What we did in 2019
1 February
Night of Museums: Artificial Intelligence on Drenova
- Presentation of old photos from the First World War and their analysis with the help of AI
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) in action – presentation of the Dreno Museum Assistant
- How AI Creates Artwork (Pictures and Music)
- How AI Recognizes the Feelings and Years of Visitors
- Exhibition of the Rijeka City Museum "From Emancipation to the Holocaust" - Jews in Rijeka and Opatija from 1867 to 1945" by Sanja Simper
Number of visitors during the evening about 70 of which 20 children accompanied by parents
http://www.novilist.hr/Kultura/Izlozbe/NOC-MUZEJA-Spoj-kulturne-bastine-i-novih-tehnologija-privukao-brojne-Rijecane?meta_refresh=true
14 February
Dren Association participated in the workshop “FOODBIZorganised by the Faculty of Hotleski and Tourism Management in Opatija, where Vesna Lukanović presented drainage products
15-16 February
Visit to Daruvar - Czech Mother Language Month in Bjelovar-Bilogora County
- Presentation of the project ČAI - Chakavian artificial intelligence as part of the presentation of five out of 27 neighbourhoods (Kastav, Kuti, Čavle, Krk)
- Lecture by Damir Medved at the Technical School on the topic of new technologies (Saturday, 16 February)
- https://rijeka2020.eu/27-susjedstava-u-daruvaru/
22 February
Botel Marina – Actors of Urban Change - Neighborhood Škurinje
Rijeka 2030: Legacy of Rijeka 2020
- Participation in the panel discussion and work in groups with neighbourhoods from the Actors of Urban Change project.
25-27 February
Exhibition of photographs of a small class on the theme of the Rijeka Carnival
- Children from the small classroom of Fran Franković Elementary School presented their works - photographs on the theme of the Rijeka Carnival.
- Exhibited works of four children.
28 February to 2 March
Conference Branding of Culture
- Participation in the conference (Vesna Lukanović and Davorka Medved)
18 March - 1 April
Drenova in the centre - Gyroscope
- Six participants of the filming workshop organized by Filmaktiv got acquainted with the basics of film recording. The workshop was led by Marin Lukanović from Filmaktiv for 3 weeks.
4 April
Meeting with President and Councillors Mo Drenova to get acquainted with the work of the Drenova Neighbourhood team and agree on joint work on the platform “27 Neighbourhoods’
11 April
Festival of Science: “Colors’
It was the first collaboration with the association. “Zlatni rez" led by scientists from the University of Rijeka, within which the lecture by Željka Peršurić, Ph.D. “Color food for better health” was held
Workshop for children called “Coloring Foods for Better Health’, in collaboration with students from the Department of Biotechnology, was very successful, with 12 children participating
Given the success of the event, further cooperation was agreed.
8 May
Grohovčeva veCher
- On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the death of journalist and publicist Ivan Grohovac Krešimir Cvjetković’s book “The Everywhere Matoš Around Rijeka by Him” was presented. We found out what Anton Gustav Matoš wrote about Grohovac and Rijeka. The book was presented by the publisher Franjo Butorac, and excerpts from the book were read by the drama champion of the CNT Ivan pl. Zajc Zrinko Kolak-Fabian.
The musical part of the evening was attended by the singing group Zvir from Jelenje, Trio Si-Že-Ne and the hosts, Mixed Choir Drenova.
- There were 50 people present.
16. 18 May
ZNALANGUAGE BOOKING - FROM INDIVIDUAL TO COLLECTIVE
- Attendance at a scientific conference with a lecture on creating digital assistants with local languages and dialects (ČAI)
- Benedict Perak, Damir Medved: Building a conversation modules for the Museum Assistant
18 May
European Museum Night: Visit to the Grobnik Castle and the Chakavian Parliament Chair
- Visiting the Čavle neighbourhood and socializing with guests and programme performers. Agreeing on potential cooperation.
