Sixth international Border Crossings network students' conference
Rethinking Balkan identities: The dynamics of space and time
Korca, Albania, 22 - 25/5/2008
The Conference Program
Organizers: Border Crossings Network Institute of Popular Culture, Academy of Tirana, Albania Municipality of Korca Department of History and Archeology, University of Ioannina Research Unit “Balkan Mahhabet”, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki Department of Ethnology, St. Cyril and Methodious University, Skopje Department of Balkans Studies, University of Western Macedonia, Florina.
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Thursday 22 May
17.00: Departure from Florina, estimated arrival at Korca at 20:00 p.m. 20.30: Opening ceremony at the Korca Library Auditorium Welcome by the Mayor of Korca Opening lecture by Prof. Vasilis Nitsiakos
Friday 23 May
09.00 – 10.50 First session: The dynamics of space Chairperson: • Kouros Theodoros The perception of domestic and public space in a Vlach community in NW Greece • Pisanec Anusa & Strajzisar Elka and her home: Conception of home and space of Elka Strojan • Sourlas Leonidas Shopping and Leisure in Edine: Cross-border consumption and identities in the Greek - Turkish borders • Zacharakis Nikos & Mpellou Border crossing illegal networks Evgenia • Karathanasis Pafsanias Street art across the “green line”: the geographies of graffiti styles in the walled city of Nicosia, Cyprus • Samantas Giorgos Sounding off in the city: “reclaiming” urban space in public Athens’s rave • Antoniadou Ariadni Zoniana and the media discourse • Kapsioti Maria Observing shrines (“eikonostasia”) aside a Greek country road.
10.50 – 11.15 Discussion 11.15 – 11.30 Break
11.30 – 12.50 Second session: Ethnographic studies of Albania Chairperson: • Dumani Elsa The North Albania in the eyes of two ethnographers: Franz Baron Nopzcha and Clarissa de Waahl • Gerogia Evangelia The Socialist Albania’s construction through demotic song of the Greek minority • Smith Erin “Finding a husband with the click of a button”. Overcoming social limitations on space and time using technology – new matrimonial strategies amongst girls in rural Albania • Lempert Hans National identity in post-communistic Albania • Kitsaki Georgia & Lozovanu Dorin Ethnic groups: identities and relations in Greek – Albanian border • Zallemi Alketa Transnational cooperation against child trafficking 3
• Laska Armelina The antic city of Apolonia
12.50 – 13.15 Discussion 13.15 – 15.30 Lunch break
15.30 – 16.30 Third session: Accounts of the Balkans Chairperson: • Katsadima Antigoni Some balk at being Balkan. A review of Balkan identity based on the film “Red-colored grey truck” (2004) of Srdjan Koljevic • Haliloglu Nagihan Consolidating Balkan identities through contemporary film: the case of Turkish Gambit and Elveda Rumeli • Krajnc Katja Pushing the limits of visual anthropology • Polymeropoulou Maria Louiza The materiality of inter-Balkan identity • Buzarovska Rumena Literary translations in the Balkans: embodiments and sculptors of cultural exchange
16.30 – 16.45 Break
16.45 – 18.10 Third session continued Chairperson: • Apostolopoulou Vasiliki & Oral tradition across the border: a Tsompanopoulou Fenia performance of polyphonic singing at Kefalovrisso • Arseniou Vasia & Documenting the impact of the current • Deligianni Evangellia – Maria political crisis between Greece and FYROM on the commercial and social relations in the Florina region: an ethnographic approach • Zerzelidou Eleni Cross border cooperation in Balkans and the E.U. projects in the area • Mavros Stefanos & Panou Fani NGOs in the Balkans: a review of the literature • Chacalov Evgeni The relations between the Balkans and the E.U. • Mirlesse Alexandre The notions of “centre” and “periphery” and the European Union identity
18.10 – 18.30 Discussion 18.30 – 18.45 Break
