Lilit Makunts: From Civic to Political to Cultural Engagement

By Maria Titizian

It was in her sophomore year at university that Lilit Makunts realized that fighting for justice wasn’t simply a slogan. From her first involvement in a civic initiative to her foray into politics, Makunts has been ‘present’ all along, although perhaps slightly under the public radar. That is, until she was appointed as Armenia’s Minister of Culture on May 12.

Listening to Imagine: A Post-Crisis Exhibition Attempting to Reimagine Armenia’s Future

By Liana Sahakyan

The ongoing crises in Armenia are forcing old ideas about the future to crumble, making way for as yet undefined horizons. In this process, contemporary art tries to intervene to create new spaces for imagining the future.

Listening to Yerevan / Լսել Երևանը

By Aren Melikyan

Սիփանը չի տեսնում, նա Երևանը ճանաչում է ձայներով: Սիփանի հետ քայլել ենք Երևանի փողոցներով` լսելու քաղաքի ձայները, իջել ստորգետնյա քաղաք։ After years of letting his disability constrain him, Sipan has learned to adjust the city’s inconveniences to his condition. We walked with Sipan in the streets of the city, went to the metro to hear the sounds and feel Yerevan.

Little Leaves

By Roubina Margossian

Preparing food can be a meditative journey of self-healing, of building community and a passage to one's heritage. It is the whispered world of women, a value created out of patience that can transform onions into translucent golden particles.

Lives Undone

By Eric Grigorian

In Artsakh, there is a somber air of loss, uncertainty and grief. During 45 days of war, everyone and everything from soldiers to villagers, trees to structures were afflicted and irreversibly altered. A collection of images from November 12-14, a few days after the "peace" agreement.

Logging Your Internet Activity: What's True and What's Not

By Harout Manougian

A draft document penned by an independent government regulator has raised important questions about digital privacy. Though the proposal definitely has issues, the rumors it sparked are alarmist and exaggerated.

Main Concepts

Main concepts for "Future Prospects for Foster Care for Children with Disabilities in Armenia"

Making Armenia’s Economy Competitive, One Company at a Time

By Sona Grigoryan

The engine to a developed economy is the competitiveness of local businesses, because they are the building blocks of the economy and the country’s development. It is time for Armenia’s economy to advance to the next level of efficiency and each company has a unique role to play in this regard, writes Sona Grigoryan.

Making Sense of the ‘Controversy’ Behind Education Reforms

By Avnik Melikian

Protests erupted after a draft education reform agenda was publicized that sought to make Armenian language, literature and history courses optional in universities. However, there are a number of other proposed reforms that could potentially undermine the independence of universities that have been left out of the public discourse.

Margahovit: Empower a Girl, Build a Village

By Gayane Ghazaryan

Warm House, a social enterprise run entirely by young girls in the village of Margahovit, is not only experimenting with new crops in its greenhouse, it is changing and challenging stereotypes.