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8 Young People Discuss: Cultural Identity And The Concept Of ‘Belonging’

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In the context of Onassis Stegi’s series of digital discussions reflecting on Greek society: SOCIETY UNCENSORED

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In a time when the Western world often engages with the term ‘identity’ and the right to self-determination, which ones – and how – can define who we are or where we are up to?

What makes you who you are now? Is it your ancestry, your religion, the color of your skin, your gender, or the society where you grew up? Are you the family which raised you, your friends, your experience, or maybe all that you love and inspire you to find yourself?

The Onassis Stegi, taking into account the more than 152,000 views of the first ‘Society Uncensored’ panel, “9 Afrogreeks discuss: What does ‘I can’t breathe’ stands for in Greece,” and the thousands of comments on it, continues to open up debates for everything that matters in our current society, for the hybrid dimension of identity, and the right to belong.

On February 10, we tune at the Onassis Channel on YouTube in order to watch the online discussion “8 young people discuss: Cultural identity and the concept of ‘belonging’. Young people living in Greece, from very diverse backgrounds, share, and relate their personal experiences regarding their cultural identity, and the way it is shaped in their daily lives.

Credits

Curated and chaired by: Jackie Abhulimen, Political Scientist

Eirini Niamouaia Ontoul, Economist

Participants
Natani Petros, Innovation & E-Business Consultant

Αda Tsaousai, Financer

Patrycja-Katarzyna Mandro, Private Sector Employee

Mohamed Belhedi, Interpreter & Cultural Mediator

Nikos Arvanitis, Bartender

Mestisa Oliha, Student

Jackie Abhulimen, Political Scientist

Eirini Niamouaia Ontoul, Economist

Curation: Dimitris Theodoropoulos, Pasqua Vorgia
Production Management: Smaragda Dogani, Pasqua Vorgia

Audiovisual Supervision: Christos Sarris

General Technical Management: Lefteris Karabilas

An Onassis Stegi Production

With Greek and English subtitles

The Society Uncensored series

Α series of digital discussions reflecting on Greek society

Society means people, and people are a constant point of focus for Onassis Stegi –always have been, and always will be. People are being brought together to talk, openly and unmediated, about the vital and pressing social and political issues of our time and place, taking center stage in a new series of online discussions organized as part of the Onassis Stegi “Talks & Thoughts” program, Society Uncensored.

A cross-section of citizens – representatives of highly active organizations, members of academic and artistic communities, from the worlds of activism, civil society, journalism, research, legal representation, and governance, and drawn from the various ethnicities and communities that call Athens home – share their experiences uncensored, taking a stand on issues raised and reasoned out during the course of their discussions.

Deep and frank conversations, that illuminate important facets of our societal lives, on an open digital platform for interaction and fruitful dialog – this is why the “Society Uncensored” series was created, for a plethora of voices to be heard, with a view to getting different – and at times marginalized or controversial – opinions out there, raising awareness about and giving due consideration to major societal issues as highlighted by current events, public discourse in the media and on social media, and our everyday reality.

The first discussion of the series, 9 Afro-Greeks discuss: what does "I can't breathe" mean in Greece? is available from July 25, 2020 at the Onassis Channel on YouTube.

A group of young people living in Athens, discuss about what “anti-Blackness” means in Greece. About how racism has touched their lives. The daily experiences of people of African descent around the world – the “Black Experience” – brim with projections and social stereotypes that often mean their voices cannot truly be heard.

The second discussion on patriarchy, sexism and gender-based violence in Greek society is available from November 25th, 2020. Eight women with diverse backgrounds and knowledge discuss at Onassis Stegi their experiences as femininities. An obstetrician – gynecologist, with a doctorate from the University of Athens, a journalist, a lawyer, a sociologist – psychotherapist, a trans woman sex-worker the spokeswoman of the Center for Research on Women’s Issues (CRWI) “Diotima” and a public servant, narrating stories that need to be heard.

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