9.15 Arrival
9.30 – 12.00 WORKSHOPS
"The things couldn't fit in my suitcase"
Ömer Adıgüzel, Prof. University Faculty of Educational Sciences, Turkey
Zeki Özen, Assoc. Prof. Ankara University Faculty of Educational Sciences, Turkey
Language: English
Room: 131 (no wheelchair accessible)
"Uninstall the installs: deconstructing the roots of fascism"
Katerina Alexiadi, educator, drama teacher Greece
Vasilis Klissiaris educator, drama teacher Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 5405 (wheelchair accessible)
"Theatre as an Awareness Practice: 1955 - 2024, a Bus Ride"
Maria Olga Athinaiou, Theatre Practitioner, Processworker, Greece
Language: English
Room: 5404 (wheelchair accessible)
"Oratio Mix, intercultural dialog at school"
Noémie Besace, artist, pedagogue, France
Bruno Freyssinet, artistic director Transplanisphère, France
Language: English/French
Room: 132 (wheelchair accessible)
Theatre with singing as a vehicle
Aris Biniaris, Director, actor, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: Estiatorio (wheelchair accessible with some difficulty)
"Embodied Storytelling: Exploring Kathabhinaya for Empowering Vulnerable Social Groups"
Janardan Ghosh, story performer, creative director, education officer, India
Language: English
Room: 409-chorodias (wheelchair accessible)
"Everyday stories through trace, movement, and sound”
An inclusive approach inspired by local pedagogy, kinesiology, and the work of Trisha Brown.
Vagelis Kolotsios, educator, Greece
Elina Vafeiadi, educator, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 127 (no wheelchair accessible)
"The prince and the prince"
George Konstantinidis, Child Psychologist, Actor, Volunteer at the Rainbow School, Greece
Elena Skarpidou, Sexual Education Trainer, Head of Education Department at the Rainbow School, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 5406 (wheelchair accessible)
"Devising as a Process of Inclusion and Developing Group Harmony"
Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, choreographer, dance-theatre practitioner, Serbia
Language: English
Room: 5204-nykton organon (wheelchair accessible)
"The Red Lantern Festival, or How the Emperor’s Maidservant changed his Mind and Saved the People"
John O’ Toole, Professor University of Melbourn, Australia
Language: English
Room: 410 (wheelchair accessible)
‘Truth or Lie’ - simple responses to a complex world
Lutz Pickardt, director, theatre pedagogue, BuT, Germany
Language: English
Room: 313 (wheelchair accessible)
"Elements of applied theater and technique by Ivana Chubbuk 12 Tools in drama pedagogy on examples of scenes from plays by A.P. Chekhov"
Arma Tanovic-Brankovic Professor on Academy of Performing Arts, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Language: English
Room: 311 (wheelchair accessible)
"One Well, One World: Activating Water Justice in the Global Textile Industry"
Philip Valle Lecturer - Department of Theatre and Dance, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Phyllis Wong Lecturer - Department of Theatre and Dance, California Polytechnic State University, USA
Jenna Brock Student, Research and Teaching Assistant - California Polytechnic State University, USA
Sara Sjoblom Student and Research Assistant - California Polytechnic State University USA
Language: English
Room: 312 (wheelchair accessible)
“Me, You, Together!”
