Call for papers

The ‘Club of Gender Studies’ in collaboration with the ‘Club of Ethnography’ of the Culture-Borders-
Gender/LAB at the Department of Balkan, Slavic & Oriental Studies (BSOS) supports and hosts the
publication of a new annual magazine entitled ‘EIRINI-Anthropological Journal for the Study of Gender,
Cultural Diversity and Social Discriminations’ (https://ireneanthropologic.wixsite.com/website).

The Journal will host publications of research papers of postgraduate students, PhD candidates, and alumni of BSOS and other departments of UoM. The Journal will also accept papers of young graduates in Social Anthropology, Cultural Studies and other Social Sciences from Greek and foreign programs which study cultural diversity and social discrimination with a special focus on Gender Studies supporting equality.

For more details:

Conference ‘2020 an extraordinary year in pandemic times: Academic experiences and research practices from the Balkans’

The Department of Balkan Slavic and Oriental Studies, the “History of Eastern and Southeastern Europe LAB” and the “Culture-Borders-Gender /LAB” co-organize a conference entitled “2020 an extraordinary year in pandemic times: Academic experiences and research practices from the Balkans“, which will take place online on the zoom platform on 23rd and 24th of January 2021.
The link of the conference will be announced on Friday 22/1/2021
The conference is open to the public.
To register, enter your details on the platform: https://forms.gle/BYgwBWDFTdM7QpU6A

Series of Educational Seminars, “Anthropology and Art”

“(Every Monday, 6-9 PM, Winter Semester 2020-21)

Organisation: The Culture-Borders-Gender/Lab of the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies at the University of Macedonia (https://cbg-lab.uom.gr/en/), in collaboration with the course ‘Anthropology of Art’ of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program ‘Art and Public Sphere’ (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). Monday, November 9, 2020, 6-9 PM.
Organization-Teaching-Coordination Prof. F. Tsibiridou, Post-doctorate, Ch. Grammatikopoulou, Phd Candidate Georgia Rina. The seminar is open for a limited number of  graduate students and the public. Acceptance upon the platform’s availability.
Language of the event: Greek

2/11/2020
Prof. dr. M (Mattijs).P.J. Van de Port, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam, «Knots and Holes. An Essay film on Life and Nets»
Sylas Michalakas, visual anthropologist and head of productions and educational activities at Ethnofest.

9/11/2020
Dr. Dimitris Kerkinos (Balkan Survey, Thessaloniki International Film Festival), «Κοινωνία και κινηματογράφος στην Κούβα του 1990»
Dr. Thodoris Konkouris (University of Belfast), «Μνήμη, Ανάκτηση και Εμπρόθετη Δράση στη δημοφιλή μουσική έκφραση της Δυτικής Αφρικής»

16/11/2020
Dimitra Kofti, Assistant Professor, Panteion University, “Κινηματογραφώντας πολλαπλές χρονικότητες στο εθνογραφικό πεδίο”
Persephone Myrtsou, phd candidate Humboldt University Berlin, “Ayşenur: το διατομεακό ρόδο της Ιστανμπούλ» Πολιτισμική ιδιοποίηση και αυτο-Οριενταλισμός ως καλλιτεχνικές και αυτοεθνογραφικές πρακτικές”

23/11/2020
Konstantinos Kalantzis, “Εξουσία και Οπτικός Πολιτισμός: Σεμινάριο πάνω στη Μετα-αποικιακή τέχνη, τη Φωτογραφία και την Αισθητική”

30/11/2020
Fotini Tsibiridou, Prof. in the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies at the University of Macedonia and Director of the CBG/Lab, “ Από την Πολιτισμική Κριτική στις Εναλλακτικές Δημοσιότητες και την Κοσμοπολιτική. Ανθρωπολογία, καλλιτεχνική διαμαρτυρία και φεμινιστική κριτική
Ιntervention Christina Grammatikopoulou, Postdoctoral Researcher, «Η αισθητική της φεμινιστικής διαμαρτυρίας»