24 May
European Day of Neighbourhoods – "Greetings from Drenova"“
9 June – 4 October
Kinedok - Network of cinemas in exotic locations
- Showing 10 documentaries over four months: Brothers, Exit, Infinite Football, Josepha, I Love You, King Skate, Mečiar - A Desire for Power, Tarzan's Testicles, Days of Madness, In Case of War and Putin's Witnesses
8 June
Planting ornamental plants in the courtyard of the Heritage Museum
- MO Drenova donated seedlings of ornamental plants planted by members of associations in the courtyard of the Drenova Heritage Museum
12. 15 June
Visit to the European Neighbourhood - Mons, Belgium
- The four-member Drenova neighbourhood delegation visited its European neighbourhood – Mons. The aim of the trip was to establish cooperation with the world-renowned archive Mundaneum of Mons. Two workshops were held through which each neighborhood presented its work. We also visited other institutions and got acquainted with citizens and officials of Mons. Guidelines for further cooperation in 2019 and 2020 have been agreed.
- Details are in the report.
13 June
Visit of two representatives of the Tandem Project to the Drenove Regional Museum
- Presentation of the contents of the museum and the work of associations to guests.
2 July
Tell the doll! family workshop of making dolls from recyclable material
- The Dren Association, in cooperation with the Rijeka City Puppet Theatre and the Tobogan Festival (Children's House flagship) in the courtyard of the Heritage Museum, organized a workshop for children (with their parents) who, with the help of visual artists from GKL, made dolls made of recycling material. 11 children were present accompanied by their parents and grandparents.
The workshop was financed through public needs in the culture of the City of Rijeka.
7 July
Visit of Olinda Doričić to the Drenova Heritage Museum
- Olinda DoriThe little girl is from an enlarged photo that illustrates the CHAI project in our museum. He is now 94 years old and lives in Italy. He also visits his native Drenova once a year. She recognized herself, her parents, relatives and other people from the photo. She also told us about the location where the photo was taken, and it is a place only 50 meters away from the Heritage Museum.
- A documentary video was made, which became an exhibit in the museum next to ČAI posters.
21 July
Zajc under the stars – classical music concert in the courtyard of the Regional Museum on the occasion of Dan Drenove
- Pianist Stipe Bilić and soprano Lorena BaptismThey held a classical music concert as part of the Drenova Days, which was attended by about 60 spectators. This was the first concert of classical music held on Drenova.
14 August
Visit of distant relatives – we discover the interesting history of Grohov
- On Wednesday, August 14th, our association “Without Borders” was visited by Mrs. Sylvie Grahovac Remillard with her husband living in distant Canada. They were accompanied by their aunt, Mrs. Stella Grahovac Maček. Sylvie is the great-grandson of Benjamin Grohovac, Iva's brother. We visited Grohovo, visited our museum, laid flowers on the grave of Ivo Grohovac and his family, visited Veli vrh and Ivana Grohovac Street in Rijeka. An unforgettable day for our company!
- A documentary video was also made.
- https://www.facebook.com/IvoGrohovac/
31 August
Crash Team Racing
- In cooperation with the Škurinje Neighborhood, Crash Team Racing was held at Drenova in the Heritage Museum. There were 10 children with their parents.
6 and 7 September
Fair 3N Leave Modern Devices
- We participated in a two-day event at the Palach Cultural Center with the project ČAI, the game Battle for Drenova and the video game Find the Border. The organizers were the Second Sea Association as part of the project Gyroscope.
18 September
Move theatre on the border: Wanda's small workshop
- The Dren Association and the Rijeka City Puppet Theatre organized a workshop on making felt toys. The workshop was financed through public needs in the culture of the City of Rijeka. Fifteen children with their parents responded.
23 September
Chakavian language in the 21st century – challenges and potentials
- Damir Medved gave a lecture: The distant past and the near future (new technologies in the service of preserving the native language) to the participants of the professional conference.
27 September
Visit of pupils and teachers of Fran Franković Elementary School to the Heritage Museum
- On the occasion of 170 years since the birth of Fran Franković, third grade students accompanied by their teachers visited the Drenova Heritage Museum and got acquainted with the work of our associations. Special emphasis was placed on exhibits related to Professor Franković, the project Nonić's Thiramol and the project ČAI.
