Agiatis Benardou, Michalis Kalamaras, Magdalini Sgouridi, G. Tsakonas
In recent years the traditional concept of the library has been drastically diversified. Libraries appear in different forms, adding collections of content beyond books, expanding already existing services and developing new ones, while focusing on their engagement with audiences. This visual essay presents CLOISTER, a vision of an open, inclusive, non-profit, physical and digital reading space to be located in the heart of the Greek city. CLOISTER is envisioned as a sustainable, transferable and inviting library construction, that aims to disrupt the city flow by offering a new reading and collaboration space. The design of this pop-up library is inspired by the Athenian Agora, with its covered arcades and the open porticos running along building walls. The project aspires to transform Greek city squares by challenging the fixity of reading spaces and empowering the city pulse.
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In the context of current trends in contemporary art on migration, this article undertakes a close analysis of George Drivas’ installation Laboratory of Dilemmas (2017). It delineates the response this work offers to dominant discourses of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ and explores how contemporary art can intervene critically in these discourses. In Laboratory of Dilemmas, Drivas articulates an audio-visual narrative in which the dilemma of accepting or rejecting the ‘foreign(er)’ is played out in two distinct registers: that of a biology experiment allegedly conducted in the 1960s and that of a millennia-old literary text, Aeschylus’ Suppliant Women. The analysis of the installation will answer the following questions: How do the themes of governmentality, biopolitics and hospitality come into play? In what ways does the artwork undermine the established ‘foreign’/‘native’ dichotomy and how does it foster a space of potentiality between incoming and local populations? Looking at the exemplary biopolitical setting of the artwork and taking stock of existing interpretations, I propose an alternative reading that sees the work overturning the governmentality paradigm in favour of a profoundly inclusive and relational perspective.
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Review of: The Return of Pytheas: Scenes from British and Greek Poetry in Dialogue, Paschalis Nikolaou (2017)Bristol: Shearsman Books, 159 pp.,ISBN 978-1-84861-567-0, p/bk, £12.95
{"title":"The Return of Pytheas: Scenes from British and Greek Poetry in Dialogue, Paschalis Nikolaou (2017)","authors":"M. Athanasopoulou","doi":"10.1386/jgmc_00031_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc_00031_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: The Return of Pytheas: Scenes from British and Greek Poetry in Dialogue, Paschalis Nikolaou (2017)Bristol: Shearsman Books, 159 pp.,ISBN 978-1-84861-567-0, p/bk, £12.95","PeriodicalId":36342,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Greek Media and Culture","volume":"7 1","pages":"117-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45264266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article explores the genealogy of the relationship between the discourses promoted in the heavy metal music press and neo-Nazi publications in Greece since the 1980s. It aims to show that the proliferation of neo-Nazi ideologies and practices in Greece after 2008 was not simply a result of the ‐ on-going ‐ financial crisis; rather, its seeds had been planted during the 1980s and particularly in the 1990s. We shall illustrate how this connection resulted from a conscious decision taken by key neo-Nazi groups and explore how the cultivation of such relationships gradually led to the further dissemination of neo-Nazi discourse within the mainstream heavy metal music press.
