KAIRÓS project
KAIRÓS project is a video archive, a web documentary. The aim of the project is to layout the political situation in the Mediterranean region, and the new social movements that […]
Author Archives: encounterathens
Session 1: Crisis regimes – presentations
Crisis regimes: Transformations and manifestations of the crisis in cities of Southern Europe Paschalis Samarinis, Encounter Athens – Intro [video] • Marc Marti-Costa, IGOP –Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Spain [video] [ppt] […]
Session 2: Urban development – presentations
Ultra-neoliberal urban development Evangelia Chatzikonstantinou and Fereniki Vatavali -Encounter Athens – Intro [video] • Rodrigo Cardoso, Cities for recovery – Porto [video] [ppt] [text] • Ana Estevens, Neturb Urban Manifest -Lisbon [video] [ppt] […]
Session 3: Housing – presentations
Housing in crisis Dimitris Balabanidis and Dimitra Siatitsa, Encounter Athens – Intro [video] • Irene di Noto, Precarious Metropolitan Blocks -Rome [video] [ppt] [text] • Alessio Capezzuoli, Housing struggle movement of Florence […]
Session 4: Local struggles – presentations
The local as a reference for new mobilisations, solidarity networks and actions Penny Koutrolikou and Dimitra Spanou, Encounter Athens – Intro [video] • Citizens committee of Exarchia – Athens [video] [ppt] [text] • Citizens […]
Public event
Against and beyond the crisis: the role of urban social movements Elena Patatouka and Mary Zifou, Encounter Athens – Intro [video] • Margit Mayer, professor at the Free University of Berlin [video] […]
Closing Session – presentations
Collective understanding of the crisis in cities of Southern Europe and a perspective for action Penny Koutrolikou (Encounter Athens) and Marc Marti Costa (IGOP) – Intro [video] • Loris Narda – Uninomades […]
Επιτροπη Πρωτοβουλιας Κατοικων Εξαρχειων / Citizens Committee of Exarcheia
Beyond political parties and ideologies and by abolishing divisions, Exarcheia unite us. Residents Committee of Exarcheia was formed in 2007 with the slogan “we take the neighborhood into our own hands”. […]
kolektiva omonia I Embros occupancy
On the 11 November 2011 Mavili Collective – a group of artists and theatre makers – occupied the disused building of Embros theatre and proposed an intense programme of activities. The […]
CONTESTED_CITIES
[Contested Spatialities of Urban Neoliberalism: Dialogues between Emerging Spaces of Citizenship]: An initiative “in-between” research and activism Neoliberal ideologies applied in city politics can be portrayed as key aspects for […]
Συντονιστικη Επιτροπη για τη Διασωση του Σαρωνικου/ Coordinating Committee for Saronikos Bay
The Coordinating Committee for Saronikos Bay was created in 1990 and has been active until 2004, with the main goal to protect the coastal areas of Saronikos. It was an […]
Cobas Regione Toscana
COBAS Confederazione dei comitati di base (Confederation of grassroots committees) Cobas is a grassroots union aimed at defending and improving the life and work conditions of all workers, people and […]
Cidades pela Retoma / Cities for Recovery
Cities for Recovery is a group of researchers and/or activists dedicated to discuss and promote the role of cities and their communities in times of economic and social transition. Its […]
Ανοιχτη Κοινωνικη Καταληψη ‘Επιβιωση’/ “Survival” Open Social Squat
The “Survival” Open Social Squat opened its doors to everyone who needed a place to stay at October 2011, right after the “indignant movement” in Thessaloniki. In an abandoned building that used […]
Riprendiamoci la città / Take back the city
Riprendiamoci la città. Roma non è in vendita: Campaign of the social movements of Rome The process of privatization of land and public assets represents a form of exploitation of territories and […]
Crisis regimes and emerging social movements 