Athens, 27June – 1 July 2014
27th June, Friday – Embros theatre, Opening Event
19:00: Piraeus in a Logistical World: Infrastructure, Labour & Struggles
Logistical Worlds: Brett Neilson and Ned Rossiter
Piraeus research: Pavlos Hatzopoulos and Dimitris Parsanoglou
Calcutta research: Ranabir Samaddar
Valparaíso research: Hernán Cuevas
Video on Piraeus research: produced by Ilias Marmaras, Anna Lascari, Carolin Phillip
28th June, Saturday – Embros theatre (upstairs room)
10:00-10:15: Introductions by all
10:15-11:15: Research program in Piraeus: Pavlos Hatzopoulos
11:15-13:15: 1st Session – Labour regimes in Piraeus port
Dimitris Parsanoglou
Dimitris Batsioulis and Nikos Markakis (fired PCT employees in Piraeus)
Giorgos Gogos (Dockworker union – OLP)
13:15-14:30: Lunch 1
14:30-16:00: 2nd Session – Scrap and Metal Industry
Carolin Philip
Giorgos Karapelis (filmmaker – Raw Material)
16:00 – 17:30: 3rd Session – Infrastructure and Struggles
Reggina Zervou (Researcher/Activist)
Dimitris Dalakoglou (Crisis-scape project)
17:30-18:30: Anna Lascari – The Ikonion-Thriassion rail link
29thJune, Sunday
The whole day: Rest day
30thJune, Monday: Site visits – Following the Ikonion-Thriassion railline
10:00: Start from Hotel. Stops at:
Perama: Coffee at the local café.
Thriassion: Discussion with JP Avax engineers involved in the construction of the freight centre
Aspropyrgos: Discussion with local teacher and civil engineer
14:00-15:30 Lunch (Kritikos)
16:00-17:30 Newly-builts
Coffee at the local café and presentation by Ilias Marmaras
1stJuly, Tuesday – Centre for Gender Studies, Panteion
10:00-11:30: 3rd Session – Infrastructures and Corridors
Giorgio Grappi
Nelli Kambouri
11:30-13:30: Discussion of project development and publishing – Brett Neilson and Ned Rossiter
13:30-15:00: Lunch
15:00-17:00 Prototype of game and closing – Ned Rossiter and Brett Neilson
Venue Locations
Empros Theatre, Riga Palamidou 2, Athens
Map: http://tinyurl.com/qxxrdsk
How to get there:
On the Metro:
Monastiraki metro station. Get out from the Athinas street exit. Take Miaouli street and walk straight up to Psirri square. Make a left on Agion Anargyron street and walk straight up to the junction with Katsikogianni street. Take a right turn and walk for another 50 meters to arrive at the theatre.
Centre for Gender Studies, Panteion University, 136 Syggrou Ave, Athens
Map: http://tinyurl.com/luev7bw
How to get there:
By bus or trolley-bus:
Take buses 040, 106, 126, 134, 135, 136, 137, 550, Α2, Β2, Ε22, Ε90 from Syntagma square and get off at ‘Panteion’ stop.
On the Metro:
Take the ‘red line’ (Line 2: Anthoupoli – Elliniko | red line) and get off at ‘Syngrou-Fix’. Follow the signs to ‘Exit to Syngrou/Drakou’ and you will emerge on Syngrou Avenue. From there, you can either take a bus or trolley-bus from the stop in front of the Metro escalators on Syngrou Avenue and get off four stops later at ‘Panteion’. If you are not in a hurry, it is a 12-minute walk down Syngrou Avenue to Panteion University.