18.45 – 19.15 Ethnographic Film Screening Chairperson: • Arko Sara & Dembsky Helena Migration as a need- A Short Documentary Film 19.15 – 19.30 Discussion
Saturday 24 May
09.00 – 09.50 Fourth session: The dynamics of time and identities Chairperson: Assist. Prof. Georgios Agelopoulos • Nilufer Naya & Mahir Unsal Eris Ashkenazim of Turkey: minority in minority • Eremic Renata Non violent struggles for social changes. 4
Case studies: OTPOR movement in Serbia • Guygu Gursel What lies behind the misrepresentation of Gypsy / Roma? A discussion on democracy, difference and (in) tolerance • Papanastasiou Charalampia Cultural difference and social interaction in the down of Florina: the case of the “Hellenes of the Roma race”
09.50 – 10.05 Break
10.05 – 11.15 Fourth session continued Chairperson: Dr. Vassilis Dalkavoukis • Theocharis Michail Collective and private memory. Researching two ways of memory about Turkish invasion in Cyprus • Sarikoudi Georgia The role of memory on the refugee’s representation • Rina Georgia Constructions of the Greek national identity through children’s literature: the case of Penelope Delta • Koutsouri Anna Pupils as informants: Thoughts on a reflexive methodology of doing fieldwork at school • Koufantaki Eleni Ethnocentrism in Greek education. The new book of history and the conflict it created • Mellios Nikolaos Observations on ourselves and on others: an ethnographic research in a Primary school at Xanthi – Greece 11.15 – 11.40 Discussion 11.40 – 11.55 Break
11.55 – 12.40 Fifth session: Bodily experiences Chairperson: • Roussos Kostis The treatment of homosexuals in the U.S.S.R. • Theocharidou Maria Piercing: Who and why? An ethnographic research • Spanoudi Sisy Ceremonial firewalking in Greece • Papandreou Fotini When Ares was named Adam and Aphrodite Eva. Representations of male and female bodies at the public toilets in Komotini
12.40 – 13.00 Discussion 13.00 – 15.00 Lunch break 15.00 – 15.50 Fifth session continued Chairperson: • Parlani Xanthoula & Coffee cup as a map of life: meanings and Chrysochoidou Anastasia symbols arising from the coffee cup divination • Patsiaoura Efthalia The meaning of Chios traditional sweets • Demeli Panagiota – Toulina Mothers in prison • Kitsos Dimitrios The meaning of violence: twisting protest into sacrilege.
15.50 – 16.10 Discussion 5
16.10 – 16.25 Break
16.25 – 17.10 Sixth session: Migrating in space and time Chairperson • Stegovic Maja “New Age” colonialism: the invasion of English people in North Slovenia • Ovidiu Palcu Romanian transnational migration in Greece • Tsakmakidou Sofia Albanian immigrants in Thessaloniki • Marmataki Maria, Galanopoulou “One out of Ten”: exploring racism and Georgia - Maria, Xerogianni Maria xenophobia in contemporary Greece through a theatrical play
17.10 – 17.25 Break
17.25 – 18.35 Sixth session continued Chairperson: • Rantou Efrosini & When immigrants learn Greek: integrating Vitali Valentini – Dea Greece? • Matsouki Evangelia A school for the children of immigrants • Kougiou Maria & Tsingas Alexis When immigrants learn Greek: political activism and representations of the “Other” among a group of Greek teachers • Karagianni Panagiota & “Little diary of the borders”: narrating the Kelaiditi Maria immigration experience • Fefopoulou Alexandra The foreigner in close – up. Ethnic minorities in the Greek cinema from an anthropological point of view
18.35 – 18.50 Break
18.50 – 19.20 Wrap up lecture by Assist. Prof. Georgios Agelopoulos Structure and Action: Reflexions on the “Border Crossing Network” conferences
20.30 Departure from Korca 21.00 Dinner feast in the Vlach village of Boboshtiçë with Albanian and Balkan music performance.
Sunday 26 May
9.30 – 17.00 Excursion around the Korca region and at the town of Voskopojë. 17.00 Departure from Korca, estimated arrival at Florina at 20:00 p.m.
