CafeLitt 224: Mont-Royal: As a Cultural Landscape
Thu 26 Jan 2012, 19:00, by Mehdi Ghafouri (Architect), at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
Scholars of the built environment and architectural historians have been increasingly turning to other fields of study, such as cultural anthropology, environmental studies, environmental history and cultural landscape studies, in order to introduce a more invigorating conception of architecture, attentive to the material and cultural <evidence> of societies' interactions with environment, and making architecture more inclusive of cultural, social, economic, and political ideas, ideals and values of society by its contextualization in cultural landscape.UNESCO defines cultural landscape as: "Cultural landscapes represent the combined works of nature and of man. They... more >>
CafeLitt 223: Brainstorming
Tue 17 Jan 2012, 00:41, by CafeLitt, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
این پنجشنبه، پنجمین سالی خواهد بود که کافه لیت در این شهر مشغول به فعالیت است. این پنج سال برای ما مملو بود از تجربیات جدید، دوستان خوب و آموختههای تازه. فکر کردیم خوب است که آغاز ششمین سال فعالیت مصادف شود با انرژی تازه و دوستان جدید در تیم کافه لیت. پس تصمیم گرفتیم که از همهٔ شما دعوت کنیم تا اگر مایل به کمک و همکاری با ما هستید، به جمع ما بپیوندید، نظر دهید و در گرداندن کافه لیت سهیم شوید.این پنجشنبه دور هم جمع خواهیم شد... more >>
CafeLitt 222: Roland Barthes
Thu 12 Jan 2012, 19:00, by Farhad Daftari, at Mekic: 4438 rue de la Roche, Montreal (Map)
زندگی و طی طریق رولان بارت (۱۹۱۵-۱۹۸۰ ) وابسته به تفکر نقادانه خاصی است، فشرده و متنوع و عمیقا اثر گذار بر دوره خود و متقابلا بهره یابی از آن. این نشانه شناس و نویسنده، افکار بیقرارش بیش گونگی اثرهای نقادی و نظری را ضمن تطبیق و تفسیر درمینوردد (مارکس، فروید، سوسور، لوی - اشتراس و ......) . بارت ضمن اینکه همواره به تکامل حوزه مطالعاتی اولیه خود پایبند بود ولی از پیگیری غلبه بر استیلای گویشی نهادینه شده باز نایستاد. رولان بارت از طریق آثار خود مقولات... more >>
CafeLitt 221: The Human Ape: An Evolutionary History of Human Cognitive Capacities 1/5
Thu 5 Jan 2012, 19:00, by Dr. Shahin Zangenehpour, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
This is a five-part talk series based on the documentary entitled "The Human Ape" which will focus on the topics of problem solving, communication, planning and cooperation, amongst other topics. The overarching goal of the series is to provide a systematic overview of specific cognitive capacities which have enabled humans to achieve tremendous feats throughout their recorded history. More importantly, we will discover how a much older history of human development, that is its evolutionary history, may have contributed significantly to the emergence of human culture and technological achievements. A... more >>
CafeLitt 220: Democracy, Democrats, Technology
Thu 24 Nov 2011, 19:00, by Ali Dizboni, at Mekic: 4438 rue de la Roche, Montreal (Map)
A Reflection on the Contemporary Transition Movements in the Middle Eastwith focus on Daryush Shayegan's Book: Le regard mutilé 1989What does it take to be modern? Is it even desirable to exit the tradition? Is it really a matter of individual choice? Why are there significant differences between modernity and tradition ( > religion)? Are these divergences surmountable? How does Shayegan philosophical view compare to other contemporary Middle Eastern and Iranian strategies of reform in tackling these questions? What are the chances of the modernization à la turque as compared... more >>
CafeLitt 219: An overview of communication and leadership course at Dale Carnegie organization
Thu 27 Oct 2011, 19:00, by Mark Yerbury & Ali Paknejad, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
Founded in 1912, Dale Carnegie has evolved from one man's belief in thepower of personal development to a global workplace learning and performanceorganization with offices in over 80 countries. The focus is on improvingthe performance of companies by improving their teams' performance.Mark Yerbury the president of Dale Carnegie Quebec and Ali PaknezhadFinancial advisor and certified business trainer with the company will givean over view of the course. The session would be in English and wouldinteractively involve participants. ... more >>
CafeLitt 218: Humor language
Thu 22 Sep 2011, 19:00, by Mohsen Hafezian, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
زبان طنز:بررسی چرایی به کار گیری زبان طنز و شوخی و ... بررسی مهم و جالبی است، هم چنان که شناخت شرایط اجتماعی بر برآمد زبان طنز و سیر تاریخی زبان طنز در یک زبان زنده هم می توانند موضوع پژوهشهای ارزنده ای باشند. در این سخنرانی، موضوع محدود شده است به چگونگی کارکرد اجزا و ساختارهای زبان در زبانی که در کلیتش زبان طنز می نامیم و به ارتباطی که این کارکرد زبانی با پیرامون بلافصل خود گفت و گو دارد. ... more >>
CafeLitt 217: Women Politicians in Iran and Beyond
Thu 15 Sep 2011, 19:00, by Mona Tajali, at Bistro Burritoville:3rd floor, 2055 Rue Bishop, Montreal,QC (Map)
(Language: English) Women's political representation, or women in political decision-making positions, is a topic that is increasingly gaining worldwide attention and emphasis. This talk will present the main arguments surrounding women's political representation, including a historical analysis of women's demands throughout history and today. This talk will ask why it is important to have female politicians, what are the reasons for women's global under-representation, and what are women's demands and how are they strategizing to increase their access to political leadership positions?After a general discussion of the main debates concerning female... more >>
CafeLitt 216: Round Table about Immigration
Thu 1 Sep 2011, 19:00, by Sam Bayat, at Atwater Library:1200 avenue Atwater, Montreal, QC (Map)
Kindly be informed that we arranged a friendly meeting as a round table in order to talk about Immigration Issues.... more >>
CafeLitt یادی از بیژن مفید: نمایشنامه خوانی شهر قصه
Sat 27 Aug 2011, 18:30, by CafeLitt, at Atwater Library:1200 avenue Atwater, Montreal, QC (Map)
بیژن مفید از زمرهٔ نوابغ هنر و فرهنگ ایران است که با آنکه ردپای کارهایش در فرهنگ امروز ایران بسیار پر رنگ است، ولی خود کمتر شناخته شده است. از او تا به حال تعداد ۹ نمایشنامه انتشار یافته ولی آثاری از نوشتههای او به روی صحنه آمده، و بیش از ۱۵۰ نمایشنامه رادیویی و تلویزیونی توسط او ترجمه و کارگردانی شدهاست. شهر قصه معروفترین اثر بیژن مفید است*. «بیژن مفید» خود در مقدمه این نمایشنامه مینویسد: «شهر قصه در اصل از یک روایت عامیانه گرفته شده، منتهی من به... more >>
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