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		<title>Direct Democracy in Athens, ancient and modern</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 04:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I was checking my twitter account, when the most amazing message appeared on screen. &#8220;50.000 Greeks obstructed the exits of the Greek parliament at Syntagma square and did not allow the members of the parliament to leave the building&#8221;. Similar messages continued throughout the night. Eager to find out more details on the subject I turned on the Greek tv. The silence of the traditional media was deafening. Not a single channel reported the news. In the meantime, twitter live stream was buzzing with updates. I tuned into #syntagma #greekrevolution #m25gr to learn more about current events in Athens. For those of you who have not been informed of the news, a political revolution is taking place in the cradle of democracy. Since last week dozens of thousands of people gather around the boule (the modern Greek parliament) to protest against the economic measures imposed by the IMF, to disapprove of corrupt politicians and to ask for a better future. The call for such protests came through Facebook and twitter. No political party can claim the organisation of this crowd. The gathering in several squares in Athens and other Greek cities seems to be spontanteous. In a matter of days the unlikely crowd organised itself into committees responsible for the cleaning of Syntagma square (both literally and metaphorically speaking), legal advice, medical aid, food provision etc. Above all, we witnessed the establishment of an open Assembly. During the first day, no more than 100-200 people attended the talks. A week later, though, more than 2-3 thousand citizens become involved daily at the procedures. The Assembly is organised in a way that promotes Direct Democracy, according to the ancient Athenian model (in general terms). Everyone who wishes to speak is allowed to take the stand for no more than 3 minutes. Several attendants keep records of what has been said, while fellow twitterers report on the results. After only a few days of talks the same themes seem to be emerging. The protesters ask for 1) an official rejection of the imposed economic measures, 2) punishment of the politicians who have stolen the money, 3) a restriction of parliamentary service to 8 years and 4) Direct Democracy. The Greeks are turning back to centuries of democratic tradition in an attempt to reconstruct the ancient model of popular government. Whether it will be successful or not is irrelevant. What matters is that the current government and the traditional consider the movement dangerous. Why else would they suppress such significant news? On the other hand, the devotees of social media continue disseminating significant information from the Athenian political front.]]></description>
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		<title>Academia.edu : Another Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I am wrong, I do not hesitate to admit it. And this is the case with my views on the excellent site of Academia.edu . A few months ago I wrote a not so positive article on its operation. I was in Greece back then and the speed of the connection with the site was so low that I have not even managed to inspect its innermost pages. When I complained about it, some researchers answered that they never used it anyway and that they only checked out PHD Comics. At about the same time, the Academia.edu people contacted me to find out more about the problem. I described it to the best of my abilities and then I dismissed the site as another bankrupt platform. I have never been so wrong. A few weeks ago I decided to give Academia.edu another fighting chance. I logged into the site, became a member, built a rudimentary profile and started following people. Within the space of a few hours I easily found around 70 academics, whose research I was interested about, and at least 35 journals. The search has been easy and straightforward. And so was the uploading of my articles. Some of them were already up and running, before I even stepped into the site, and they just needed my approval! I actually found this a very impressive application. But most impressive of all was the fact that a substantially large number of my colleagues were already members and they welcomed me accordingly! Apart from the artistic design of the site, which does not please me, I have no other criticisms for the time being. But then, this is just a matter of personal taste. Therefore, I would like to recommend strongly Academia.edu to all of my colleagues, who are not already members. Please join, and let me see your research! Apart from Academia.edu you can also find me at the Facebook page “Love of History” (it is different from the blog, though I advertise most of my posts there) and my twitter account c_katsari. Please, follow me!]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient History Group in Ning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of you will be wondering what Ning is. To my opinion, this is one of the best social networking platforms that could serve effectively the needs of our clan. I found out about it from a small but interesting book called ‘Tribes’, written by Seth Godin, a social media guru. My initial reaction was one of scepticism at the content and dismay at the style of writing. Despite the volume’s shortcomings, I was intrigued by the information it included on Ning. So, I set out for a new online adventure; that is, trying out the platform and reporting back to the community about the outcome. I have already created a group in Ancient History that immediately attracted the attention of eminent scholars in our field. The platform operates in a similar way to facebook. For example, in the main page you can leave short messages or update your status. You can upload photos or videos and you can communicate directly with the other members of the community. Given the similarities, my first impression of Ning was that it did not offer anything more than facebook. Well, I admit that I was wrong. The videos and photographs you include become immediately a permanent feature of the main page. They do not come and go in a stream of news, as in facebook. So far, I downloaded around 26 educational videos from youtube and 20 photographs from my own archive. All of them can be used for teaching and some of them may be used for research. There are a few that are there for fun; jokes appreciated by Ancient Historians only. Furthermore, Ning provides us with a calendar of events, which I update regularly based on the information I receive on academic activities in the UK. I also included a blog, where some of my best and most relevant Love of History Blog articles appear. Ning is not the site where you would exhibit the most personal of your photos or the place where you would hook up with friends from your sinful past. Instead, it facilitates the building of online professional communities. In our case, it is the perfect platform for bringing together ancient historians or enthusiasts of Ancient History, who are willing to participate actively, to share their published, unpublished or unpublishable material online, to express their views about current affairs and to communicate directly with the other members. Above everything else Ning allows us to network in an efficient and yet informal manner. If you want to become a member of the Ancient History group in Ning join us at http://loveofhistory.ning.com/]]></description>
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