9.15 Arrival
9.30 – 11.30 WORKING GROUPS & WORKSHOPS
WORKING GROUP 6. Room: 409-chorodias (wheelchair accessible)
“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: Manal Awad actress, Palestine, Jenny Karaviti, theatre pedagogue TENet-Gr, Garyfallia Anastasopoulou, Racist Violence Recording Network, Greece
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WORKING GROUP 7. Room: 410 (wheelchair accessible)
"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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WORKING GROUP 8. Room: 310 (wheelchair accessible)
"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, facilitator of the Laboratory for Personal Development for Prison Inmates, Greece
Stathis Grapsas director, facilitator of the Laboratory for Personal Development for Prison Inmates, 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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WORKING GROUP 9. Room:312 (wheelchair accessible)
"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
Elli Merkouri, PhD candidate Theater Department A.U.TH , Head of Theatrical Group of Deaf "Crazy Colors" Greece
Olga Dalekou, Deaf actress, Graduate student of the Department of Theater Studies N.K.U.A Greece
Commentators: Antonis Lenakakis, Prof. Thessaloniki University - Department of Early Childhood Education Greece & Vera Lardi Psychodramatist, Adult Educator, Performer, Greece
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WORKSHOP. Room: 313 (wheelchair accessible)
“Getting into improv theatre”
Frank Hohl, theatre pedagogue, Germany
Language: English
WORKSHOP. Room:132 (no wheelchair accessible):
“Where is mum? - Applying Drama for Gender Equality Education”
Martha Katsaridou, Assistant Professor of Drama/Theatre Education at the Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Thessaly, Greece
Koldo Vio, Drama Educator, Theatre director, Greece/Spain
Language: English /Spanish/Greek
WORKSHOP. Room: 127 (no wheelchair accessible)
“Codes Under the Shadows”
Aglaia Naka, drama-pedagogue, Greece
Christos Rachiotis, actor, animator, teacher, Greece
Language: Greek
WORKSHOP. Room: 131 (no wheelchair accessible)
"Play Jam"
Eleni Papaioannou, Movement Educator, Choreographer, Performer, Greece
Language: English
WORKSHOP. Room: 5204-nykton organon (wheelchair accessible)
“Talking about the ideas of hate in the classroom”
Kostis Papaioannou, director of “SIMEIO: for the Study and Confrontation of the Right-Wing Extremists”, Greece
Aspasia Kalisora, teacher, member of “SIMEIO: for the Study and Confrontation of the Right-Wing Extremists”, Greece
Language: Greek
11.30 – 12.00 Break (coffee)
12.00 – 13.30 "Theatre Makes Politics (TMP)" project (2022-2025)
At the main theatre hall (there will be simultaneous interpretation)
Space accessible to wheelchairs.
Lutz Pickardt, Coordinator of "Theatre Makes Politics" project
Keynote speaker
Kostis Papaioannou, Director of “SIMEIO: for the Study and Confrontation of the Right-Wing Extremists”, Greece
"A World in Total Disarray: Seeking New Ways Against Ideas of Hate"
13.30 – 15.00 Light lunch
15.00 - 17.00 Paper Presentations - Film Screenings (several rooms)
17.15 – 17.45 " My world fits in the world" students' event. Artistic direction: Christina Krithari
17.45-18.30 Keynote speaker
At the main theatre hall (there will be simultaneous interpretation)
Space accessible to wheelchairs.
Sanjoy Ganguly, Founder and Artistic Director at Jana Sanskriti Centre for Theatre of the Oppressed, West Bengal, India
"Theatre as Politics"
18.30 – 19.00 "Our voices" We join our voices in a collective farewell signing with the STRING THEORY Ensemble and students from the Pallini Music School under the direction of vocalist Aggeliki Toumbanaki
19.30 Bus departure