (7th journal issued) | |
| Noon 12:00 | Departure of Participants to Istanbul & other towns | |
| Participants/Lecturers from Armenia stay overnight in Istanbul | With support of Bilgi University | |
|
DAY 10 |
Istanbul-> Yerevan 18 August, Thursday 2005 |
|
| morning | Visit to historical places in Istanbul | |
| 23:30 | Transfer to airport | |
| Late night | Departure of participants from Armenia back to Yerevan | |
