Vasilis Harisis
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Vasilis Harisis is a PhD candidate in the Department of American Literature and Culture of the Schools of English of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds a MA in Gender Studies (University of Sussex, UK). His research interest include the American popular culture, music reviewing, feminist and queer theory. He has been involved with the Thessaloniki Cultural Panorama for Gender as well as with FM 100,6 Local 'Volunteer Radio' station." |
Community Responses: Aspects of City Life as Seen through the Eyes of its Citizens in Athens and Thessaloniki Participation
The students of the two Schools of English in Athens (National and Kapodistrian University) and Thessaloniki (Aristotle University) were asked to respond to the questionnaires and questions that were presented to them by the project’s coordinator, members and young leaders. With their responses they provided useful insights into different aspects of their own experiences in the cities of their residence as well as explanatory and creative feedback to issues pertaining to the current state and challenges they face in addition to how they would like their cities to be in the future. Given that the majority of these responses come from the young university population of Athens and Thessaloniki, this collection of different experiences and points of view offer an additional incentive into exploring the city as seen through the eyes of young people and their vision for the future. Through these community questions, the project of Urban Environments in Transition directly transforms the population of the city into major participants in an ever-evolving experience; it creates a tangible dialogue with an array of people and realities as they are affected by the physical, cross-cultural and interpersonal extensions of the city. Special thanks go to everyone who participated in this project as well as to the those who helped with the transcription of all the responses. In the attached files you can just read a sample of the responses we collected.
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