images from romany settlement from Greece.
(workshop by Maria Papadimitrou,www.eu-roma.net)
EU-ROMA WORKSHOP
EU-ROMA workshop that is a research about Romany community and their dwelling problem from the perspective of socially based architecture, participatory dwelling and art practices; initiated by Maria Papadimitrou with several partners with students from Thessly University – Architecture Faculty.
The conference today, 08.03.2; was consisting of three parts: The first session was presentation of several examples of Romany communities, their dwelling problems and related solidarity activities from different geographies (Rome, London, Istanbul, North Greece). This session gave an overview of problems of representation of local communities (such as Romany), state-led urban transformation projects that develop evictions of the neighborhoods and about the useless function of EU policy of ethnic communities dwelling rights. The second session was consisting of the role of the artist with contemporary art practices as an initiator, mediator among social issues in everyday life. This session did provide several representations of artworks as site-specific, socially-engaged and community-related in order to discuss the role of the artists in public space. The third session focused on the role of education in architecture to involve to the anthropological aspect of space and role of the students in engagement to communities.
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(photos from Volos - alize)
activists did squatter a place near to where Alexsis was killed; they do transform the place into a meeting place and park since three weeks.
(photos: 4-11 april, athens, p.tan)
(Athens - Exharia)
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