Safe Havens conference
The Safe Havens Conference is a gathering that, since 2013, has been annually bringing
together human rights activists and artists to exchange, experience and provide mutual
support. The conference is organised by the independent NGO Safe Havens Freedom Talks
(SH|FT), which provides inclusive platforms for defenders of artistic freedom worldwide.
Active since 2013, the annual Safe Havens conference has established itself as a key global network meeting between artists, activists, NGOs, lawyers and intergovernmental organisations, on topics related to artistic freedom and the support to artists, writers and other culture producers and academics who face threats, persecution and censorship – sometimes referred to as the Arts Rights Justice sector.
The conference has its starting point from a human rights perspective and aims to be a meeting place for human rights defenders within the arts and academia as a way to make visible cultural operators. The conference is organised in a process of collaboration between different cultural operators and organisations, where the focus is directed on the connection between culture and human rights. Furthermore, the conference is a way to visualise the significant position of culture and academia in human rights advocacy and to share knowledge between cultural operators, scholars, and human rights and cultural organisations in this field.
Together with:
🟡 PETSINI Pinelopi Adjunct Lecturer - Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts,
University of Western Attica, Curator of the exhibition “Unwanted Art: Visual arts and
censorship in post-war Greece”
🟡 KARAGEORGOS Christos, Actor, member of the Hellenic Actors’ Union and “Support Art
Workers” grassroots initiative
🟡 KOUTSOUGERA Natalia, “Women artists in male-dominated street scenes of Greece: the
examples of rap and breakdance
🟡 SAKELLARIOU Aggeliki / B-girl
breakdancer 1 .
🟡 PAPAMICHAEL Christos, Artist, Director of Liminal
🟡 NTZIORA Dina, “Challenging singular narratives: Refugee Week Greece”,
🟡 El NAJJAR Kassandra, Syrian/Palestinian Trans artist
🟡 BENTACOR Camilo and BUSTAMANTE Federico, musicians, Members of Kokowumba
and Friends band and support group
🟡 KOSHMAN Andrii, Ukrainian Baritone, Member of Nova Opera
🟡 PAPATHANASIOU Anneta, Actress and Director of the film “Laughing in Afghanistan”
Moderator: CHRISTOPOULOS Dimitris, Professor / Dean of School of Political Science, Panteion University
📸 credit : Fredrik Elg, Safe Havens Conference 2023
Project website
Dates
2023
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