An institution that promotes university cooperation and academic exchange in SE Europe.

Border Crossings Network Since 2003

ANNOUNCEMENT
In light of the latest developments with regard to the spread of the Covid-19, the restrictions imposed by national governments, universities and regional and local authorities, the coordinating team of the Border Crossings Network has decided to cancel the 2020 International Student Conference and the 2020 Konitsa Summer School. Our primary concern is the safety of all participants in the BCN activities. We remain committed to our goals and look forward to organizing the 2021 events.

The BCN Coordinating Committee

The programme

 

The 15th Konitsa Summer School teaching and fieldwork activities

The 15th Konitsa Summer School offers a full academic programme with an emphasis on theoretical, epistemological and methodological issues in Sociocultural Anthropology. The course "Ethnographic Research in Border Areas" is the core course, which explores the borders, border crossings and boundary construction processes in SE Europe.

Moreover, the School’s programme includes courses discussing the current political and economic conditions in SE Europe. The relationship between data gathering and data analysis and the writing of ethnography are discussed as intellectual, methodological and epistemological tools for the conduct of the fieldwork practice. A special ethnographic focus on environmental history and cultural ecology which explores issues related to the border area complements a rich and advanced curriculum.

The participants have a chance to conduct short fieldwork projects in three Balkan countries, participate in the BCN’s publication series, actively engage in local issues, and become acquainted with the border area. Various lecturers join their forces to teach providing an international aura and enhancing the School’s interdisciplinary character.



 

Courses offered

 

Courses offered
27 – 30/7

 

1. Studying Religion in the Era of Glocalization: Alevis at home (Turkey) and abroad (in the context of migration in Europe)

2. Environmental history and cultural ecology of the Mediterranean and the Balkans. The case of Pindus and the adjacent borderlands

3. Voice and Noise in the Anthropology of Sound, Art and Politics

4. Doing fieldwork: theory, method and the production of anthropological knowledge
 

Ethnographic Research in Border Areas
31/7 – 4/8

 5. Fieldwork exercise in Albania, Greece and North Macedonia for all participants

(the participation in it is obligatory and a prerequisite for the certificate of attendance)
 
5-6/8

7/8 
Preparation for the presentation of the fieldwork exercise results

Presentation of the fieldwork exercise results

 *See the attached documents of the course description and the daily plan below

 

 

 Invited speaker

 


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 To be announced

 

 


LECTURE: To be announced



WORKSHOP: To be announced

 




 

 

 

 

 

Day Trips

An excursion to the Greek-Albanian border area will take place on Friday, 26th of July as an introduction of the participants into the border landscape, proximity and its function as well as to its people and its history.

 

 

Cultural events

July and August are months in which many social events, religious celebrations and public feasts, that include traditional music and dancing, take place in the town of Konitsa and the surrounding area.

These occasions are great opportunities for the participants to get more familiar with the area and its people, know each other, socialize and get entertained. As every year, we will attend as many as possible.

 

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