Uninstall the installs: deconstructing the roots of fascism
Katerina Alexiadi, educator, drama teacher, Greece
Vasilis Klisiaris, educator, drama teacher, Greece
WORKSHOP
Athens International Conference "Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education"
22 March 2025
Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)
Language: Greek
Limited number of participants
Short description
The purpose of this particular workshop is to explore the concepts of racism, populism, far-right extremism, and anti-refugee rhetoric, and to ask the participants how they perceive these concepts as well as to explore the perspectives of others. In this effort, the participants will:
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Recognize their perspectives on these topics
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Explore the perceptions of others
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Recognize and relate to the concepts
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Look into contemporary reality documents that will be shared
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Create artistic compositions
This workshop is a short version of one of the four (4) workshops developed under the "Theater Makes Politics" (TMP) program (Erasmus+ 2022-2025). TMP explores how theater/drama can influence the political thinking and attitudes of contemporary European societies.
Katerina Alexiadi is a secondary school Language teacher in the Experimental Musical High School of Pallini. From September 2014 to September 2019, she had been a Cultural Project Coordinator in the Directorate of Secondary Education of Eastern Attica. She holds an MA in Theatre Studies–Musicology of the University of Athens/Theatre Studies Department and an MA in Cultural Management in Panteion University in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture. She has followed the two years course of Music and Movement Education Orff-Schulwerk offered by Moraitis School. She has studied classical singing, harmony of music and classical and contemporary dance. She has participated in performances inspired by Euripides' tragedies Troades, Bacchus, Medea, with the Ops Theater group of Katerina Papaiakovou and in dance performances. She has worked with children's theater groups and organized performances. She has participated as a member of the Organizing Committee and as a speaker at international conferences. She is a member of the Educational Group "To Skasiarcheo" and participated as a trainer in the Pilot Program for the implementation of Freinet Pedagogy. She is a member of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama Education Network (TENet-Gr) and a member of the editing committee of the “Education & Theatre” Journal. Since 2018 she is coordinator and trainer of the program "It could be me, it could be you?" of Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)
Vasilis Klisiaris is an educator and drama teacher. His education includes a degree in Greek Philology from the University of Peloponnese and ongoing master’s studies in Drama and Performing Arts in Education and Lifelong Learning at the same institution. Ηe has been trained in intercultural education and teaching of Greek as a second or foreign language at the University of the Aegean. Vasilis has furthered his skills with a program on team facilitating and empowerment at Learn Inn, affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His expertise extends to designing and leading theater education programs and workshops for diverse groups, including children, teenagers, and adults. He has designed and implemented educational programmes for groups of unaccompanied refugee minors, as well as literacy programmes for local and foreign prisoners. As a member of the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr), Vasilis applies his knowledge in experiential techniques, social theater, forum theater, and educational drama to various programs. In February 2024 was elected president of the board of directors of Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr).