5th International Symposiun of Kytheraismos
Kythera, 19-22 July 2012
“Neo-Kytheraismos: The human dimension of the Kytheraismos concept”
(The new Kytherian and Philo-Kytherian cultural spirit)
The thematic units of the Symposium
1. The distant Kytherian past
A. The Kytherians over the centuries
· The primitive Kytherian Man, Neolithic period
· The bronge Age, Cult of the Gods, Minoan Epoch
· The Mycenaeans, the Athenians, the Spartans
· The Classical Years, the Roman Era,
· The Byzantine Empire , the Venetian, Russian, French etc. periods
· The Ionian Islands State(s)
B. The human Kytherian cultural spirit, through the time
· Religious culture (Byzantine churches)
· Cultural sites (castles etc)
· Cultural estates (Enchorios Periousia)
· Cultural charities (non-profit organizations)
2. The recent Kytherian memory
A. Looking for our Kytherian roots
· Reminding and recalling our origin
· Family trees
· The origins of the last names, nicknames, toponymy
B. Researching Kytherian documents
· Local Kytherian records (the Castro Archives)
· Doing our oral history
3. Contemporary Kytherian activities
A. Priceless Kytherian treasures
A1. Diging our Kytherian land and the under sea area
· The museums in Kythera and their friends
· The Mentor under sea excavations
· The Paliokastro excavations
· Agios Georgios (Vouno) excavations
· Other excavations
A2. Evaluating our Kytherian economic area
· The huge economic region, of the Kytherians all over the world
· The economic history of the Kytherians
· The economic immigration of today
· The public land in Kythera and it’s power
· The private land in Kythera and the problems of the real owners
B. The Kytherian anthropogeography
· The Kytherian emigrant
· The Kytherian diaspora all over the world
· The human thematic maps and statistic data
C. The active participation of the Kytherians in the world
· In the science and research
· In the commerce
· In politics
· In the arts
D. The human dimension of the Kytheraismos concept
D1. Neokytherian Social Media
· Kytheraismos: Global Electronic Communication
· Kytheraismos Facebook
· Kytheraismos Electronic Library
· e-Kytheroupolis
· Kytherian Internet Research
D2. The human Kytherians in Action
· The Kytherian "Think Tank" of the 21st century
· Cultural capital of Kytheraismos for the years 2012-2014
4. The Kytherian solidarity and voluntarism
· The internal relationships of the Kytherians
· Informal associations
· Women’s voluntarism (Syntrofia Kyrion)
· The Kytherian’s women’s auxiliary (Sydney )
· The solidarity between old age people and society
· The Ladies of Kythera Metropolis
· The Kytheraismos Institute’s solidarity branch
5. Institute’s joint efforts for the Kytherians with:
· The Australian Embassy in Athens
· The European Union Office in Athens
· The Metropolis of Kythera
· The Municipality of Kythera
· Cultural estates, charities of Kythera and other local associations
Outdoors activities
· Myrtidia: Opening of the Symposium
· Agios Kosmas Annual Service
· Potamos Pazari
· Fratsia: 3rd Kytheraismos Reunion
· Educational excursions programs for children and adults of Kytherian origin
Workshops and panel discussions
Institute’s awards for exceptional Kytherian efforts
