2025-26

The course examines the various forms of Greek folk handicraft, such as pottery, wood carving, copper working and the work of silver- and goldsmiths, weaving, painting and architecture. The course also examines folk theatre and the popular cinema, in terms of context, technique, subject and form and its products. Particular reference is made to traditional technology, to workshops and to their economic relations, to the social position of skilled workmen, product distribution networks and their contribution to the formation of popular taste.

Σκοπός του μαθήματος είναι η εξοικείωση του φοιτητή με τα έθιμα, τα δρώμενα και τις τελετουργίες του ετήσιου εορτολογικού κύκλου. Η γνώση δηλαδή των βασικών συνισταμένων που προσδιορίζουν την δημιουργία των εθίμων αυτών και την σύγχρονη διαχείρισή τους στην διάβαση από τον παλαιότερο παραδοσιακό στον σύγχρονο λαϊκό πολιτισμό.

The course takes an anthropological approach to tourism. Seen from this perspective, the concept of culture is the central element that links anthropology to tourism. Tourism is seen in the course as a field of intercultural encounter, social interaction and economic exchange.

The course aims to deepen the knowledge acquired by the student during the course 'Introduction to Demography' during the first year. If fewer than 20 students take the course, then the course will take the form of completing a project. The information which such projects are to use will be found on the websites of relevant national statistic services, of the UN, of Eurostat and in other sources and academic publications. The course includes a theoretical section, involving teaching sessions by the instructor.