SATURDAY 22/3/2025 16.00-18.00
1. "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 Colorful 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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2. “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
Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, anthropologist and a Roma activist, deputy director of ERIAC, Poland
Christoph Leucht, sociologist, co-founder of Kuringa Space for Theatre of the Oppressed, Germany
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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3. "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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4. “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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5. “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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SUNDAY 23/3/2025, 09.30-11.30
6. “Shaping Public Attitudes Towards Refugees - The Role of the Media and the Arts"
Language: English
Coordinator: Stella Nanou, Head of Communications, UNHCR Greece
Guests:
Andreas Gruhn, Αrtistic Director, Stadt Theatre Dortmund, Μember of the Coordinating Committee of the "Theatre Makes Politics" project, Germany
Giorgos Pleios, Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Yolanda Markopoulou, Director, producer of the 'WALK with Amal" project in Greece
Fridoon Joinda, Founder and Director of Joinda Production, Refugee Rights Advocate, Afganistan
Naya Kalfeli, Adjunct Lecturer - Media Research Fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Gelly Aroni, member of the Board of Children's Rights Network, Greece
Commentators: Jenny Karaviti, theatre pedagogue TENet-Gr, Garyfallia Anastasopoulou, Racist Violence Recording Network, Greece
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7. "Towards an arts-based school: Challenges and experiences for the inclusion of Roma children”
Language: Greek
Coordinator: Katerina Kosti, Greek Language and Literature teacher and Drama teacher, Teaching and Laboratory Staff, Department of Theatre Studies, University of the Peloponnese, Greece
Guests:
Matina Vavouli, Primary Education Teacher, Director of the 7th Primary School of Aspropyrgos Greece
Anastasia Chatzistefanou-Vafea, Director of Schedia Center for Artistic and Pedagogical Training, Greece
Konstantinos Paiteris, President of the Hellenic Roma Association of Mediators and Associates, Greece
Eleni K. Papadopoulou MA Greek Language-Religion teacher, Head of 3rd Gymnasium Menemenis, Greece
Commentator: Avra Avdi, Greek Language and Literature teacher and Drama teacher, Greece & Popi Kyrdi teacher member of the Board Children's Rights Network Greece
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8. "Theatre Education in prisons: limits, challenges, perspectives"
Language: Greek
Coordinator: Giorgos Moschos, former Children's Ombudsman Greece
Guests:
Alkistis Kontoyanni, Professor Emeritus University of the Peloponnese – Theatre Studies Department, Greece
Theodora - Doretta Asteri Counselor for Special and Inclusive Education at Piraeus Primary & Secondary Education Directorates, Greece
Ioanna Mitsika, choreographer, Greece
Stathis Grapsas actor, director, Greece
Pepi Orfanaki Principal of “Korydallos Prison” Public School of Higher Vocational Training, Greece
Zoi Mastrothanassi Vice-Principal of “Eleonas-Thebes Women's Prison” Primary School, Greece
Commentator: Dora Katsamori, researcher at "Democretus Centre", teacher, Greece
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9. "Performing arts, Education & Disability: challenges for artist, facilitators, teachers"
Language: Greek
Coordinator: Maria Koltsida, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Early Childhood Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece
Guests:
Maria Ioannidou, Psychologist/psychotherapist, disabled dancer, Greece
Vassilis Economou, disabled actor-director, Greece
Konstantina Georgiou, community artist, creative mentor, Greece
Eri Kehra, Theatre Educator, teacher in Special Education, Greece
Commentators: Antonis Lenakakis, Prof. Thessaloniki University - Department of Early Childhood Education Greece & Vera Lardi Psychodramatist, Adult Educator, Performer, Greece
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