Ethnographic Workshop

The IBYKOS Cultural Club of Loutraki - Perachorites under the auspices of the Directorate of Modern Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture and Sports organizes on May 20, 21 and 22 the action "Ethnographic Laboratory: Popular Culture, Cultural Management and Tourist Footprint in the country" and Perachora of Corinth.

The three-day workshop includes:

• Presentations on theoretical and methodological issues of modern folklore and anthropological sciences, with the participation of renowned academics and researchers.
• Exercise in the field ethnographic research by conducting interviews and folklore recordings in Loutraki and Perachora.
• Visits to local folklore collections and critical evaluation of their content with the participation and supervision of museologists.
• Presentation of modern projects of cultural management and tourist promotion of elements of Greek popular culture by cultural managers.
• Screening and commenting on ethnographic documentaries with the participation of their contributors.
• Visual anthropology workshop for the education of the participants in the new technologies and in the main tools of visual imprinting and digital promotion of aspects of the popular culture.
• Experiential introductory seminars of the participants in the local music and dance tradition, with the participation of locals and the realization of a party with a live traditional orchestra.

Scientific supervisor: Thanos Kotsis