Images of migration at the southern border. Geography & Communication for Social Change - MIGRIMAGE_GR2022
1. Communication for Social Change (5 online seminars with 3 hour classes per day from 4 to 10 July, in English);
2. Border active research and (cyber)activism (2 online seminars & 2 on site workshops, 3 and 4 hours each from 11 to 17 July, in Greek);
3. Human Geographies and fundamental rights (3 on site lectures, 3 hours each, from 18 to 20 July, in Greek);
4. Methodologies of Participatory video (3 on site lectures and 5 workshops, 3 hours each, from 18 to 24 July, in Greek);
5. Language & Audiovisual Techniques for journalists and film makers for social change video (2 on site lectures and 2 workshops, 3 hours each, from 18 to 24 July, in Greek)
Summer School University of the Aegean | Programme
Summer School Mediterranean Borders and Communication Studies within the itinerary of Geography and Communication for Social Change.
The itinerary is organised by the University of the Aegean and will be held for three (3) weeks, from 4 to 24 July 2022. Within this itinerary, five (5) modules of academic seminars and workshops will take place; the first will offer theoretical frameworks and analysis of tools and the latter will offer experiential practice of tools, within subjects related to the contents of the School. Module 1 will be online and its contents will be taught in English to encourage the presence of international students; Module 2 will be half online and onsite and will be taught in Greek and Modules 3-5 will be onsite in Mytilene, Lesvos and taught in Greek. 10 ECTS will be recognised and a diploma will be provided.
A detailed description of the seminars and their dates is given below.
Programme
- Communication for Social Change
Location: Online seminars in English, Zoom Meeting
Zoom Link: https://aegean-gr.zoom.us/j/95298188188?pwd=TC9IdzNER1c2dVNoQTVlVi9IcDFZUT09
Meeting ID: 952 9818 8188
Passcode: 796903
Organizers: Despina Catapoti, Despina Andriopoulou, Polina Nikolaou
Monday, 4 July 2022, 6pm-9pm (Greece local time)
Speaker: Athina Karatzogianni
Communication, networked cultures and sociopolitical change
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 6pm-9pm (Greece local time)
Speaker: Korina Patelli
Social inequality, gender issues, human rights, environmental change in a networked world (part I)
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 6pm-9pm (Greece local time)
Speaker: Christina Thomopoulou, panel discussion
Social inequality, gender issues, human rights, environmental change in a networked world (partII)
Speaker: Giorgos Konstantinou, Activist Art
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 6pm-9pm (Greece local time)
Speaker: Panagiotis Sotiris
Digital media and populism. Modes of cross-class media activism (working class, middle class, subaltern media actions)
Friday, 8 July 2022, 3pm-6pm (Greece local time)
Speaker: Themistoclis Pantazakos, panel discussion.
Civil society and alternative media organizations. Social media, citizen journalism, activist media, participatory media and specialized broadcast media: examples and case studies from Greece.
Friday, 8 July 2022, 6pm-9pm (Greece local time)
Speaker: Giorgos Souvlis
The historical context of contemporary forms of media activism (in relation to 20th century movements, parties and struggles). Examples from Greece and beyond
II. Border active research and (cyber)activism
Location: online and onsite seminars in Greek
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, online 10 am – 1 pm (Greece local time)
Speakers: Nayia Tselepi, Orestis Pangalos
Introduction to border studies and research, qualitative research methods (active and participatory observation), participatory and radical geographies and cartographies, representations, mind maps and (collective) mapping methodologies.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81813278899?pwd=p-RYlrufEN2WW-nviy4fx9dB5Y-OTi.1
Meeting ID: 818 1327 8899
Passcode: 027697
Wednesday, 13 July 2022, online 10 am – 1 pm (Greece local time)
Speakers: Nayia Tselepi, Orestis Pangalos
Border (cyber) activism and the concept of social change: presenting different solidarity and activism groups at local, national, European level as well as emergent border communities.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81813278899?pwd=p-RYlrufEN2WW-nviy4fx9dB5Y-OTi.1
Meeting ID: 818 1327 8899
Passcode: 027697
Thursday, 14 July 2022, on site meeting at Mosaik in Mytilene, 5pm-9pm (Greece local time) https://g.page/LesvosSolidarity-Mosaik?share
Coordination-Speakers: Nayia Tselepi, Orestis Pangalos
Visit: Experiential walk in Mytilene ‘hotspots’; from Sapfous square, the port; to Pano Skala and Kalamari tower; from Mosaik ‘humade’ wall to the city walls with graffiti. Parallel lecture: New social movements, cracks and struggles for social change (theory), Examples of new social movements, Autonomies and struggles for social change. Cracks in capitalism.
