by Zhiyu (Gabby) Wen | Jul 11, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations
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...
by Evie Despotopoulou | Jul 8, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations
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....
by Katrine Sirnes Nesheim | Jul 6, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations
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...
by Panos Panopoulos | Jun 25, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations, X_Uncategorised
An anthropological introduction to the island of Lesvos in historical and ethnographic perspective. Special issues in the ethnography of Lesvos. The transformation of Lesvos from a “peripheral” island of modern Greece to a “cosmopolitan” hotspot of Global South. Do...