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the [platform_c 2000 Cappadocia Academy ]

>> In September 2000 nearly 100 professionals and experts, artists and scientists, teachers and students from various countries (including Turkey, Germany, England, Japan, the Netherlands, USA, Australia, Hungary, Poland) met in Cappadocia to study and work in the first [platform_c Cappadocia Academy] ...

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>> is the biennial meeting point for platform_c and started from September 2000

>> is a trans-disciplinary experimental laboratory for artists, scientists, professionals and students from various backgrounds

>> is an opportunity for meeting people from different cultures and to do creative work in the stimulating landscape of Cappadocia

>> develops future strategies for how to preserve and revitalize the unique environment of Cappadocia

>> collaborates with Cappadocia's inhabitants, the regional authorities and local artisans

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>> platform_c Symposium - A two days symposium that is the place for a discussion on a wide range of topics, including anthropology, comparative cultural studies, "sustainable tourism".

>> platform_c study group - The platform_c study group aims at developing a rough sketch for an alternative master plan for Cappadocias regional development

>> platform_c fieldworks - platform_c fieldworks provides a venue for cultural interaction with Cappadocia's people and landscape. A row of events such as music performances, installations, art and photo exhibitions animate Cappadocia's environment and create opportunities to meet, to discuss and to exchange ideas.

For more detailed information on the Cappadocia Academy 2000 take a look at: >> [events] >> [workshops] in the platform_c Cappadocia Academy 2000 page

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Taking Cappadocia as our point of reference, put outside the global system of big cities, platform_c established an interdisciplinary laboratory for creative experience. Centered around architecture and art - but crossing the borders to other disciplines such as anthropology, design, history, comparative cultural studies, environmental studies, etc. - platform_c will provide an opportunity to develop strategies for the sustainable future development of our environment.

Cappadocia will not only be a concrete example for platform_c, but also a source of inspiration - what we might call a "landscape of reflection". The tradition of careful coexistence between man and nature, and the very special way in which Cappadocia's inhabitants integrated their life into the natural landscape, form a stimulating basis for platform_c's creative laboratory.

Platform_c does not see Cappadocia as an open air museum, but as a living environment, and will search for concepts that emphasize an active vision for the future of the area. Besides protecting and revitalizing Cappadocia's uniqueness, platform_c will be concerned with rethinking and redefining the relation of humans to the natural environment in a contemporary way.

The meaning of place and location in a globalising context, how is identity obtained in more and more trans-cultural environment, what is the position of nature and environment in a rapidly urbanizing world, are some of platform_C's central topics.

The platform_c academy, to be first held in September 2000, will be composed of two parts, a workshop and a final symposium. The academy will give students and professionals the opportunity for both concentrated work on projects in the concrete context of Cappadocia and for discussion on a wider range of interdisciplinary topics.

Platform_c integrates global and local interests, encouraging collaboration with Cappadocia's inhabitants in order to build up a regional and international network that extends beyond the one-dimensionality of touristic interests. The workshop will cooperate with local craftsman and artists, attempting to integrate the rich source of artistic expression that comes from a long artisan tradition in Turkey and Cappadocia.

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