Guestbook

It is with joy from the bottom of my heart that I made the acquaintance of TIMBUKTU and the crop of dedicated individuals who midwifed such a brilliant idea.I must say that going through your mission statement and the samples of what TIMBUKTU has to offer,told me that the unversality and openess you adhere to will make the piece a success.I have no doubt in my mind that many engaging commentators,whatever his preference, will want to be counted with your anticipated success story.On my part, I am sending some works as my initial contribution to the stimulating writing cyclone called TIMBUKTU.All the best

What a good website you have. I find the "Timbuktu" literary journal that you publish t be pretty interesting.
Good work.

There is only one Literary Journal in my country, Kenya. It is called KWANI? It gave me tremendous plesure to discover ( as Vasco da Gama did the sea route to Indi in 1490something) the African-named, Welsh-based international journal, TIMBUKTU.

Keep up guys...hii ni job poa

I've just read (most) of Timbuktu. I thoroughly enjoyed what I read, it made me think, and feel included. Thanks.

Conference ?Architecture and Identity?

Berlin, December 6 ? 8, 2004

House of World Cultures



How does architecture define the ?own? in a context of globalization vs. regionalization? What is the influence of the ?foreign? in the construction of culural identity in architecture? These are questions an international group of academics and practitioners of architecture and the social sciences will explore during the Berlin conference ?Architecture and Identity,? December 6 ? 8, 2004.



The HABITAT UNIT of Berlin University of Technology has invited more than sixty experts from thirty-six countries to participate, including the architect Rasem Badran (Jordan), the sociologist Anthony King (USA), the theoretician Liana Lefaivre (Austria), and the historian Dogan Kuban (Turkey), all key protagonists of the world-wide debate. The conference is chaired by Prof. Dr. Peter Herrle of the HABITAT UNIT, a research division of the department of architecture at Berlin University of Technology focusing on socio-economic aspects of architecture and urbanism. Part of a one-year research project on the making of the ?own? and the ?foreign? in architecture, the conference is funded by the VolkswagenStiftung (Volkswagen Foundation). Three hundred participants from around the globe are expected.



The conference is structured both by regions and by topics. The first session will specifically consider the research project?s regional studies in Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, India and Singapore; the second session, divided into five parallel discussion panels structured around topics, will discuss themes such as ?The Making of Local Identity? and ?Identity and (Invented) Traditions.?



For further information and registration, please see

www.architecture-identity.de



Questions may be sent to

info@architecture-identity.de



Press contact person is

Erik Wegerhoff, Research Assistant

erik.wegerhoff@tu-berlin.de

phone ++49-30-314-21908







Erik Wegerhoff

Research Assistant

Habitat Unit ? A 53

Fakultaet VII Architektur Umwelt Gesellschaft

Berlin University of Technology

Strasse des 17. Juni 135

10623 Berlin

Germany

Phone +49-30-314-21908

Fax +49-30-314-21907

www.architecture-identity.de

under the article My Grandmother, how fortunate you are to have known her, and how good they where to your upbringing, You will never know what a wealth of information and kindness they have implanted on you.

In my case I new only my mother and farther, who refused to discuss past family, now my parents are gone, And I now search for my past, going back to the 1700s was easy but one person stood out head and shoulders above all the others, My Grandmother.

Without her I would not be here she gave birth to my farther out od wedlock in 1911 and three years later in 1915 she died aged 25 somehow I miss this women so much, As she was not able to chat to me as your Grand mother did, And now my quest in life is to find her grave and let her know she is no longer alone, and I am proud of her.

Len Simmonds

Letter to the Editor and all Americans everywhere:

John Wayne brought us his version of the Alamo at a time when another Texan was in the White House. The Alamo, L.B.J. and Vietnam were from then on wound into one big sticky ball.
Disney has attempted a more accurate history while Bush is getting us stuck in the oil fields of Iraq. You do the math.
Gene Elder, San Antonio



Gene Elde__________________r
And remember:
Art, like the Alamo, has to draw the line somewhere.
http://users2.ev1.net/~kaden/Pages/DJI_Alamo.htm
editors note: I did the math and it comes out to 42. But what does it mean?

I just got this link to my University of Minnesota (U.S.) email account. I am so delighted that there is an organization like yours for individuals to express their thoughts to topics like cultural diversity, identity struggle and many more attention-grabbing subject matters. I am already looking for the magazine that is coming up soon!
-Ahlam