Project
Talk of the Town 2008
Kuhnya has now opened up branches in Berdsk, Tomsk and Academgodorok as well as a Campus version for students. In October the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has also joined the lively practice of debates and debates.
NOVOSIBIRSK:
Are there any Perspectives for a Market Economy in Russia?(16.01.08) by Rifat Guseinov, Siberian researcher of Economic History, professor of Economics. Guseinov thinks that Russians will never live like Swedes, French or Chinese because every nation lives like it prefers to live and economic systems cannot be copied. That is why we are building a special Russian one.
Coercive Entrepreneurship: From Wild Market to State Control (29.01.08) by Vadim Volkov, doctor of sociology, professor at the European University.
Volkov is the author of the first sociological analysis of the Russian mafia and criminal movement as a market institute.
Gender Reload as a Civilization Problem (13.02.08) by Andrey Shapovalov, researcher, historian
This pre-holiday lecture on the eve of Valentines Day is about love, sex, culture, consumerism, emancipation and the female role in upcoming social changes.
To Moscow! To Moscow! Removal or Emigration? (04.02.08) by Michael Kaluzhsky, editor and journalist, former Novosibirsk citizen and currently Moscovite
Is there life inside the Moscow Ring Road? Have Moscovites reached the crest of evolution? How to say "bakery" ("bulochnaya") without an accent and do we need to? We discuss ironic and serious aspects of migration from the province to the capital, social and cultural adaptation of "ponaehavshie" (unkind Moscow term meaning newcomers who overcrowd the city with labour force, ambitions and bad taste) in the capital.
Women's Questions in Postindustrial Society (05.03.08) by Yana Glembotskaya, Theatre Institute Novosibirsk
In the 15th century the first "medieval feminist" Cristina Pizan described the city where women escaped from cruel treatment and brutal dominance in her book "Women's Town". In our days women have built this imaginary city, having turned actual mindsets and social gender roles. Who are this fortress' citizens and does it lead to freedom, responsibility or isolation? Yana Glembotskaya moderates the discussion about the changing social role of women in modern society on eve of March, 8, Woman's day.
Invisible (12.03.08)
89% Russian orphans have parents! They have been taken from families after deprivation of parenthood or have ran away from cruel treatment in families. We call them social orphans. The new documentary film "Invisible" by Pavel Menyailo, the Novosibirsk filmmaker, is presented at "Kuhnya". The premiere was followed by discussion between Evgenia Solovyova, an adoption mother and President of Foster Parents Association, and Lyudmila Svistun, Head of the Guardianship Department of the City Administration, journalists and visitors.
World Financial Markets in Terms of Financial Crisis (09.04.08) by Michail Alekseev, doctor of economy, financial analist
This public lecture is devoted to reasons and history of the present crisis, possible consequences for economical systems and regulating measures of global and national authorities. But the most essential question is the forecast for Russia. Do we have a happy hope to stay at a separate safe island in the middle of financial storm thanks to our national reserve money and high oil prices? Definitely not. But it does not mean a catastrophe.
Global Warming as a Challenge for Actual Academic Science (24.04.08) by Oleg Noskov, philosopher and columnist
Why can't scientists explain the global warming anomaly, how is it connected with Darwin's evolution theory and will Western Siberia become Noah's Ark for civilization?
Why does TV make us stupid? (30.04.08) by Anastasia Zhuravleva, journalist, TV-producer and political strategist
TV degrades. That is the common opinion. Who started first? The audience - feeling tired of serious subject and creating social demand on entertainment, or TV-channels - heading for infotainment instead of competent discussion?
Post-Putin's Russia in World Expectations (07.05.08) by Sergey Kulikov, political scientist, professor Novosibirsk State University
Relations between Russia and western democracies are being commented on and discussed at the day of Dmitry Medvedev's, the new Russian president, inauguration
What's the price for free medicine? (21.05.08) by Elena Babyak, public health consultant, and Lyudmila Plehanove, President of the Service for Protection Rights of Patients
Receiving free treatment - is it cheaper? A year ago the Novosibirsk governor canceled paid services in Novosibirsk clinics by special resolution. We discuss how had it influenced accessibility, quality and effectiveness of clinics.
How I became a Millionaire (29.05.08) by Ivan Dyrkin, photographer
Intellectual Wednesday" presented a special project called "Crazy Wednesday". Ivan Dyrkin, a person without passport, showed movies and video clips on our undivided love for money, interviews with businessmen and presented his theory on the transformation of money to energy and energy to mass - in any order.
Summing up Two years of Novosibirsk Transport Reform (10.06.08)
Experts, City Council Deputies, journalists and public figures discussed the Novosibirsk public transport problems. According to a new research of the Committee for Protection of Pedestrians and Passengers Rights 81% of Novosibirsk citizens spend twice as much time for moving by public transport, 64% cannot get out at bus stops after 9 p.m. The general reasons, experts say, are non-effective management, an incoherent road system and gaps in city planning.
Inflation 2008 (07.09.08)
After the system economical crisis has infected The USA and Europe it is upcoming in Russia. Analysis and forecasts for inflation in 2008-2009.
The social and economical Situation in Russia: beyond mass media attention (10.09.08) by Michael Delyagin, economist
Just a few days before the Russian stock market collapsed Delyagin spoke about an upcoming economic crisis in Russia.
