This overview of course readings will be expanded as we go. For now it contains the readings from modules #1-3Readings Module 1 part A: “Listening” in Roland, Barthes. In The Responsibility of Forms: Critical Essays on Music, Art, and Representation, 245–60. Oxford:...
I believe that human beings heavily rely on their five senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—to experience the outside world. The ways we give life meaning are through our senses. For many people, sight is the primary means of exploration. Such...
During this module our group experienced a variety of different environments. In our trio I tried Katrine's proposition and Gefsi tried mine. Katrine's proposal asked us to go on a walk that we had done before and set a 10 minute timer and record what we observed. I...
I live in Mytilene, Lesvos since 2020. By that time I'd only heard stories about this island. When people would find out about my coming here, they would say how amazing it is, how many places there are to see, beautiful sandy beaches and green green mountains. Those...
I daily read newspapers/online newspapers. Mass media is an important part of the information society. What I knew about Lesvos, before I signed up for the program, is that it is an island in Greece with a refugee- and medical crisis, and that there was a big fire in...
When I first got accepted into this summer course I knew quite littler about Lesvos. My first thought was the refugee crisis and its reputation in the news and media, especially the Moria camp. I also remember my teacher in 2016 travelled to Moria to help as a...
My apologies for this late post. I took a while to read and reseach. I knew nothing about Lesvos prior to getting accepted to this program. I had not heard of refugees there, political violence on the island, etc. I just knew it was an island. When I told friends I'd...
(In)visible Last year I wrote my thesis about the relation between people and space. Instead of typical interviews I walked with some people while discussing and talking about the environment we were in. As I was preparing myself for these walks/interviews I walked a...
(Click play before reading) My home is like... This is video of our fish. The lovely sound in the background can only be heard when you are sitting right next to it and it is completely quiet around you. Then you can hear the fish snapping...
a moment in everyday walks by Katrine "How many times have you been walking the same route over and over again without stopping and just sensing the area? Go for one of your usual walks, it could be to the store, the school, the cafe etc. Set a timer for ten minutes...