17 October
Lecture on American Architectural and Urban Experience
- Damir and Davorka Medved shared their experiences and observations from their trip to the USA (New York, Washington and Boston), and urban planner Bojan Bilić gave his view on contemporary urban planning practices in the USA, with 30 visitors present.
26 October
Plant a tree without a stump – planting drains on the Campus and in the Drenova nursery
- Neighborhood Drenova – Dren members donated 3 original drainage seedlings to help build a drain alley in the Campus neighbourhood. Seedlings were planted by members of the association in cooperation with students and professors.
- In the Drenovski kindergarten, 1 seedling of drains was planted.
31 October
Visit of children and educators from the Viškovo Kindergarten the Drenova Local Museum
- Association Dren continues cooperation with kindergartens and schools in PGCireknowledge of the drain as a plant, its fruit and delicious marmalade from the drainage. On this occasion we were visited by the little ones from the Viškovo Kindergarten.
8 November
Presentation of the book Slovnik kastafskega govora by Cvjetana Miletić
- At the invitation of the Kastav neighborhoods, we attended this presentation. The letter is a work that is important for our cooperation with the Kastav neighbourhood, which refers to the preservation of Chakavian speech. The author has provided free use of the dictionary in digital format for the needs of ČAI project.
13-15. November
Visit of the Mons delegation and opening of the exhibition Delete things to come
- Our European partners, a delegation of the Mundaneum Archives Centre from Mons visited the Drenovo neighbourhood.
- On the first day they visited Rijeka City Museum i PPMHP in which they visited the exhibition D’Annunzievač
- On the second day, they visited the headquarters. Rivers 2020 i RiHub where the meeting with the representatives took place TD Rijeka2020. They also visited the construction site. fellthe Sugar Refinery. In the evening they attended the opening of the exhibitionbe Delete things that are coming u the Local Museum.
- on the third day in the Local Museum a working meeting was held and further cooperation was agreed for 2020.
19 November
Dren Association for the third time led a workshop on the preparation of drain products in DV “Goldfish’ in Kostrena, the marmalade is packaged for humanitarian sales aimed at the children of Africa.
http://www.zlatnaribica.hr/index.php/novosti-obavijesti
16-23. November
Film screenings in cooperation with the association Filmaktiv
- Through the project Gyroscope in collaboration with the association Filmaktiv Three film evenings were organised on Saturdays. After the screenings, the viewers commented and presented their impressions, and the moderator was Marin Lukanović from Filmaktiva who is also the author of the last screened film Drunk Street. The first night a documentary was shown. Rikard Benčić, On Saturday, we watched an omnibus. Kartoline (12 five-minute films).
21 November
In search of the superfruit of our region: The Forgotten Drain
- The presentation of preliminary results of chemical analysis of bioactive components of Rijeka drain was held in the Regional Museum organized by the Dren Association and conducted by the Department of Biotechnology of the University of Rijeka. The presentation (and tasting) was attended by 25 citizens. This project is funded by the University of Rijeka in the amount of HRK 10,000 (to the project leader - UNIRI Department of Biotechnology), as part of the activities of the Campus Neighbourhoods in cooperation with the Drenova Neighbourhood
November 23
Chakavian text translation workshop
- Members of the Society Without Borders held the first workshop of translation of dialogue from standard Croatian to Chakavian for the needs of the ČAI project.
30 November
Association visit 051 to the Drenova Heritage Museum
- Association 051 visited the Drenova Heritage Museum. We introduced them to the exhibition of the museum and to the projects that we have worked on and are in progress. We have already collaborated with the Association 051 on the occasion of the Night of Museums 2016. We discussed the possibilities of future cooperation.
11 December
Networking event - Round 1TECH of the Year - Rijeka 2019
- Members of the Society Without Borders participated at the invitation of CTC Rijeka, IT community Rijeka and StartIT, and presented ČAI project.
https://www.facebook.com/events/520325428559528/
12 December
Geeksmakerscreativityday: Makerbuino, 3D printing, comics
- Members of the Society Without Borders participated at the invitation of American Corner in the celebration of 5 years of 3D printing and education at GK Rijeka.
https://www.facebook.com/events/429771094382404/
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