7/12/2020
Penny Travlou, Lecturer in Cultural Geography and Theory, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh, “Μια εθνογραφική μελέτη για τη συνδημιουργία πολιτιστικών κοινών”
Kalos & Klio, Artistic duo, “Επί τάπητος. Υφάνσεις Δημοκρατίας”

14/12/2020
Areti Leopoulou, PhD in Art History from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Curator of Exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Center of the State Museum of Contemporary Art, and at the Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, “Προσεγγίζοντας καλλιτεχνικά το καθημερινό και η σημασία του να είναι κανείς τοπικός”
Orestis Pangalos, PhD Architect, Visual Artist, Lecturer in the Postgraduate Program of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Ioannina, and in the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program in Semiotics, Culture, and Communication at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “Πολιτισμική έκφραση, καλλιτεχνική πρωτοπορία και ανατροπές στα νεανικά κινήματα από το 1950 ως σήμερα”

21/12/2020
Dr. Th. Konkouris, University of Belfast, “Μνήμη, τραγούδι και επιτέλεση, από τους κυνηγούς στη δημοφιλή μουσική της Δυτικής Αφρικής ”
Phoebe Giannitsi, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly, «Χίμαιρα»

11/1/2021
Ch. Dermetzopoulos, Professor of TETE (Anthropology of Art, Cultural and Film Studies), University of Ioannina, “Από την Προϊστορική στη σύγχρονη τέχνη: τι τρέχει με τους κλασικούς ορισμούς”

18/1/2021
E. Rikou (PhD, EHESS-Paris), Visual Artist, Anthropologist, and Social Psychologist,“Σύγχρονη τέχνη και Ανθρωπολογία: Η Διαμόρφωση κοινωνικών σχέσεων στο προσκήνιο”
Ιntervention K. Sergidou (PhD candidate, Panteion University/University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Gender and Feminist Studies), “Τελετουργικές επιτελέσεις φεμινιστικών αντιστάσεων: Εθνογραφικά στιγμιότυπα από τη μελέτη του καρναβαλιού στην πόλη Καδις”

Multimedia Encounters: Conference Programme

The UCL Multimedia Anthropology Lab is pleased to invite you to our upcoming online conference and virtual exhibition, Multimedia Encounters: Experimental Approaches to Ethnographic Research. This event will begin next Tuesday 12th January at 17:45 with the following opening programme of keynote speakers. The full conference programme is attached as a PDF.

17:45 – 18:00 | Introduction: Multimedia Encounters
Raffaella Fryer-Moreira (UCL)

18:00 – 19:30 | Opening Panel: Knowledge Otherwise

How can anthropological knowledge be thought otherwise? What might the implications of this be for research practice and communication more broadly? This keynote panel introduces the core themes of the conference by bringing together three contemporary thinkers and the unique ideas that each mobilise in their critical engagements with knowledge.

  • 18:05 | Professor Haidy Geismar (UCL)
  • 18:25 | Dr Ludovic Coupaye (UCL) | The Anthropology of Techniques and the Techniques of Anthropology
  • 18:45 | Kuña Jaqueline Aranduhá (Kuñangue Aty Guasu / UFGD) | Decolonising anthropology: a perspective from Guarani & Kaiowá indigenous women
  • 19:05 | Panel discussion
  • 19:40 – 20:40 | Kuñangue Online: Opening Ceremony

To attend, please register for free on Eventbrite, and joining instructions will be shared on the day.
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UCL MAL is an interdisciplinary research network that explores innovative methods for conducting and presenting ethnographic research. We have organised several seminar series and exhibitions at UCL and have presented work and ideas at Somerset House, Modern Art Oxford, and the Tate Modern. Founded in 2017 by doctoral research students at UCL Anthropology, today MAL is composed of over 50 members around the world, with representatives from anthropology, art, computer science, sound studies, film, and human rights. MAL has been generously supported by UCL Anthropology, the Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL Grand Challenges, and the British Museum.