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
