Poetry as Community—Writing, Reading, and Performing in the 21st Century
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Sissy Doutsiou recently took part in a two-day symposium at the Research Centre for the Humanities (Κέντρο Έρευνας για τις Ανθρωπιστικές Επιστήμες – ΚΕΑΕ) in Athens, curated by Spiros Chairetis and Androniki Tasioula. The event, inspired by the “Poetic Crisis” blog of Vassilis Lambropoulos, gathered leading voices to examine the evolving landscape of contemporary poetry—its methods, social and political roles, and its function as a collective practice.
- Date:26/9/2025 02:35 PM - 27/9/2025 02:35 PM
- Location Research Centre for the Humanities (Map)
- More Info:Athens
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The symposium fostered an open, dialogic field, blending academic reflection with lived, participatory approaches. Through lectures, poetry performances, roundtable discussions, workshops, and idea exchanges, participants explored poetry as a dynamic act—beyond words, as rhythm, embodiment, and shared experience.
Sissy Doutsiou contributed a presentation titled “Spoken Word Performance as Multidimensional Artistic Practice: Embodiment, Audiovisual Media, and Lived Historicity in Contemporary Stage Poetry.” Her work investigates spoken word as a holistic art form, uniting voice, bodily presence, and audiovisual media, and examines how personal and historical memory can transform performance into a communal space for aesthetic and political encounter.