Academic Events
THE IMMIGRATION CHALLENGE
DEMOCRACY EDUCATION ART
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ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTRE/ ATHENS
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2012
9:30 Opening
Welcome address by the President of the Board of Directors of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation,
Dr. Anthony S. Papadimitriou
Welcome address by the President of the Athens Dialogues Organizing Committee, Professor George Babiniotis
9:30-11:00 First Session
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Chair: Professor Konstantinos Tsoukalas, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
George Prevelakis
Professor, Department of Geography, Paris I and Institute of Political Sciences (Science Po), Paris, France
Circulation and identity
A Geopolitical Approach to Immigration
Riva Kastoryano
Research Director, CNRS, Paris
Sociological and political perspectives of integration and collective identities
Respondent: Nikodemos Maina Kiniwa Peter, Member of Asante Organisation and Chief Editor of Asante Magazine
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Second Session
EDUCATION
Chair: Professor Georgios Babiniotis, former Minister of Education, former rector of National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Thalia Dragona
Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Multicultural societies and modes of integration
Leonie Herwartz-Emden
Professor and Head of Department, Educational Science, Institute for Didactic Research and Teacher Education, University of Augsburg, Germany
Heterogeneity and cultural diversity as a Challenge for Educational Systems
Respondent: Dr Christina Veikou, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Democritus University, Honorary Consultant of the Pedagogical Institute.
13:00-14:00 Lunch Reception
14:00-15:30 Third Session
IMMIGRATION AND URBAN LANDSCAPE
Chair: Professor Ioannis Polyzos, National Technical University of Athens
Panayotis Tournikiotis
Professor of Architectural Theory, National Technical University of Athens
The transformations of the urban landscape and their relation to immigration
Guy Burgel
Professor of Urban Geography, Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre, France
City and Immigration
Respondent: Professor Thomas Maloutas, Social Geography, Harokopio University, Director, National Centre for Social Research
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Fourth Session
ART
Chair: Professor-visual artist Vana Xenou, National Technical University of Athens
Ulrike Hanna Meinhof
Professor, Department of Modern Languages, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
The transcultural capital of migrant artists
Mihalis Afolayan
Artist, Member of the organizations ASANTE and ANASA
Techne as tool of exploring and establishing personal identity and social integration
Respondent: Heracles Moskoff, Expert Counsellor, National Coordination Mechanism to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, Office of the Secretary General for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Through the duration of the workshop plenty of time will be given for questions and discussion.