The Caucasus: A Game with high Stakes (24.09.08) by Sergey Miroshnikov (Tomsk)
An analysis of the August events in South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the Russian-Georgian war in the context of international relations.
The Economic Crisis and New World order (08.10.08) by Olga Bessonova, Doctor of Economics
Olga Bessonova, thinks that basic models of "market economy" (the western type) and "dispensing economy" (Russia) have a chance to synchronize and transform into a new "liberal distribution system"
Ambitions & Geography (22.10.08) by Lada Yurchenko (the Agency for Regional Marketing), Maksim Markov (Markov and Partners Agency) and Dmitry Petrov (B52 Consultancy) debate the status and the new regional role of Novosibirsk. What is the place for Novosibirsk in the new regional concept of Russia?
Family Values Devaluation in Russia and Europe (12.11.08) By Dana Hradskova (Prague) and Petr Sokolov (Novosibirsk)
Unhappy families in Russia and Europe are unhappy in different ways according to the professor of the Carlov University and the PR director of catholic charity foundation "Karitas".
Five Big Questions about The Large Adron Collider (24.10.08) with Alexander Erokhin
How did scientists build the LCE? How it works? Does it work? Why is this unsafe? And what is the profit for mankind? The Novosibirsk researcher and LCE team leader has worked in the European Center for Nuclear Researches and knows the answers. While the LCE has to give the answer itself to the main question in few years: "How's the universe made?"
Truth and dreams in secret consumer's willing (03.12.08) by Sergey Maksimishin (Saint Petersburg), Evgeny Papshev (Novosibirsk), Aleksey Bushov (Tomsk)
The glamorous documentary approach to design, photography and media, consumer profiles and the ideology of the consumer society are the subject of discussion between the Saint Petersburg photographer and the Novosibirsk designer.
City Marketing and Youth: How to keep people in the city?( 14.12.08) by Mikhail Kutuzov (Voronezh) and Egor Alekseev (Moscow, Public Chamber of Russian Federation
Can we make young people stay in the city? Or shall we just encourage free migration?
CAMPUS in Novosibirsk:
Being a student program "Campus" discusses only actual themes concerning youth and youth communities in culture, social life, politics and relationships.
Reality shows as an alternative to private life (31.01.08)
Habitation for the young- Where can we move out of the dormitories? (28.02.08)
BERDSK:
Berdsk: a City for Life or a Bedroom Suburb? (20.01.08)
A lively discussion about the future of the city with a Novosibirsk city planning expert, a local businessman and the Deputy Mayor. Local patriotism combined with an analysis of the possibilities for Berdsk to change from a Novosibirsk suburb into a city with strong strategy and identity.
Do we have enough culture? (31.01.08)
About the cultural ambitions of the local economy and leisure. Novosibirsk critics/art-managers, local theatre activists and artists were invited.
Berdsk as a recreation zone - where can we recreate?(28.02.08)
About clubs and barbeques as favorite local entertainments as well as other alternatives. Invitees: the local club manager and the sport camp director.
Open marriage: pro and contra (05.07.08)
Why are civil marriages so popular? Does it mean freedom or devil-may-careness? And do official marriages guarantee any family sustainability?
Opening new enterprises (28.09.08)
Is Berdsk attractive for newcomers and dwellers to invest and open a new business?
ACADEMGORODOK:
Russia after the Elections with Vitaly Tratyakov and Igor Mintusov (31.01.08)
A discussion between well-known Russian political experts: journalist/editor Vitaly Tratyakov, Dean of High School of TV in Moscow State University, founder of "Nezavisimaya Gazeta", ex-chief of "Moscow News", and political technologist Igor Mintusov, Director of The Center of Political Technologies "Nikollo M", - about the future of Russian democracy as a management instrument or basic value.
Reading out of first hand with Alexander Gavrilov (18.02.08)
Public lecture and talk moderated by one of the best Russian literature critics and key persons in publishing/literary process Alexander Gavrilov. About the real reasons of falling interest in reading in Russia, modern Russian literature and new public actions of promoting reading as a fashionable and "cool" occupation (video poetry, festivals, state programs).
TOMSK:
Kuhnya opened with a public discussion Is Tomsk a Creative City? about local creative resources and city development on February 17. It is part of the Talk of the Town Festival in Tomsk (16.02. 2008) which has been arranged in partnership with the Tomsk Regional Administration (Department of Culture), NGO "Actual Action", theatre "Skomoroh" and the Tomsk media.
Three public events were presented in April as part of the Creative City Academy for a young Tomsk public.
Informational Campaigns: How to Reach Out Your Audience (4.04.08) with Jacques Monasch
Critical Success Factors of Cultural Entrepreneurship (05.04.08) with Jeroen Busscher
Life Journal (05.04.08) Talk Show and "Kuhnya" presentation with Jeroen Busscher, Pieter van Empelen, Jacques Monasch, Joanneke Lootsma, Tatiana Tkachenko
Social and economical situation in Russia: Beyond mass media attention (11.09.08)
By Michael Delyagin
KRASNOYARSK:
In the Krasnoyarsk Museum Center Kuhnya has presented as part of the Creative City Academy The Night of Creative Thinking (11.11.08) with Jacques Monasch, Jeroen Busscher and Pieter van Empelen.
