The Book in the Media

Presentations, radio appearances, television appearances, stargazing tours, and more.

PRESENTATIONS

December 22, 2022 / 'Ethnoastronomy: How Traditional Culture Perceived the Sky and Celestial Objects?' - BELARUSKI MOLADZEVY KHAB, Warsaw
December 21, 2022 / 'Celestial Wonder on Christmas: Ethnoastronomy - How Belarusians Perceived the Starry Sky?' - Historical Club BEER&HISTORY, Bialystok
October 14, 2018 / 'The Skies through the Eyes of Our Ancestors' - 'Cosmic Evening,' Polatsk
May 25, 2018 / Speech at the EthnoWorld Forum, Minsk
March 14, 2018 / 'For Those Enchanted by the Stars' - 'City of the Sun School,' Minsk
November 10, 2017 / 'Ukrainian Folk Astronomy' - Institute of Philology, Kyiv
October 14, 2017 / 'Belarusians' View of the Starry Sky' - Minsk Planetarium's 'Scientist's Tribune,' Minsk
August 15, 2017 / 'Stars to Know for a Romantic Encounter' - Gutenberg's Hearth, Minsk
July 1, 2017 / Book Presentation: 'Festivals of the Wind,' Vitebsk
December 7-10, 2016 / 'How Belarusians Gazed at the Starry Sky?' - Fundamental Library of BSU, Minsk
October 7-9, 2016 / Award for Best Monograph in the Humanities for 2014/2015 - 'Congress of Belarusian Studies 2016,' Kaunas.
September 24, 2016 / Book Presentation: 'Living Library of Belarus' - Gallery TUT.BY, Minsk
September 20, 2016 / Meetings with the Author of the book 'Ethnoastronomy: Between Sky and Earth' and the Theater of Values 'Mixed Forest' - DAH Festival XXX at the Creative Space 'Verkh,' Minsk
June 18, 2016 / Presentation of 'Ethnoastronomy' - National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg
June 4, 2016 / Book Presentation: 'Rekha-DAHU IV,' Pružany
April 16, 2016 / Book Presentation, Grodno State Museum of the History of Religion, Grodno
March 6, 2016 / Book Presentation, Gatovskaya Library, Gatova
February 23, 2016 / 'Folk Astronomy - the Forgotten Cosmos of Belarusians' - Faculty of Philology, Belarusian State University, Minsk
February 20, 2016 / 'Ethnoastronomy' - 'Mova Nanova,' Vitebsk
February 11, 2016 / Book Presentation, Music Hall on Independence Avenue, Minsk
January 31, 2016 / Book Presentation: 'Gruntoŭnia,' Brest
January 23, 2016 / Book Presentation on Ethnoastronomy, Central District Library, Nesvizh
January 18, 2015 / Book Presentation on Ethnoastronomy, EHU, Vilnius
December 5, 2015 / Book Presentation on Ethnoastronomy, Museum of Traditional Weaving in Paazerie, Polatsk, link
November 28, 2015 / Book Presentation on Ethnoastronomy, 'Krama Cudounia,' Grodno
November 22, 2015 / 'Stars' - 'Mova Nanova,' Babruysk
November 11, 2015 / Book Presentation: 'Between Sky and Earth: Ethnoastronomy' - Literary Museum of Maxim Bogdanovich, Minsk

RADIO

"Researcher and scientist Tsimafei Avilin" by Radio UNet - Warsaw (87.8), Krakow (95.2), December 13, 2021
"Avilin: Everyone has their own Belarusian star, and it cannot be allowed to fade away" by Euroradio "Idei Kh", July 16, 2020
"Tsimokh Avilin: Modern Cosmonautics is International Cosmonautics" by Radio Ratcia, March 17, 2020
Channel "Kultura," Belarusian Radio, December 16, 2018
"Territory of Voice" on the First National Channel Belarusian Radio, radio1.by, August 11, 2017
"Closer to the Stars" by Radio Stalitsa
"What Do the Stars Tell Belarusians?"
"Come Up with a Constellation Name" on #PIN_KOD (Belarus 2), January 18, 2017, Minsk
"Belarusian Legends, Tales, and Myths Associated with the Stars" on Pod znakiem Pogoni, October 15, 2016
Radio program "Kukhnya" with M. Dubrovskaya and T. Avilin, August 20, 2013
"LitCafé" on Radio Stalitsa (105.1 FM), September 7, 2012 (about folk astronomy, children's games based on ethnoastronomical beliefs: world tree, model of the Solar System, dragons)

VIDEO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING

"Evening Vitebsk" (Episode 269, February 22, 2016), Vitebsk City

Lecture: 'The Starry Sky through the Eyes of Belarusians' at Art Siadziba, March 21, 2014, Minsk City.

