5th International Graduate and Undergraduate Student “Border Crossings” Conference
CROSSROADS AND BOUNDARIES: CHALLENGES FOR ANTHROPOLOGY IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
Borut Brumen’s Memorial Days
Šalovci, Slovenia
April 26-29, 2007
Thursday, 26th April:
16.00 Arrival and registration at the students' dormitory in Murska Sobota (Official name and address: Dijaški dom Murska Sobota, Tomšičeva 15).
18.00 Opening ceremony at the students' dormitory.
20.00 Dinner for all the participants at the students' dormitory.
Friday, 27th April:
08.00 Breakfast.
08.30 Departure from Murska Sobota to Šalovci.
09.00 – 09.30 Opening speech by the mayor of Šalovci.
09.30 – 11.00 First session.
09.30 – 09.45 Golfo Tsergou. (Thessaloniki)
Anthropology and community studies in the 1960 – 1970.
09.45 – 10.00 Iskra Gerazova. (Skopje)
“Vodici” in Bituše: Strong and vibrant traditions in the village of Bituše for the religious holiday of Theophany (Epiphany).
10.00 – 10.15 Theodora Matziropoulou. (Thessaloniki)
Women and firewalking religious rituals in northern Greece.
10.15 – 10.30 Ana Lakčević. (Belgrade)
“Tobelijas”.
10.30 – 10.45 Maria Karastathi. (Ioannina)
Bridewealth and social structure in a community of central Greece.
10.45 – 11.00 Discussion.
11.00 – 11.30 Break.
11.30 – 13.00 Second session.
11.30 – 11.45 Athanasia Spirtzi. (Mytilini)
The political role of archaeology.
11.45 – 12.00 Evangelia Matsuki. (Ioannina)
Ideological juxtapositions concerning the function of the Museum of National Resistance of Athens.
12.00 – 12.15 Alexandra Athanasopoulou, Georgios Stathopoulos. (Ioannina)
Heroic sculptures as polyphonic sites of national recollection: A case study from Greece.
12.15 – 12.30 Christina Lina, Giorgos Koulis. (Florina)
Visual representation of the past and national history: The case of the ‘300’ Spartan warriors of Leonidas against the Persians.
12.30 – 12.45 Chara Papanastasatou, Apostolos Tsobanis-Notios. (Florina)
Football and nationalism: The articulation of the Greek national identity during a sport event.
12.45 – 13.00 Discussion.
13.00 – 15.0 Lunch break.
15.00 – 16.30 Third session.
15.00 – 15.15 Theodoros Kouros. (Ioannina)
Space and socio-cultural change in a Vlach village of Greece.
15.15 – 15.30 Barbara Turk. (Ljubljana)
Division of public space between Albanian and Macedonian inhabitants of Gostivar.
15.30 – 15.45 Maria Costi. (Nicosia)
Searching for the connections of the divided city: School for the creation of sounds in the walled city of Nicosia.
15.45 – 16.00 Pandelis Probonas. (Komotini)
National patterns and urban space: The names of the streets in a multiethnic city.
16.00 – 16.15 Georgia Kitsaki. (Ioannina)
The production of local history through street-naming: The case of Ioannina.
16.15 – 16.30 Discussion.
16.30 – 17.00 Break.
17.00 – 18.30 Fourth session.
17.00 – 17.15 Dragica Marinič. (Ljubljana)
Cultural incubator - youth transnational and cultural space: The case of the revitalization of urban space and the old city centre in Maribor.
17.15 – 17.30 Anja Gjorgjeska. (Skopje)
Electronic games – a new virtual subculture.
17.30 – 17.45 Simona Govednik. (Ljubljana)
Old Lore, New Media: Vampires Live!
17.45 – 18.00 Giorgos Samantas. (Mytilini)
Sonic resistance and acoustic body in rave music: The “free parties” in Athens.
18.00 – 18.15 Stamatia Mitsopoulou. (Komotini)
Youth humor as a form of resistance and attack: An ethnographic approach.
18.15 – 18.30 Discussion.
18.30 – 18.45 Break.
18.45 – 19.15 Film.
19.15 Return to Murska Sobota.
20.00 Dinner in Murska Sobota.
Saturday, 28th April:
08.00 Breakfast.
08.45 Departure from Murska Sobota to Šalovci.
09.30 – 11.00 First session.
09.30 – 9.45 Falia Varelaki. (Komotini)
Observing the “self” and the “other” in the field: Participant observation in a recreation place.
09.45 – 10.00 Tina Glavič. (Ljubljana)
Doing fieldwork in a total institution: A challenge for anthropologists?
10.00 – 10.15 Sara Arko. (Ljubljana)
Fieldwork and self: On identification in Macedonian space.
10.15 – 10.30 Radharani Pernarčič. (Ljubljana)
“You should be more” / “You shouldn't”: Elaboration on twisted tolerance and politeness when they turn from an active choice to a passive stance.
10.30 – 10.45 Sonja Zlobko. (Ljubljana)
Revolution in real and imaginary space.
10.45 – 11.00 Discussion.
11.00 – 11.30 Break.
11.30 – 13.00 Second session.
11.30 – 11.45 Katarina Žakelj. (Ljubljana)
Egression: Influence of the conflicts surrounding village post-signs on the identity and language use of the Slovene minority in Carinthia.
11.45 – 12.00 Lucia Rodeghiero. (Milan)
The minority school on the Italian-Slovene border (Trieste province): an ethnographic analysis.
12.00 – 12.15 Kostas Poumpouridis. (Thessaloniki)
Imaginations from the “other” side: Discovering the kingdom of Ruritania.
12.15 – 12.30 Mirna Buić.
“Balkan Food” in Slovenia: Nothing new, a sign of multiculturalism or an alien element?
12.30 – 12.45 Nopi Simitliotou. (Florina)
Examining religious rights and power struggles in contemporary Greece: The Christian orthodox religion and the worship of the twelve gods of antiquity.
12.45 – 13.00 Discussion.
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch break.
15.00 – 16.30 Third session.
15.00 – 15.15 Spyros Zervas, Ariadni Antoniadou. (Ioannina)
Refugee identities in Thessaloniki.
15.15 – 15.30 Chrisa Yianopoulou. (Thessaloniki)
Immigrant pupils’ integration problems in the multicultural High School of Thessaloniki.
15.30 – 15.45 Konstantinos Karvelis, Evgenia Bellou. (Ioannina)
“Must an immigrant hold our flag?” National symbols and the position of immigrants in Greek society.
15.45 – 16.00 Besim Can Zirh. (London)
Euro-Alevis: From gastarbeiter to transnational community.
16.00 – 16.30 Concluding discussion.
16.30 – 17.00 Break.
17.00 – 17.45 Workshop on online ethnographic exhibitions led by prof. Giorgos Ageloupoulos.
17.45 – 18.00 Break.
18.00 – 19.00 Film.
19.15 Return to Murska Sobota.
20.00 Dinner in Murska Sobota.
Sunday, 29th April:
08.00 Breakfast.
09.30 Excursion through the region of Prekmurje.
18.00 Return to Murska Sobota.