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List of Participants
Aldayarov Arzimat University of Bishkek, [email protected] Kyrgyzstan Alimpranti Katerina University of Western Macedonia, Florina Ambrosiou Despina Panteion University of Athens
Antoniadou Ariadni [email protected] Apostolopoulou Vasiliki University of Edinburgh [email protected]
m Arko Sara Univeristy of Ljubljana [email protected]
Arseniou Vasia University of Western Macedonia, Florina Buzarovska Rumena University of Skopje [email protected] u.mk
Chacalov Evgeni St. Cyril and Methodius [email protected] Univ. of Veliko Turnovo Chrysochoidou Anastasia Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini Deligianni Evangelia – University of Western Maria Macedonia, Florina
Dembsky Helena Univeristy of Ljubljana [email protected] Demeli Panagiota – Toulina University of the Aegean, Mytilene Despolari Nela University of Western Macedonia, Florina Dumani Elsa University of Tirana [email protected]
Elmazi Rodena University of Western Macedonia, Florina
Eremic Renata University of Belgrade [email protected] Ervin Shaqiri University of Western Macedonia, Florina Fefopoulou Alexandra University of the Aegean, Mytilene Galanopoulou Georgia – Panteion University of Maria Athens Gerogianni Evangellia University of Ioannina Gorezi Roniela University of Western Macedonia, Florina Glinou – Lefaki Irini University of Western Macedonia, Florina
Guygu Gursel [email protected] Haas Elke Haliloglu Nagihan University of Heidelberg Kakou Vanessa University of Western Macedonia, Florina Karagianni Panagiota Panteion University of Athens Karathanasis Panagiotis University of the Aegean, Mytilene 7
Katsadima Antigoni National and [email protected] Kapodistrian University of Athens Kapsioti Maria Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini Kelaiditi Maria Panteion University of Athens
Kitsaki Georgia University of Ioannina [email protected] Kitsos Dimitrios University of the Aegean, Mytilene
Koco Ilir University of Tirana [email protected]
Kokotaki Dimitra [email protected] Kougiou Maria Panteion University of Athens Koulis Giorgos University of Western Macedonia, Florina Kouros Theodoros University of Ioannina [email protected]
Koutsouri Anna Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini Koufountaki Eleni Panteion University of Athens
Krajnc Katja University of Ljubljana [email protected]
Laska Armelina University of Tirana [email protected]
Lempert Hans Freie Universität Berlin [email protected] Lena Kristina American College of [email protected] Thessaloniki
Lozovanu Dorin [email protected] Mahir Unsal Eris Ankara University Marmataki Maria Panteion University of Athens Matziropoulou Theodora University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
Matsouki Evangelia University of Ioannina [email protected] Mavros Stefanos University of Western Macedonia, Florina Mellios Nikolaos Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini
Mirlesse Alexandre Sorbonne, Paris [email protected] Moutsa Rea University of Western Macedonia, Florina Mpellou Evgenia University of Ioannina Mpechlivanidou Evgenia University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
Nilufer Naya Ankara University [email protected]
Ovidiu Palcu University of Athens [email protected] Panou Fani University of Western Macedonia, Florina Papanastasiou Charalampia University of Western Macedonia, Florina Papandreou Fotini Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini Parlani Xanthoula Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini Patsiaoura Efthalia University of the Aegean, Mytilene 8
Pisanec Anusa University of Ljubljana [email protected]
Piturescu Ionut National School of [email protected] Political Science, Bucharest Platou Zoi Panteion University of Athens Plexousaki Efi University of the Aegean, Mytilene Polymeropoulou Maria - National and m.polymeropoulou@google
Louiza Kapodistrian University mail.com of Athens Promponas Pantelis Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini Rantou Efrosini Panteion University of Athens Rigels Halili Polish Academy of Science Rina Georgia Panteion University of Athens Roussos Kostis University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki Rusu Oana University of Bucharest oana.rusu@ipsos- interactive.com
Samantas Giorgos University of the Aegean, Mytilene Sarafi Dimitra University of Western Macedonia, Florina
Sarikoudi Georgia Aristotle University of [email protected] Thessaloniki
Smith Erin Université [email protected] Paris X
Sourlas Leonidas University of Macedonia, [email protected] Thessaloniki Spanoudi Sisi University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki
Stegovec Maja University of Ljubljana [email protected] Stergiopoulou Ariana Panteion University of Athens
Strajzisar Urska University of Ljubljana [email protected] Theocharidou Maria Demorcritus University of Thrace, Komotini Theocharis Michail Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini Tsakmakidou Sofia University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki Tserga Golfo University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki Tsigas Alexis Panteion University of Athens Tsiga Mariana University of the Aegean, Mytilene Tsipra Efi Panteion University of Athens Tsirli Irini University of Western Macedonia, Florina 9
Tsompanopoulou Fenia Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Vitali Valentini – Dea Panteion University of Athens Xirogianni Maria Panteion University of Athens Zacharakis Nikos University of Ioannina [email protected]
Zallemi Alketa City University, [email protected] Thessaloniki Zerzelidou Eleni University of Macedonia [email protected]
Zoi Anita University of Tirana [email protected]
Anastasia Chrysohoidou Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini
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Attention!
All conference sessions take place at the Auditorium of Korca Library
Please register at the conference secretariat for the dinner at Boboshtiçë by Saturday 11.00 a.m. The ticket costs 11 Euro per person.
Please register at the conference secretariat for the Sunday excursion by Saturday 11.00 a.m. The ticket cost 1 Euro per person.
Conference secretariat:
Research Unit “Balkan Mahhabet”, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki E-mail: [email protected] ¾ Assist. Prof. Agelopoulos Georgios Tel.: +30 6977633530, E-mail: [email protected] ¾ Mr. Drenos Dimitris Postgraduate student ¾ Mrs. Matziropoulou Theodora Undergraduate student ¾ Mrs. Tserga Golfo Undergraduate student ¾ Mrs. Spanoudi Sissy Undergraduate student ¾ Mrs. Tsakmakidou Sofia Undergraduate student