Stories from the Inheritors of the Exchange I
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Jan 30, 2024 ·
23m 45s
Welcome back to 'Crossing the Aegean: A Century of People on the Move,' where we embark on an exploration into the historical and contemporary trajectory of migration across the Aegean....
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Welcome back to 'Crossing the Aegean: A Century of People on the Move,' where we embark on an exploration into the historical and contemporary trajectory of migration across the Aegean. In this episode, we hear about the Exchange, its aftermath, and its memory today through people who have/had relatives within their families who were exchanged. We try to understand how contemporary Greece introduced and historicized the Exchange to the upcoming generations in the last 100 years. Following the footsteps of our previous episode with Emilia Salvanou, we explore how the ripples of the Exchange can still be felt in the current reception of migrants today in Greece.
We are joined by Thanos Skourtas, a local from Lesvos and a member of the Legal Centre Lesvos. He shared with us the stories of his maternal grandparents, how he was introduced to this heritage, why he wasn’t able to learn more, and what relationship he sees with his past and the stories of migrants he is working together with today. Skourtas was kind enough to do the recording in both English and Greek. He was interviewed by Ozan Mirkan Balpetek. Mert Koçak summarized and provided commentary on Skourtas’s story and remarks in Turkish.
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We are joined by Thanos Skourtas, a local from Lesvos and a member of the Legal Centre Lesvos. He shared with us the stories of his maternal grandparents, how he was introduced to this heritage, why he wasn’t able to learn more, and what relationship he sees with his past and the stories of migrants he is working together with today. Skourtas was kind enough to do the recording in both English and Greek. He was interviewed by Ozan Mirkan Balpetek. Mert Koçak summarized and provided commentary on Skourtas’s story and remarks in Turkish.
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