{"title":"‘And Bloodshed Must Be Done’: Heavy metal and neo-Nazism in Greece","authors":"Dimitrios Bormpoudakis, D. Dalakoglou","doi":"10.1386/jgmc_00026_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc_00026_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the genealogy of the relationship between the discourses promoted in the heavy metal music press and neo-Nazi publications in Greece since the 1980s. It aims to show that the proliferation of neo-Nazi ideologies and practices in Greece after 2008 was not simply\u0000 a result of the ‐ on-going ‐ financial crisis; rather, its seeds had been planted during the 1980s and particularly in the 1990s. We shall illustrate how this connection resulted from a conscious decision taken by key neo-Nazi groups and explore how the cultivation of such relationships\u0000 gradually led to the further dissemination of neo-Nazi discourse within the mainstream heavy metal music press.","PeriodicalId":36342,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Greek Media and Culture","volume":"7 1","pages":"27-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42429598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Review of: I Chameni Leoforos tou Ellinikou Cinema (‘The lost highway of Greek cinema’), Afroditi Nikolaidou and Anna Poupou (2019)Athens: Nefeli, 232 pp.,ISBN 978-9-60504-238-7, p/bk, €13
评论：I Chameni Leoforos tou Ellinikou Cinema（“希腊电影失落的高速公路”），Afroditi Nikolaidou和Anna Poupou（2019）雅典：Nefeli，232页，ISBN 978-9-60504-238-7，p/bk，€13
{"title":"‘The Lost Highway of Greek Cinema’, cinema screenings and events (2016‐2020)","authors":"D. Papanikolaou","doi":"10.1386/jgmc_00029_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc_00029_4","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: I Chameni Leoforos tou Ellinikou Cinema (‘The lost highway of Greek cinema’), Afroditi Nikolaidou and Anna Poupou (2019)Athens: Nefeli, 232 pp.,ISBN 978-9-60504-238-7, p/bk, €13","PeriodicalId":36342,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Greek Media and Culture","volume":"7 1","pages":"105-112"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44869289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article recognizes the discourse of Philotimo as a prevalent mode of the diaspora’s representation of national identity in the context of the Greek debt crisis. It shows how this narrative adheres to the cultural technologies of nation branding to establish a positive Greek self-representation and in so doing, countering the crisis-related international devaluation of the national image. This cultural rehabilitation functions as a mode of governmentality: it seeks to shape the global perception of Greece and Greek identity for several interrelated purposes. First, in endowing value to Greek identity, it aims to restore national credibility and in turn cast Greece as an attractive destination for foreign investments. In this capacity, the narrative links national culture with global capitalism. Second, in redeeming the Greek nation as a moral nation, the branding fosters diaspora solidarity to Greece as a moral imperative. Notably, the purpose of the branding enterprise is not to merely disseminate a favourable image globally, but also to constitute Greek identity in the diaspora and Greece. Operating at the intersection of national, transnational and global processes, the narrative requires analysis that extends beyond the conventional framework of diaspora‐homeland relations. The Greek branding enters a broader politics in which countries deploy their national cultures to position themselves competitively within global capitalism. From this angle, the article identifies an emergent diaspora political form ‐ a partnership between private and civic organizations ‐ which asserts authority to represent Greek identity globally for the purpose of economic, social and cultural gains. It concludes with a reflection about the social and political implications of this branding, as well as the role of scholars who write about this phenomenon, and more broadly about Greek national mythologies.
{"title":"Private and public partnerships: The Greek diaspora’s branding of Philotimo as identity","authors":"Yiorgos Anagnostou","doi":"10.1386/jgmc_00025_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc_00025_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article recognizes the discourse of Philotimo as a prevalent mode of the diaspora’s representation of national identity in the context of the Greek debt crisis. It shows how this narrative adheres to the cultural technologies of nation branding to establish a positive\u0000 Greek self-representation and in so doing, countering the crisis-related international devaluation of the national image. This cultural rehabilitation functions as a mode of governmentality: it seeks to shape the global perception of Greece and Greek identity for several interrelated purposes.\u0000 First, in endowing value to Greek identity, it aims to restore national credibility and in turn cast Greece as an attractive destination for foreign investments. In this capacity, the narrative links national culture with global capitalism. Second, in redeeming the Greek nation as a moral\u0000 nation, the branding fosters diaspora solidarity to Greece as a moral imperative. Notably, the purpose of the branding enterprise is not to merely disseminate a favourable image globally, but also to constitute Greek identity in the diaspora and Greece. Operating at the intersection\u0000 of national, transnational and global processes, the narrative requires analysis that extends beyond the conventional framework of diaspora‐homeland relations. The Greek branding enters a broader politics in which countries deploy their national cultures to position themselves competitively\u0000 within global capitalism. From this angle, the article identifies an emergent diaspora political form ‐ a partnership between private and civic organizations ‐ which asserts authority to represent Greek identity globally for the purpose of economic, social and cultural gains.\u0000 It concludes with a reflection about the social and political implications of this branding, as well as the role of scholars who write about this phenomenon, and more broadly about Greek national mythologies.","PeriodicalId":36342,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Greek Media and Culture","volume":"7 1","pages":"3-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41803192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction","authors":"Eleni Papargyriou, Lydia Papadimitriou","doi":"10.1386/jgmc_00025_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc_00025_7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36342,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Greek Media and Culture","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43789570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spectres of Greekness at the time of corona","authors":"Eleftheria Ioannidou","doi":"10.1386/jgmc_00020_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc_00020_1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36342,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Greek Media and Culture","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46003342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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