https://toarcheio.org To Archeio project site Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:08:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.1 https://toarcheio.org/items/history-time-and-economic-crisis-in-central-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:34 +0000 http://arc.local/items/history-time-and-economic-crisis-in-central-greece/ https://toarcheio.org/items/wit-and-greeces-economic-crisis-ironic-slogans-food-and-antiausterity-sentiments/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:34 +0000 http://arc.local/items/wit-and-greeces-economic-crisis-ironic-slogans-food-and-antiausterity-sentiments/ Continued]]> Ironic slogans voice opposition to neoliberal austerity measures as people in western Thessaly, Greece, strive to account for dramatically increasing poverty and cultivate a sense of collective suffering in an era of economic crisis. The slogans are pinned to moments of socioeconomic turmoil in recent Greek history, such as the 1941–43 famine and the 1973 polytechnic uprising against military dictatorship. Through satire, they capture local and national attitudes toward the government’s current austerity policy and neoliberalism more generally. Drawing on powerful tropes of food, the slogans critique the experiences of neoliberal reform, becoming sites of resistance and solidarity that reframe relations between local people, their government, and international creditors.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/localising-national-protest-the-nuances-of-greek-political-allegiance/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:19 +0000 http://arc.local/items/localising-national-protest-the-nuances-of-greek-political-allegiance/ https://toarcheio.org/items/famine-suicide-and-photovoltaics-narratives-of-the-greek-crisis/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:19 +0000 http://arc.local/items/famine-suicide-and-photovoltaics-narratives-of-the-greek-crisis/ https://toarcheio.org/items/cultural-proximity-crisis-time-and-social-memory-in-central-greece/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:13 +0000 http://arc.local/items/cultural-proximity-crisis-time-and-social-memory-in-central-greece/ Continued]]> In Trikala, central Greece, specific historical events significantly inform understandings of the present economic crisis through what is termed “cultural proximity”. This is the notion that previous times of social and economic turmoil, apparently distant points in time, are embodied within the context of the present. Some past epochs of prosperity and crisis have proved more significant than others in shaping contemporary crisis experience. As accounts of the Great Famine of 1941–1943 are brought to the fore by the current economic crisis, concepts of lineal time and the nationalization of critical events must be interrogated. Through considering theories of time as proposed by Michel Serres, this paper addresses how specific historical events can become embodied during the current economic crisis.

]]> https://toarcheio.org/items/turn-of-the-screw-narratives-of-history-and-economy-in-the-greek-crisis/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:25:13 +0000 http://arc.local/items/turn-of-the-screw-narratives-of-history-and-economy-in-the-greek-crisis/ Continued]]> The Greek crisis has become the most eminent example of neoliberal economic meltdown over the past five years. In towns across Greece people try to come to terms with drastic changes in their everyday lives and grapple with the complex mixture of politics, economy, history and culture that informs crisis experience. This paper addresses recurring themes in crisis narratives from the town of Trikala, central Greece, within the context of local history and economy. Narratives condense historical experience, fashion forms of cultural proximity and facilitate polytemporality. As people recall the era of cifiliks (great estates), the Great Famine of 1941-43, and the stock market collapse they construct a sphere of collective suffering and solidarity based on adversity whilst simultaneously critiquing economic systems. Historical events significantly inform present crisis experience in Trikala, adding local nuances to national and global problems. Three prominent themes can be identified in daily narratives that help locals comprehend the socioeconomic hardship: famine, suicide and colonisation. These recurrent themes form the bases for collective suffering, encouraging solidarity in the face of socioeconomic turmoil. In narrative, actors move seamlessly from past to present, offering a critique of economic systems by means of historical embodiment.

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