Eirini Zoi, philologist, drama teacher, Greece
Foteini Papacharalampous, psychologist, psychotherapist, Greece
Melina Hadjigeorgiou, drama teacher, educator, Greece
Language: Greek
Room: 310 (wheelchair accessible)
12.00 – 12.30 Break (coffee)
12.30 – 14.30 PAPER PRESENTATIONS & FILMS
SESSION 1. ROOM: 311 (wheelchair accessible)
"Performing arts for the inclusion of people with disabilities"
Language: English
Chair: Betty Giannouli, Special Courses Personnel, Department of Early Childhood Education, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Michaela Antoniou, Laboratory Teaching Staff at the Theatre Studies Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Clio Fanouraki, Associate professor Department of Theatre Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, President of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association-IDEA and of Center for Drama in Education and Art-CEDEUM, Serbia
"GENDER DRAMA-ID – Promoting Gender Equality among individuals with intellectual disabilities through Drama-Based training"
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Angela Bettoni, Activist/Performer with Down Syndrome, Malta
Tyrone Grima, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts at Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology, Malta
"Representation for people with learning disabilities (PWD) in the performing arts in Malta"
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Dorothy Morrissey, Lecturer in drama education, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland
"Sensory theatre in special education settings"
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Beril Öztan, Drama teacher, Turkey
Pinar Özdemir Şimşek, Associate Professor Hacettepe University, Turkey
"I'm in Life"
SESSION 2. ROOM: 410 (wheelchair accessible)
"Promoting migrants’ inclusion, equality and human rights through drama education"
Language: English
Chair: Μartha Katsaridou, Assistant Professor, Thessaly University - Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
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Nancy Franco, drama educator, Colegio Nueva Granada and Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá Colombia
"Drama Education: an answer to prepare for an unpredictable world"
- Ilaria Paradiso, PHD Student, University of Bologna, Italy
"Theatre of the Oppressed: A Pedagogical Tool for Social Change"
- Zühal Armoni, MA in Drama Education, Primary School Teacher, Turkey
İhsan Metinnam, Assistant Professor Ankara University Fine Arts Faculty, Turkey
“Beyond Happily Ever After: Challenging Gender Stereotypes with Process Drama in Eastern Turkey”
SESSION 3. ROOM: 313 (wheelchair accessible)
"(Post-)colonial and (anti-)hegemonic narratives of otherness through participatory forms of theatre"
Language: Greek
Chair: Maria Fragi, University of Patras, Theatre Studies
- Penelope Avouri Theatrologist, PhD Department of Theatre Studies of the University of the Peloponnese, Managing Director of Zakynthos’ Centre of Education on the Environment and Sustainability, Greece
"Inclusion and decolonisation of the mind"
- Vera Lardi, MS. Psych., Psychodramatist, Adult Educator, Performer, Greece
Alexandra Vassiliou, Ph.D., Social Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Adult Educator, Greece
"Social Dialogue Theatre"
SESSION 4. ROOM: 312 (wheelchair accessible)
"Theatre of the real – documentary theatre for critical education"
Language: Greek
Chair: Georgina Kakoudaki director
SESSION 5. ROOM: 310 (wheelchair accessible)
"Performances and actions of inclusion in the public space"
Language: Greek
Chair: Anna Tsichli, University of the Peloponnese
- Miranda Vatikioti, PhD candidate in University of Peloponnese – Faculty of Theater Studies, Greece
Rigas Zafeiriou, Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (MedINA), Greece
“Bridging Generations through Performing Arts and Food Heritage: The case of an intergenerational initiative in Messenia Greece”
- Pandora Giamalidou member of “Skasiarcheio” Pedagogical Group, Greece,
Anastasia Karagianni member of “Skasiarcheio” Pedagogical Group, Greece
“Inclusive Community and Neighborhood Actions Based on the Philosophy of Social Pedagogy”
- Nikoletta Dimopoulou Applied Theatre & Performance Artist Greece
"I didn’t mean it! – a participatory digital performance about Intimate-partner Abuse"
- Katerina Chalkou drama teacher, PhD Theatre Studies, Greece
"In the Hall of the Senses: The case of the artistic performance-happening Women: artists and models, a performance-virtual museum"
SESSION 6. ROOM: 409-chorodias (wheelchair accessible)
"Drama for the empowerment of inmates"
Language: Greek
Chair: Alkistis Kontoyanni, University of the Peloponnese – Theatre Studies Department, Greece
