Daiva
Daiva Repečkaitė | age: 27 years old | city: Vilnius (LTU) | activity: Journalist, researcher, activist.
My webpage: http://wonderland.cafebabel.com
I speak: lit and also eng,ger,swe
Who am I?
living_places Kaunas (LT), Vilnius (LT), Gothenburg (SE), Budapest (HU), Tokyo (JP), Tel Aviv (IL) /
My contributions and my activities
BLOG / wonderland
2011-12-31 13:19:14
Wonderland: The ABC of this year’s travels
Cross-posted from DaivaRepeckaite.com - you can comment there. I found a fun questionnaire on this blog and decided to use it to ‘close’ 2011 on Wonderland. This year was exceptionally full of travelling, for which I feel grateful. I went somewhere almost every month. I visited 3 continents, 12 countries (6 of them – for the first time) and 21 cities. True, I didn’t blog on Wonderland much, as there were so many things to do and so much to share on my Lithuanian blog. The loss of the possibility to interact with my readers on Cafe Babel blogs was also very discouraging, and this is why I started cross-posting. Anyway, let’s hope the next year will be equally interesting and less busy. On the blog wonderland.
BLOG / wonderland
2011-12-27 18:47:25
Translating between regular language and Economics
When I posted these on my Facebook, Nabeelah suggested that I write something for 'Tower of Babel'. The column is welcome to repost this. You can comment the entry on DaivaRepeckaite.com Have you ever noticed that the best compliment students give their professors is something along these lines: “S/he is capable of explaining complicated things in such a simple manner”? Teaching and research, as well as the media, is often about translation: from specific to abstract, from sound/view to words, from one culture to another. And some scientists work very hard to translate everyday language to the language they share with their colleagues. On the blog wonderland.
BLOG / wonderland
2011-12-14 21:13:17
Witnessing a cloaca of immaturity in Prague
Cross-posted with Daiva.Repeckaite.com - feel free to comment the post there. Prague is probably by far the most known and popular city in Central and Eastern Europe, with hordes of tourists and large numbers of exchange and full degree students. Some people know Prague as a city of sophisticated culture, the birthplace of Franz Kafka. Others associate it with nightlife and youth. It appears that Prague fell victim of its own success. The city is continuously being reshaped and damaged by the flows of tourism, and locals are losing a sense that the city belongs to them. On the blog wonderland.
BLOG / vilnius
2011-12-07 10:40:20
Multikulti on the ground in Vilnius
On the blog vilnius.
BLOG / wonderland
2011-11-17 17:14:25
Tourist joys and locals' struggles in Malaga
Cross-posted from DaivaRepeckaite.com - feel free to comment the post there! Malaga, in South Spain, on the Mediterranean cost, turns out to be a particularly attractive place to settle for all kinds of people, especially Germans looking for a nice place to retire. But, according to my friend there, people from all over Spain say they would choose it as a place to live. It was the first city I visited in Spain, and I think I know now why Spain appeals to so many people in my life. Malaga has it all: the sea and mountains, cultural life and comfortable, walkable city spaces. On the blog wonderland.
BLOG / wonderland
2011-07-14 14:22:36
Are opinions a security threat?
The right to free expression, when it risks harming others' political or economic interests, is a hotly debated issue in Israel right now. In a strange coincidence, the so-called 'air flotilla' (activists flying into Israel with an explicit intention to visit the occupied territories in order to show the world how tourists are sorted according to their views) and a controversial anti-boycott law have become a part of a very emotional debate. While I'm far away, separated by already a year of not living in Israel and not even closely following the news from there, this situation affected me in a strange way. On the blog wonderland.
BLOG / wonderland
2011-06-19 18:24:02
Let It Be Night 2011
Let It Be Night is an annual festival in Vilnius (see post two years ago). It brings together professional and amateur artists to perform at night. Most of the events are free of charge, and many happen outside. The idea is to make Vilnius more of a night city, which it is not. The festival takes place in June, just before academic year fully finishes. This year more than 100 events were promised, with theatres joining in to an unprecedented extent. The whole programme sounded very promising, and, despite the short rain, many people took the advantage to spend the night in the city centre. The Lithuanian media noticed both the success of some events, drawing large numbers of people, and much less success to provide adequate security. On the blog wonderland.
BLOG / wonderland
2011-06-01 20:49:13
First bubbles of this year
Also posted on DaivaRepeckaite.com As soon as it became warm enough, Laimikis.lt relaunched its initiative called "Bubble the City" in English (in rather unsuccessful search for an adequate term for the creative Lithuanian "Burbuliatorius"). As last year, it takes place in Lithuanian cities and towns, as well as the most popular migrant destinations. The idea is to encourage people to spend time outdoors and do something together in a non-commercial setting, using one of the green public spaces. I have noticed that Vilnius, which, although blessed with open spaces, has rather unstable climate. It drastically lacks public toilets, and many urban spaces that people like become 'overplanned' due to dubious government initiatives, such as replacing old trees, which used to provide comfortable shade, with new, specially designed trees. Being in central Vilnius in cold weather is no fun at all, to put it mildly. Like in many cities, you must buy something to enjoy a comfortable place to sit. Compared to Tokyo, Vilnius at least has benches. On the blog wonderland.
BLOG / wonderland
2011-05-29 18:00:14
Testing
On the blog wonderland.
Comment
2011-09-19 20:41:39
Daiva Has left a comment on the article:
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