Un/making Health: Reflections on Wellbeing
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EDITORIAL Vinia Dakari is Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of English Language and Literature, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and Postdoctoral Researcher at the School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Her doctoral dissertation, “Performing Cancer: Toward an Aesthetic of the Unpresentable,” explores the aesthetic aspects of the unpresentability of cancer in performance and its impact on spectators. She is the Greek Representative for the Arts Health Early Career Research Network (ECRN) and regular Working Group member of the Greek Cancer Society’s Centre for Support, Education and Research in Psychosocial Oncology, Athens. She is co-editor of the “Medicine and/in Theatre” issue of Critical Stages/Scènes critiques, the online journal of the International Association of Theatre Critics. Her current research and teaching focuses on the intersection of art and health, Anglophone theatre, and American literature and culture. |
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My name is Sofia Skeva and I’m a fourth-year student of English Language and Literature at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. As an aspiring professional concept artist who is passionate about literature and cinema, I would also love to pursue an academic career in the field of Cinema Studies and Literature. My academic interests include the great variety of topics portrayed in 20th-century fantasy literature, literary theory, and film studies (adaptation on screen and the use of special effects), film theory and pop culture studies (graphic novels). |
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My name is Aristeidis Kleiotis and I hold a B.A. from the School of English of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Throughout my undergraduate studies I have immersed myself in a wide range of academic fields including American and English literature analysis with emphasis on American poetry, creative writing, literary translation, special education as well as linguistic subjects such as morphology and discourse analysis. I am currently an M.A. student at the School’s Graduate Program in “American and English Studies.” My idea about poetry writing can be distilled in the following words: I write about things of the past that have challenged my perspective and I compose poetry that is simultaneously utterly self-reflective and self-effacing, yet ultimately pesky in its semiosis. |
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My name is Vasiliki Kaditi and I’m twenty-two years old. I have recently graduated from the School of English of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. My main interests are dance and literature, especially theatre. Ballet and contemporary dance have been a significant part of my life since I was a little child. Throughout the course of my studies, I have realized how sensitive I am towards the mind and the social nature of human beings. I am very fond of the power of art in creatively expressing feelings, emotions and thoughts. In the future, I aspire to explore what truly fulfils me professionally and I intend to follow it. |
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My name is Mirsini-Anna Boni and I’m an undergraduate student at School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. After three years of stagnant life as a student, I have finally liberated myself from the continuous doubt that has consumed all my creativity. I now wish to challenge my creative potential and continue exploring the maze of my own personality. I do hope that readers will be able to find shards of themselves in my pieces, but should they not, I do hope their view of individuality, sensibility, and emotions is slightly altered. I have always been fond of writing poetry, as it helps me convert my suppressed emotions to productivity and is a form of art that can be created and accessed by all. |