Tsimafei Avilin at Minsk Planetarium. Ethnoastronomy. 2017, Minsk.

Roundtable discussion 'Issues of Mapping Traditional Intangible Culture' on February 22, 2022.

"Diya@blog". 'About Literature' on May 26, 2016, in Minsk.

"News" on April 18, 2016, in Grodno.

Roundtable Discussion: 'EGU Graduates for Belarus'" at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Minsk on September 18, 2018.

Lecture: 'Which Stars Should You Know for a Romantic Encounter?'" at Kurilka Gutenberg, Minsk, on October 14, 2017.

Avilin: Each of us has our own Belarusian star, and we must not let it fade away.
On July 16th, EuroRadio hosted Tsimafei Avilin, a specialist in ethnoastronomy, a master of historical sciences, and a researcher of early 20th-century urban folklore. Belarusian society is divided, but it is not a sharp division where an insurmountable wall arises between people. We are like two streams of the same river, sometimes flowing separately and then merging after some time, says Tsimafei Avilin. However, even such a division hinders Belarusians from formulating their national idea.

The theme of the meeting was Ethnoastronomy: How did people of traditional culture perceive the sky and its objects?
We are familiar with ancient myths and legends from various peoples about the stars. But were there any legends among the Belarusians about celestial inhabitants?
How did people of traditional culture perceive the sky and its objects? You will find answers to these and other questions during our meeting. We will explore folk beliefs related to stars, constellations, meteors, and the Moon. The sources of our material include expedition records of the author and other researchers, works of Belarusian folklore, as well as the "bookish" folk astronomy from ancient East Slavic literature.

Avilin T.V. - "Maps are easy, but for science - effortlessly!"
The speaker started working on creating maps based on various GIS systems (DivaGIS, MapGIS, qGIS) in 2013 while working at the Academy of Sciences. Some maps on folk Belarusian astronomy were included in the monograph "Between Heaven and Earth: Ethnoastronomy" (showing the areas of astronomers for the first time), as well as numerous articles. The speaker also prepared around 120 maps for the Belarusian Folklore-Ethnolinguistic Atlas (currently in print), a series of articles in "Belarusian Folklore" on topics such as mermaids, werewolves, the origin of children, the distribution of various folk motifs, and many others. The results of the cartography presented in these published works reflect the spatial distribution of various aspects of traditional culture.

VOŁAT 2011: A Journey into the Heartland. Part 1: A Tale of Stars.
Origin of the Name 'Valasazhary', 'Heavenly City', Aryon, Bethlehem Star, Tale of the Three Sisters, and Folk Tradition.

VOŁAT 2011: A Journey into the Heartland. Part 1

VOŁAT 2011: A Journey into the Heartland. Part 12

VOŁAT 2011: A Journey into the Heartland. Part 13

VOŁAT 2011: A Journey into the Heartland. Part 4

VOŁAT 2011: A Journey into the Heartland. Part 15

Belarus: in Embrace of Stars
Sometimes it's enough to see the true night sky once to forever fall in love with it. And sometimes it's enough to see your country beneath the starry sky once to love it even more. The crystal-clear expanse of the Braslau Lakes, the polar glow over the Vileika Reservoir, the Milky Way amidst old oaks and above the walls of ancient temples and castles... In this short film, Belarus is portrayed against the backdrop of the cosmos, under the boundless night sky, amidst the shimmering stars. ©Viktar Malyschyts.

Belarus: in Embrace of Stars

Excerpt "Dragons..." from the shadow theater "Mixed Forest"
The Dragon - a character of Belarusian mythology, who has long been mentioned in legends and folklore of Belarus. We invite you to explore the mysterious world of shadows with him: enigmatic and multi-faceted; to learn about the habits, activities, character, and favorite food of the Dragon. Night of Museums - 2018 at Maxim Bogdanovich's. © "Mixed Forest"

Excerpt "Dragons..." from the shadow theater "Mixed Forest"

EXCURSIONS UNDER THE STARRY SKY

April 23, 2016 / 7th Festival of Tour Guides, Minsk
September 3, 2014 / Excursion under the starry sky in Vv. Lucha-Navasyolki, Pastavy district
March 21, 2013 / 4th Festival of Tour Guides, Minsk
December 24-25, 2012 / Excursion under the starry sky in Prague
March 22, 2012 / 3rd Festival of Tour Guides, Minsk