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Abstract / Description of output
The current health crisis, triggered by the spread of COVID-19, has mobilized activist groups and individuals within social movements worldwide to respond with actions of solidarity and mutual aid. In Greece, during the lockdown between March and May 2020, several mutual aid initiatives emerged in Athens to offer support to those who needed it. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this paper traces the emergence of Kropotkin-19, a mutual aid initiative in the central neighborhood of Exarcheia, that has provided food, essential goods, and legal and psychological support to families and individuals. The paper offers insight into how a preestablished solidarity network has “mutated” in response to the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing several long-term and emerging crises. The paper concludes that affective infrastructures are integral to the vision of radical social change in a post-COVID world.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 65-78 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Design and Culture |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 19 Jan 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 19 Jan 2021 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- multiple crises
- mutual aid
- COVID-19
- solidarity networks
- social movements
- care
- affective infrastructures
- Athens
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FF: Food Futures: Activism and Digital Media
Travlou, P., Prapoglou, K. & Marketou, J.
1/08/21 → 28/02/22
Project: Research Collaboration with external organisation
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Ethnographies of Collaborative Economies across Europe: Understanding Sharing and Caring
Travlou, P. (ed.) & Ciolfi, L. (ed.), 31 Dec 2022, 1 ed. London: Ubiquity Press. 276 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Tensions around Housing in the Collaborative Economy: Resisting against Platform Capitalism in Athens
Travlou, P. & Pettas, D., 31 Dec 2022, Ethnographies of Collaborative Economies across Europe : Understanding Sharing and Caring. Travlou, P. & Ciolfi, L. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Ubiquity Press, Vol. 1. p. 247-264 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Solidarity and care economy in times of ‘Crisis’: A view from Greece and Hungary between 2015 and 2020
Travlou, P. & Bernát, A., 22 Jan 2022, The Sharing Economy in Europe : Developments, Practices, and Contradictions. Česnuitytė, V., Klimczuk, A., Miguel, C. & Avram, G. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 207-237 30 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Press/Media
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From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy: Podcast Series - Episode 4
Penny Travlou & Dimitris Pettas
14/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Activities
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Sharing, Connecting, Decolonising knowledge(s) across urban centres
Penny Travlou (Invited speaker)
12 Feb 2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Learning from the Squares
Penny Travlou (Host), Hamish Kallin (Host), Antonis Vradis (Invited speaker) & Begum Ozden Firat (Invited speaker)
16 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Book Discussion: "Housing as Commons: Housing Alternatives as Response to the Current Urban Crisis"
Penny Travlou (Keynote/plenary speaker) & Stavros Stavrides (Keynote/plenary speaker)
26 Aug 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar