Session E2: The Audience of the CCIs: Reception and Consumption under the new conditions (Room CR2)
Chair: Martha Michailidou
- Measuring cultural participation: An ecological approach | Martha Michailidou, Panteion University
- The audience of the cultural and creative industries: Predictors of participation in artistic and cultural activities | Maria Manolika, Aristotle University
- Cultural consumption: Opinion leaders VS collective social dynamics | Konstantinos Kassaras, George-Michael Klimis, Panteion University
- Communication of popular radio stations in Athens and Thessaloniki with their audiences through social networks | Zacharenia Pilitsidou, Nikolaos Tsigilis, George Kalliris, Aristotle University
Session E3: Spatial concentration and creative ecosystems (Room CR3)
Chair: Thanasis Kalogeresis
- The creative city and the evaluation of creativity: Indicator systems and the Greek environment | Georgia Lalou, Alexios Defner, University of Thessaly
- Knowledge and training clusters in the production system and the regions in Greece | Dimitris Futakis. TEI of Central Macedonia
- 'On the trail of travelers': An example of a contemporary tourist experience | Alexandros Teneketzis, Markos Konstantakis, George Karydakis, University of the Aegean
- The 'new gastronomic scene' in Thessaloniki as a case of 'cultural' audiences | Thanasis Kalogeresis, Aristotle University, Sofia Skordili, Harokopio University, George Gritzas, Aristotle University
1. Workshop on quantitative methods in the CCIs research (Room CR2)
Coordinator: Nikolaos Tsigilis, assistant professor, School of Journalism & Mass Media Studies, Aristotle University.
Procedure: The analysis of actual research results, published in a scholarly journal, will be distributed and discussed. Then, by discussing the article, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) will be presented and explained. Finally, participants will have the opportunity to practice commenting on similar analyses and drawing conclusions. As a member of the "family" of structural equation models (SEM), CFA is multivariate statistical analysis. In recent years, it has been increasingly used in social research.
2. Workshop on qualitative methods in the CCIs research (Room CR3)
Coordinator: Marhta Michailidou, assistant professor, Department of Communication, Media & Culture, Panteion University.
Procedure: An open discussion of methodological issues that participants (Ph.D. candidates, postgraduate students) face in their research. Participants are invited to set any questions regarding the general methodological approach of their research, or more specific methodological issues that may be of concern to them, such as a problem that may have arisen in conducting a (field or office) research, related to the validity of a method, and others.
Unions and collective action
Chair: Maria Smilidou (journalist, communication consultant)
Artists trade unions and other entities, discussion on their activities and particularities, the current moment and evolving prospects of collective action in the field of art, their importance, and functions – especially vis-à-vis the new conditions ⯁ Research, results, and analyses on entities and collective action of artists, reflecting on artistic labor and working relationships in the arts.
- Mina Ananiadou & Chara Kotsali | Union of Workers in the Dance Sector (SEHOHO)
- Alexandros Baltzis | School of Journalism & Mass Media Studies, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Kelly Diapouli & Electra Ellinikioti | Under the stage (Performing Arts Workers’ collectivity)
- Christina Karakioulafi | Department of Sociology, University of Crete
- Costas Kechagioglou | Panhellenic Federation of Spectacle Audience (POTHA)
- Iakovos Mindrinos | Support Art Workers
- Vasia Paraskevopoulou | Stage for Young People in Action (SKI.NI. DRA)
Employment and labor regimes
Chair: Ioannis Tsioulakis (Queen’s University Belfast)
Labor relations, working conditions and labor precarity in the arts; the institutional framework and the various forms of formal and informal labor in the fields of art; regional differences and differences among the center and periphery ⯁ Emerging particularities and new issues that arise in the conditions of the pandemic ⯁ Presentation of research, results, and analyses on artistic labor and its prospects in Greece.
- Athanasios Kalogeresis | School of Spatial Planning and Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
- Panos Kompatsiaris | Faculty of Communications Media and Design, Higher School of Economics University (HSE), Moscow
- Aris Laskos | Hellenic Actors Union (SEI)
- Eva Mela | Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (EETE)
- Vassilis Paraskevopoulos | Panhellenic Musicians’ Union (PMU)
- Avgi Progidi | Association of Dance Teachers
- Costas Skondras | Union of Singers in Greece (ETE)
- Vassilis Skouras | Union of Technicians in Live Audiovisual Events (STAZOE)
Politics and policies
Chair: Irene Giannara (journalist, radio producer for Greek Radio Television – ERT)
The ways in which artists themselves experience and perceive public policy for artistic labor in general, as well as specific policies affecting their work and labor on multiple levels ⯁ Research, findings, analyses, and possibly suggestions for policy in various sectors of the arts.
- Alexandra Akanthopoulou | Society of Northern Greece Cinematographers (EKBE)
- George-Michael Klimis | Department of Communication, Media & Culture, Panteion University
- Constantis Mizaras | Union International de la Marionnette Hellas (UNIMA Hellas)
- Yannis Mylonas | Faculty of Communications Media and Design, Higher School of Economics University (HSE), Moscow
- Panos Papadimitriou | Union of Technicians in the Greek Cinema and TV (Audiovisual Sector) (ETEKTOT)
- Vassilis Papageorgiou | Ioannina Musicians’ Union “Mutual Aid”
- Dimitris Sfiggos | Northern Greece Union of Musicians (SMBE)
- Margarita Syggeniotou | Greek Opera Singers Union (ELPA)