Dialogue will carry out culturological studies

05-05-2007 10:38:57 – KarabakhOpen

The Dialogue Center for Culture Study was set up in July 2006. The
main goal of the organization, according to the chair Vardges
Safaryan, an archeologist, is to work out and implement scientific and
practical projects for the development of culture study in
collaboration with local and foreign organizations.

>From the first day the organization has collaborated with the Tree of
Life Armenian cultural center, the Promised Land NGO, the Ethnos
Center for Ethnic and Culture Studies, as well as Artsakh State Museum
of History and Ethnography.

`The primary objective of the organization is to carry out
archeological, ethnographic, sociological, culturological studies of
the cultural legacy, modern art and the perception of the world of the
Armenian people. The organization is likely to implement projects on
the conservation, use and propaganda of the cultural legacy. We will
record the cultural values, make catalogues, as well as organize
methodological workshops for the development of cultural tourism,’
said Vardges Safaryan in an interview with the KarabakhOpen.

The head of the organization said a project on the study of monuments
of Artsakh 4 BC – 3 AC will be implemented in 2007. The goal of the
project is to study and propagate the historical Armenian monuments
with a vivid ethnic coloring.

`The fact that Artsakh was populated by Armenians until the 18th
century can be proved by archeological studies only. Therefore,
discovery and exploration of historical monuments is highly
important,’ said Vardges Safaryan and emphasized that no complex
studies have been carried out so far.

Recently innumerable materials have appeared in the Azerbaijani media
and Web sites, falsifying the history of Artsakh, and the Armenian
monuments are referred to as Azerbaijani. One of the goals of the
organization will be presenting real historical facts to the world.