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Magda Vitsou, Special Teaching Staff, University of Thessaly, Greece
Kostas Magos, Professor, University of Thessaly, Greece
“The Contribution of Applied Puppetry and Life Stories to the Empowerment of Young Detained Migrants”
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Elpida Stratou, PhD Candidate, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Western Attica, Greece
Aikaterini Dima, Doctor of Theatre/Drama Pedagogy, Greece
“Puppetry as a Tool for Inclusion and Education in Correctional Facilities”
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Marina-Stavroula Tsagri, Social Worker, Greece
“Drama in Education as means of strengthening the Self-Conception of adult prisoners. An Action Research in a Closed Detention Center”
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Ioanna Mendrinou, PhD in Theatre Studies, Educational Consultant, Directorate of Primary Education, 4th District of Athens, Greece,
Alkistis Kontogianni, Professor Emeritus, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece
“'Ruptures with the self-evident' through Drama in Education and Creative Writing at the Tripolis (Greece) Correctional Facility”
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Valentina Michael, PhD Candidate, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece
“Can the future bear the barbed wire? An ethnographic approach of twelve interventions in prison (Nafplio Prison Greece)”
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Dimitris Dimitriadis, musician, Greece
Tatialena Katehis, dramatist, Greece
Aikaterini Kouni, dramatist, theatrologist, Greece
"Cultivating the creative thinking of inmates through visual and musical expression: Action research in Nafplion prisons"
13.30-14.30 SESSION 7. SHORT FILM & DISCUSSION, ROOM: 5404 (wheelchair accessible)
"Look at Me! Meeting the Refugees of 1922 in Nea Aretsou"
Α documentary film by Despina Souvatzi
Language: Greek
Coordinators: Avra Avdi, Melina Hadjigeorgiou, Myrto Pigou-Repousi
The documentary captures the site-specific performance of the same title.
It focuses on the refugee drama of 1922, connects it with the drama of modern refugees and highlights the intergenerational trauma of the Asia Minor catastrophe.
The documentary is screened as part of the Paper Presentation "Look at Me! Meeting the Refugees of 1922 in Nea Aretsou" by Avra Avdi, Language teacher, Drama teacher, Greece, Melina Hadjigeorgiou, Drama teacher, educator, Greece, Myrto Pigou-Repousi, Assistant Professor of Theatre in Education University of Thessaloniki, Greece
14.30 – 16.00 Light lunch
16.00 – 18.00 WORKING GROUPS
WORKING GROUP 1. Room: 410 (wheelchair accessible)
"Visible and invisible gender based discrimination in the educational environment: Exploring the gender dimension of inclusion"
Language Greek
Coordinators: Nadia Kati, teacher, theatre pedagogue, adult educator, Greece & Hara Tsoukala, teacher, theatre pedagogue, Greece
Guests:
Virginia Xythali, Psychologist, Holistic Gender and Sexuality Educator, member of the Bloom|Sexuality Education for Everyone Project, Greece
Elena Skarpidou, Sex Education Trainer, Head of Rainbow School Education Sector, member of Intersex Greece
Christina Krithari, theatrologist, director, actress, coordinator of the project Without Pattern/ Sans Patron (TENet-Gr)
Kleonike Yannakopoulou, clinical Psychologist and Systemic Psychotherapist, board member of Proud Parents Greece
Commentators: Betty Giannouli, Department of Early Childhood Education, Athens University & Dimitris Mavreas, teacher, theatre pedagogue, Greece
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WORKING GROUP 2. Room 409-chorodias (wheelchair accessible)
“Issues of theatrical representation of the otherness: the case of Roma people”
Language: English
Coordinators: Eleni Tsetsekou, Head of the Council of Europe - Roma and Travelers Division & Christina Zoniou, theatre researcher - practitioner, Teaching Staff at the Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese Greece.
Guests:
Franziska Frakas, Romani-Hungarian actress and theatre maker, Hungary
Christoph Leucht, sociologist, co-founder of Kuringa Space for Theatre of the Oppressed, Germany
Avraam Goutzeloudis, actor and assistant director in Romáland theatre performance, Greece
Yiannis Georgiou, Greek-Rom social scientist on history and identity of Roma/Gypsies and their representation, Greece, Phd candidate. National Technical University of Athens., Greece
Aktina Stathaki, theatre researcher- director, Greece
Commentators: Anna Tsichli, Teaching Staff at the Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese Greece & Antigoni Tsarbopoulou, teacher, consultant of “It Could be me-it Could be you” project.