Parallel lecture-discussion with Christi Petropoulou (Mosaik): New social movements, cracks and struggles for social change. Examples from Lesbos.
Friday, 15 July 2022, on site meeting at Sapphos Square (small bus), 5pm-9pm (Greece local time)
Collective Mapping workshop ‘our own border assemblage’; the procedure of creating a collective representation of the border and the active presence on it.
III. Human Geographies and fundamental rights & Methodologies of Participatory Video & Language & Audiovisual Techniques for journalists and film makers for social change video
Location: on site and online in Greek
Monday 18/7, on site, 15.00-18.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Ioannis Skopeteas
Introduction to documentary film - Research methods
Monday 18/7, on site, 18.00-21.00, Amphitheater of Geography
Speaker- Discussion: Christy Petropoulou
Post-colonial and anti-colonial approaches to geographical studies. Epistemologies of the South.
Tuesday 19/7, on site, 09.00-15.00
Field Research
Tuesday 19/7, on site, 15.00-18.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Ioannis Skopeteas
Scriptwriting and Intro to Camera
Tuesday 19/7, on site, 18.00-21.00 Amphitheater of Geography
Speaker- Discussion: Christy Petropoulou
The concept of borders and the inequal development, Geopolitics, migrations.
Wednesday 20/7, on site, 09.00-15.00
Field research
Wednesday 20/7, on site, 15.00-18.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Alexandros Spathis
Intro to Documentary editing
Wednesday 20/7, on site, 18.00-21.00 Amphitheater of Geography
Speaker- Discussion: Christy Petropoulou
The right to the city, Autonomy of migration and solidarity spaces with refugees.
Thursday 21/7, on site, 09.00-15.00
Field research
Thursday 21/7, on site, 15.00-18.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Ioannis Skopeteas
Camerawork and documentary direction
Thursday 21/7, on site, 18.00-21.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Alexandros Spathis
Introduction to video editing
Friday 22/7, on site, 09.00-15.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Ioannis Skopeteas
Documentary editing and direction
Friday 22/7, on site, 15.00-21.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Alexandros Spathis
Documentary editing and direction
Saturday 23/7, 09.00-15.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Ioannis Skopeteas
Documentary editing and direction
Saturday 23/7, 15.00-21.00, Postgraduate Aula TPTE (underground of Restaurant), Department of Cultural Technology and Communication
Speaker: Alexandros Spathis
Documentary editing and direction
In addition to enrolling in the Summer School of the University of the Aegean, we encourage you to follow sessions of the two other Summer Schools, ONLINE and in ENGLISH, offered by the University of Granada (Spain) and the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy). You can register for one or more of the following sessions optionally and free of charge.
Students who follow these sessions will receive a Certificate of Attendance from each University.
The online sessions in English are:
UGR.Thursday 26/5/22 (17,00-19,30h). Border Cultures (II): Key concepts for the development of educational projects in border contexts.
UGR. Thursday 9/6/22 (17,00-19,30h). Collaborative Cultures in the Digital Age (II): Case studies of collaborative transmedia cultural projects in migratory and cross-border contexts
UGR. Wednesday 15/6/22 (17,00-19,30h). Transmedia narratives and social activism (I): What are transmedia narratives? Definition and discussion of the concept of transmedia narratives in relation to dominant narrative practices. Story, storyworlds and transmediality. Intermediality versus transmediality. Typology of transmedia narratives.
UGR. Thursday 16/6/22 (17,00-19,30h). Transmedia narratives and social activism (II): Transmedia activism: study and analysis of successful transmedia projects to raise awareness of the migration crisis.
UGR. Wednesday 23/6/22 (17,00-19,30h). Cyberactivism: Cyborg Theory and Hacker Cultures. The smartphone as the"black box"of the border population (I): Definition of the main theories on cyberculture, cyborg and hacker culture and activism.
UNISALENTO. Wednesday 31/08/22 (5 hours): The geopolitical scenarios of migration in Southern Europe/ How to deal with European and national institutions on the issue of migration.
UNISALENTO. Thursday 1/9/22 (2,5 hours): What is citizen journalism?
UNISALENTO. Monday 5/9/22 (2 hours class+ 3 hours workshop): How to use blogs and social networks.
UNISALENTO. Tuesday 6/9/22 (2 hours class+ 3 hours workshop): How to use citizen journalism platforms.
UNISALENTO. Wednesday 7/9/22 (2 hours class+ 3 hours workshop): How to use smart phone