Metochis 30-årsjubileum

Sunday 11.06

Arrival at Metochi

Monday 12.06

08.00-09.00: Breakfast

09.00-10.00: Information meeting with Medie Meyer
Information about the programme / Anniversary committee
Presentation of participants

10.15-12.00: Walk in the neighbourhood: «Foraging and harvesting» with Medie Meyer

13.00-14.00: Lunch

Bicycle rental

14.00-19.00: Afternoon without programme

19.00-20.00: Dinner

Tuesday 13.06

08.00-09.00: Breakfast

10.00-18.00: Excursion to the Mesa temple and Vatera

13.00-14.00: Lunch at Metochi (for those not on excursion)

19.00-20.00: Dinner

Wednesday 14.06

08.00-09.00: Breakfast

09.00-11.00: Walk to Limonos monastery with Nelly Maragkou

10.30-13.00: Meeting, Metochi reference group

13.00-14.00: Lunch

14.30-22.00: Excursion to Petra and Molyvos (including dinner)

19.00-20.00: Dinner at Metochi (for those not on excursion)

Thursday 15.06

Anniversary Seminar: Democracy and Active Citizenship
Moderator: Dag Gjerløw Aasland

08.00-09.00: Breakfast

09.00-13.00 :  

• Introduction
  «From Aristotle on Lesvos to challenges facing democracy today», Dag Gjerløw Aasland and Hans Herlof Grelland.
• Does democracy stand a chance?
  «Slip-sliding away or here to stay? Democracy in America at a crossroads», Nina Burleigh
  «(How) is Europe standing up against democratic backsliding?», Anne Pintsch
  «Greece and Lesvos – the road ahead», Georgios Tyrikos
  «Tyranny in Turkey – From Atatürk to Erdoğan», Stian Bromark

13.00-14.00: Lunch

17.00-18.30: 

• «Platform agency: social media, political participation and the future of democracy», Vito Laterza
• «Augmented humanity», Vagelio Kavakli
• Comment by Nina Burleigh

18.45-19.00: Unveiling the Aagedal gate

19.00-20.00: Dinner

Friday 16.06  

Anniversary Seminar: Democracy and Active Citizenship
Moderator: Dag Gjerløw Aasland

08.00-09.00: Breakfast

09.00-13.00:

• Education and academic responsibility
  «The responsibility and role of universities in education and formation of students», Hans Christian Garman Johnsen and Evi Sampanikou
  «Academic Responsibility at UiA», Karen-Lise Scheie Knudsen
  «The school’s responsibility for training in democracy», Kari Repstad, Kristian Andersen
• Art, dialogue and democracy
  «Dialogue in the Metochi Way», Hans Herlof Grelland and Hans Inge Sævareid
  «Democracy in new hybrid media system: how dialogue can prevent democratic decline?», Abit Hoxha
  «The Art of Addressing Urgencies», Lisbet Skregelid

13.00-14.00: Lunch

17.00-18.00: «Metochi, sustainability and democracy: winding up», Dag Aasland, Anne Gerd Imenes, Hans Herlof Grelland

18.00-19.00: Opening of the exhibition from the Nordic Library at Athens: «Greece through the eyes of the travelers from the North»

19.00-20.00: Dinner

Saturday 17.06

08.00-09.00: Breakfast

09.15-12.00: Walk in Arisvi and Kalloni: «Local history, culture, schools and churches», Argyris Keramitzis

13.00-14.00: Lunch

19.00-20.00: Dinner

20.30-23.00: Anniversary Celebration - Speeches:          

• Kari Grødum: Welcome!
• Speeches and greetings
• Drinks and snacks
• Concert: «Wonders in twilight: Meetings through Μusic/ Θαύματα στο ημίφως: Συναντήσεις μέσω Μουσικής», Mariza Vamvoukli og Myrto Akrivou

Sunday 18.06

08.00-09.00: Breakfast (check-out after breakfast)

The program is subject to change.