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  • Ararat-Eskijian Screening of "In The Footsteps of The Argonauts"

    PRESS RELEASE
    Ararat-Eskijian Museum
    15105 Mission Hills Rd
    Mission Hills CA, 91345
    Email: [email protected]
    Tel: 818-838-4862


    SCREENING OF DOCUMENTARY "IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ARGONAUTS" AND A TALK BY
    NIKOS MICHAILIDIS AT ARARAT-ESKIJIAN MUSEUM.


    Screening of documentary "In the footsteps of the Argonauts" a talk by Niko
    Michailidis PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Princeton University
    will be presented on Sunday June 9th, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. at the Ararat
    Eskijian Museum,, Hasmik Mgrdichian Gallery, 15105 Mission Hills Road,
    Mission Hills, CA.

    The lecture, and the screening reflects on the collapse of the Ottoman
    Empire, the Greek communities of Pontos which managed to survive from the
    genocidal policies of the Young Turks regime in the beginning of the 20th
    Century, and how they were relocated in mainland Greece and in other
    countries. The memories and experiences of that generation passed on to the
    younger through oral narratives, creation of archives, personal memoir
    publications, music, dance, and lectures organized and supported by an
    extensive network of cultural associations that had been founded in Greece
    since 1923.

    The current generation of Pontian-Greeks, that grew up without having any
    significant immediate contact with the elder members of the community who
    were born and raised in Pontos, faces further challenges of memory loss and
    struggles to maintain a sense of Pontian-Greek identity by making use of all
    these diverse mnemonic practices. "Learning the history of the ancestors" is
    central in their attempt to form their subjectivities. The documentary "In
    the Footsteps of the Argonauts" constitutes such an attempt to learn, to
    remember, and to belong. This lecture will serve both as an introduction to
    the documentary and as a presentation of the current quest of younger
    Pontian-Greeks to form a modern sense of identity that maintains lively
    links with the past and with a geographic region that has been lost.

    Admission free (Donations appreciated) Reception following the program,

    Nikolai Michailidis will be playing a few traditional songs with the Pontian
    Lyra (Kemenche).

    For more information contact the Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or
    [email protected]

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