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 We are thrilled to have renowned National Geographic photographer David Edwards to present a slide show of images and stories from the realm of the shamans. His images of Mongolia are famous around the world depicting the beauty of the landscapes and the spirit of the people in an unparalleled way. In Netherlands David has acclaimed fame for the covers of the books of Tjalling Halbertsma. David Edwards has been a freelance photographer for over sixteen years and a river guide in the Grand Canyon for 25 years. He has guided on numerous river expeditions around the world as a boatman, guide, & photographer.
Dave is co-owner of First Contacts, a horse trekking company that visits remote regions of Mongolia.
In 1996, Dave and his fellow photographer & river guide, Geoffrey Gourley began a non-profit organization.Flagstaff International Relief Effort (F.I.R.E.) was founded to bring international aid to the orphans and poverty stricken in Mongolia.
Dave lives and works in downtown Flagstaff, Arizona.
Dave participated in trips on the first descents of the Yangtze River in China and the Bashkaus in Siberia. He has worked as a photographer and guide in Africa, Alaska, Chile, Bolivia, China, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, and throughout the Southwestern U.S.
His work has appeared in numerous national and international publications. His focus is on the documentary photographic essay.
As a freelance photographer, Dave has traveled extensively throughout Asia, specifically to document the native horse culture and the Kazakh Eagle Hunters of Western Mongolia. In 1997, he received a Photography Development Grant from National Geographic Magazine.
The Kazakh Eagle Hunters story was published in National Geographic Magazine in September of 1999. Recently, one of Dave's photographs was featured by National Geographic Magazine as one of the 100 best photographs in a Special Collector's Edition, vol. 1 of the magazine. |
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 Congolese Gaby Bamana is a Mongolist who has been studying Mongolian traditions for over a decade. He recently published "On the Tea road" and will give a lecture this Wednesday in Cafe Amsterdam titled: "Suppose the Mongols have never been nomads. Symbolism and representation of the Mongolian society. "
In the lecture he will the book's arguments on the central role of tea in Mongolian households. This will lead to questions as: what indeed is the core of the Mongolian culture and how we represent it.
It will be a lively and participative lecture, with plenty of opportunity for the audience to interact.
Gaby Bamana was born in the Congo (DR) and came to Mongolia for an initial study in 1995 and has spent many years studying the languag and practises since than. With a background in philosophy and cultural anthropology he is currently running the the Antoon Mostaert Mongolian Studies Center in Ulaanbaatar.
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For those not up for the sumo, we have some interesting events in Cafe Amsterdam this evening (Wednesday 27) at 20.00h.
We start with a video made by students at the Dorma Ling Monastery School, initiated by Jaques Schaab and with an introduction from the students. This is combined by a performance of violinist Shane Brennan, who combines a background in classical music with a fascination for folk.
Next week we will have a lecture by Gaby Bamana from Congo on his views and experiences from his extensive fieldwork in Mongolia. Later in the month we hope to present you some work of Dr. Bolortsetseg Minjin on Mongolian dinosaurs. But first today....
The Film Workshop
The workshop was based mainly on the practice and technique. With the teachers 2 groups were formed of about 8 adolescents aged 12 to 15 years and organized the two-day workshops 2 hours, a group in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Young people have been very quickly the opportunity to manipulate the camera and start a small mounting on Final Cut Pro improvising in a very short history.
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 We are honored to host a lecture of Paleontologist Dr. Bolortsetseg Minjin on Mongolia's dinosaurs at the end of September.
A recent article in the UB Post mentioned her efforts in saving Mongolia's heritage Ultimately individuals, rather than government action in public schools, may play the greatest role in combating fossil theft and promoting internal dinosaur interest. One Mongolian who has taken undertaken the task of dinosaur education is Paleontologist Dr. Bolortsetseg Minjin. In November 2007, Bolortsetseg, who received her Ph.D. from CUNY and the American Museum of Natural History, established the Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs. The institute’s goal is to inform Mongolians, especially students, about dinosaurs and what they have to offer. Everyone in Mongolia knows what dinosaurs are, she said, but few have truly accurate information about the giant lizards or why they are important to Mongolia. "Obviously we paleontologists didn’t do a good job of educating the public," she said. "We have to start from scratch and give people basic information." This fall, Bolortsetseg will travel to schools with a trunk full of fossils, introducing and connecting kids to prehistoric Mongolia. Worldwide youngsters are fascinated by the creatures, but in Mongolia they seem to have little opportunity to advance their knowledge of dinosaurs. "The interest exists, but it hasn’t been encouraged," Bolortsetseg said. "We haven’t been using [dinosaurs] as a tool to get kids excited about science. That’s what my institution wants to do." Eventually she hopes to establish a paleontology museum in the center of Ulaanbaatar, if she can find the funding. For now, however, Bolortsetseg will try to spread information about dinosaurs and train a new wave of Mongolian paleontologists. In the minds of scientists like Bolortsetseg and Currie, fostering education and interest in young Mongolians may be the only way the country can combat its fossil theft problem. |
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Wednesday August 20 at 19.30 (7.30pm) in Cafe Amsterdam. Free entrance  "Hunting the Wild Yak and Chasing Wild Ass: Sport and Adventure on the Tibetan Frontier" is a photo-illustrated lecture about Tibet's wildlife and nomads. Daniel Miller first went to Tibet 20 years ago to conduct research on wild yaks. Since then he's made over 30 trips to Tibet, investigating wildlife, rangelands and nomads and working on biodiversity conservation and pastoral development projects. Miller discusses the challenges facing the conservation of Tibet's wildlife and issues related to the future of nomadic pastoralists on the Tibetan Plateau. Few other Westerners have as much experience and insight as Miller has on the Tibetan Plateau. With stunning photographs and interesting commentary, Miller will take us on a remarkable journey to a little known part of Asia -- the Tibetan Frontier -- where wild yaks still roam the mountains, Tibetan wild ass gallop across the steppes in unbridled freedom and nomads continue to move with their herds of yaks across the highest elevation grazing lands in the world as they have for centuries.
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