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WORKING GROUP 3. Room: 313 (wheelchair accessible)
"Identities, interculturality and performativity: challenges, contradictions, reflections"
Language: Greek
Coordinator: Despina Karakatsani, Prof., University of the Peloponnese – Department of Social and Educational Policy, Greece
Guests:
Glykeria Arapi, Sociologist, Consultant of the “It could be me, it could be you” project, Greece
Stella Elmatzoglou, Trainer in gender issues, MSc Gender-Society-Politics, Panteion University, Greece
Xenia Chryssochoou, Professor of Social and Political Psychology, Panteion University, Greece
Sophia Vgenopoulou, director, child psychiatrist, Greece
Vassilis Koukalani, actor, director, Greece
Commentator: Giorgos Bekiaris, theatre pedagogue, Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr) & Babis Baltas teacher, member of "Skasiarcheio" Educational Group Greece
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WORKING GROUP 4. Room: Estiatorio (wheelchair accessible)
“Dogmatisms, Religious fundamentalism, politics and performing arts”
Language: English
Coordinator: Angelos Vallianatos PhD in Theology Athens University, school advisor, trainer for The European Wergeland Centre (EWC), Greece
Guests:
Freyssinet Bruno artistic director of Transplanisphere, partner in the Theatre Makes Politics Erasmus+ project, France,
Ferah Burgul-Adıgüzel Assoc. Prof. Gazi University Gazi Faculty of Education, Turkey
Lutz Pickardt, director, theatre pedagogue BuT, coordinator of the Theatre Makes Politics Erasmus+ project, Germany
Marios Koukounaras-Liagis, Assoc. Prof. Athens University Faculty of Theology, Greece
Sanjoy Ganguly, artistic director of the Jana Sanskriti Center for Theatre of the Oppressed, West Bengal, India
Commentators: Hugo Miguel Coelho, ExQuorum, partner "Theatre Makes Politics", Portugal & Katerina Sakka member of "Skasiarcheio" Educational Group Greece
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WORKING GROUP 5. Room: 312 (wheelchair accessible)
“Inclusion of refugees in education”
Language: Greek
Coordinator: Alexandra Androussou, Athens University Department of Early Childhood Education, Greece
Guests:
Lefteris Papagiannakis , director of Greek Council for Refugees, Greece
Nadia Tsene, teacher, former Head of 1st Gymnasium Avlona, Greece
Pepi Papadimitriou, teacher, Refugee Education Coordinator at Ritsona Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) , Greece
Petros Charavitsidis, Assistant Professor Athens University Department of Early Childhood Education, former Head of 132 Primary School Athens, Greece
Giorgos Simopoulos, UNICEF, Greece
Galina Altouchova, Head of the Department for the Coordination and Monitoring of Refugee Education, Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, secondary education teacher, former Refugee Education Coordinator at Skaramanga Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC), Greece
Commentators: Dionysis Pavlou, Refugee Education Coordinator at Lesvos Isl Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC), Greece, Victoria Koemtzopoulou Refugee Education Coordinator at Diavata Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC), Greece
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18.00 – 18.30 Break (coffee)
18.30 – 20.30 "It could be me - It could be you" project" (2015-2025)
A the Theatre Hall (there will be simultaneous interpretation)
Space accessible to wheelchairs.
Nikos Govas, Coordinator of the "It could be me-It could be you" project”
Maria del Mar Bances del Rey, Assistant Representative (Protection), UNHCR Greece
Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations (video message)
Sanja Krsmanović Tasić, President of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA)
Christina Zoniou & Artemis Papakonstandinopoulou, “ It could be me-It could be you” Evaluation Team
Keynote speaker
Kostas Magos, Professor of Intercultural Education, University of Thessaly, Greece
"Aiming for/at inclusive education. The vision, the policies, the pitfalls."
20.30 – 22.00 Light dinner
Music Greek popular/folk music by Teachers & Students' Band
22.00 Bus departure