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Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement

The aim of the research team of the Laboratory of Image, Sound and Movement is to utilize the research findings, which are collected in all divisions, centers and laboratories of the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, and - through processing the data concerning history and culture - to produce scripts on Mediterranean history and culture, educational documentaries, and theater, dance and music performances. The Lab will thus bring out and give prominence to the cultural heritage, in addition to organizing actions (such as festivals and exhibitions) and implementing digital projects. An additional aim of the Lab's research team is to collaborate with other universities, research centers and cultural foundations in research projects and to train graduate students and early-career researchers in the promotion of 'digital cultural material' through their participation in the Lab's activities.

The research interests of the Lab include the relationship among image, theater, music and dance; the local traditions in representational arts; and the representation of ancient theater, music and dance in conjunction with and theoretical comparison to developments abroad. The Lab also aims to bring to public attention the rich ethno-musicological material, which has been collected in the Institute for Mediterranean Studies since 1987, and to present it via the Institute's Digital Archive of History and Culture. A major objective of the Lab is to resume collecting songs, instrumental works, poetic texts, recordings and interviews and diffuse this research to a wide local and international audience, as well as to run seminars, educational projects and cultural events for the promotion of this material. An additional objective is to continue the Institute's past activity in documentary practice. Since the early 1990s, the Institute for Mediterranean Studies has produced a series of documentaries (on El Greco, Argyropoulis, Herakleion, and traditional Cretan music), which was broadcast on national television.

The Amargianakis’ Archive holds a prominent place in the collections of the Laboratory. It includes the evidence and the audiovisual material from the research activity of G. Amargianakis (1938-2003), Professor of Ethnomusicology (UOA), distinguished Member and exemplary collaborator of the IMS. His research activity was structured in the three major programs hosted by the Institute:

  1. Greek Traditional Music (IMS-FORTH / 1986-1990)
  2. Thalitas (GSRT-EPET II / 1994-1999) (IMS, DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC STUDIES UOA)
  3. Crinno Music II (Region of Crete - CRINNO / 2000-2006)

People

Constantina Georgiadi

Principal Researcher, Department Coordinator Theatre and Film Studies
Curriculum vitae

Panayiota Mini

Associate Professor of Film History
Department of Philology, University of Crete
Curriculum vitae

Projects

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From invisibility to visibility. Biography as a historical source for the rise of the actor’s profession in Greece (from the 19th century to the 1930’s). Theoretical aspects, European encounters and biographical genres

2021

Constantina Georgiadi, Tania Neofytou, Vania Papanikolaou, Maria Sehopoulou, “From invisibility to visibility. Biography as a historical source for the rise of the actor’s profession in Greece (from the 19th century to the 1930’s). Theoretical aspects, European encounters and biographical genres,” Études Balkaniques LVII, 1/2021, 35-64.

Muhammad as a Synthesis of Meditation and Action: A 1932 Screenplay by Nikos Kazantzakis

2021

Panayiota Mini, “Muhammad as a Synthesis of Meditation and Action: A 1932 Screenplay by Nikos Kazantzakis,” in: Kristian Petersen (ed.), New Approaches to Islam in Film, Oxon and New York, Routledge (Routledge Studies in Religion and Film), 2021, 27-40.

Η αβάσταχτη ελαφρότητα της Ιστορίας: Η Ιστορία του Νεοελληνικού Θεάτρου του Νικόλαου Λάσκαρη ως πηγή της Ιστορίας του νεοελληνικού θεάτρου

2021

Κωνσταντίνα Γεωργιάδη, “Η αβάσταχτη ελαφρότητα της Ιστορίας: Η Ιστορία του Νεοελληνικού Θεάτρου του Νικόλαου Λάσκαρη ως πηγή της Ιστορίας του νεοελληνικού θεάτρου,”  στο: Αλεξία Αλτουβά (επιμ.), Πηγές της έρευνας στη σύγχρονη ελληνική θεατρολογία, Αθήνα: Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών, ΕΚΠΑ, 2021, 131-136.

Actor’s Biographies: Historical Source or Literature?

2020

Tania Neofytou, Vania Papanikolaou, Maria Sehopoulou, Konstantina Georgiadi, “Actor’s Biographies: Historical Source or Literature?,” in: V. Sabatakakis (ed.), The Greek World in Periods of Crisis and Recovery, 1204-2018, Proceedings, 6th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies, vol. 5, Athens, European Society of Modern Greek Studies, 2020, 345-358.

Greek or Foreign Thespians? The Role of the Press in the Evolvement of Theatre Acting (1860-1922)

2020

Maria Sehopoulou, Tania Neofytou, Vania Papanikolaou, Konstantina Georgiadi, “Greek or Foreign Thespians? The Role of the Press in the Evolvement of Theatre Acting (1860-1922),” in V. Sabatakakis (ed.), The Greek World in Periods of Crisis and Recovery, 1204-2018, Proceedings, 6th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies, vol. 5, Athens, European Society of Modern Greek Studies, 2020, 335-344.

Theatre Studies and Research in the Greece of Crisis and Recovery

2020

Konstantina Georgiadi, “Theatre Studies and Research in the Greece of Crisis and Recovery,” in V. Sabatakakis (ed.), The Greek World in Periods of Crisis and Recovery, 1204-2018, Proceedings, 6th European Congress of Modern Greek Studies, vol. 5, Athens, European Society of Modern Greek Studies, 2020, 321-333.

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