The GRRR Waterlandscapes Summerschool workshop takes place in Morfi, Thesprotias and is structured around three overlapping scales of work and research:
Mythological Waterways: On a regional scale, delving into the history of Morfeas cave and Styx Lagoon, revealing water’s deep-rooted place in the region’s mythology and cultural identities. A new path joining the two mythological places will be open in collaboration with Vrilissos Assotiation.
Water as a Lifeline: Examining water’s role in shaping the region’s economy, agriculture, husbandry, and fishing, and addressing contemporary issues such as the political dynamics around Kalodiki lake and coastal water rights. Who has access to water?
Water as a Co-living Infrastructure: Investigating the role of water in shaping communal living spaces, particularly through revitalizing an old school building with the design and construction of exterior water and gathering infrastructures.
The workshop will include different forms and formats both tangible and intangible such as recovering mythological routes, taking care of neglected infrastructures, and mapping places of biodiversity through local legends and myths. Places like Kalodiki Lake, Morfeas Cave, or the Stinx Lagoon would be some of the places where the participants would engage with Greek mythology and territorial development, learning by doing. We would focus on entangled relations, multiple scales, and interactions, using an ecosystemic approach where drawing a map, writing an article, preparing a meal or building a kitchen is equally significant.
