Kin City: Nelli Kambouri and Dafni Karavola

Contested Urban Ecologies in Athens: Caring Communities, Environmental Racism, and Green Policing Athens is a city where air pollution from vehicles is widespread, while the intensification of construction activity, often in the name of green development, has made green spaces scarce. Athens is also a city with a growing waste problem, including unresolved contradictions in waste recycling, which is mainly carried out by racialized communities in ‘Athens backyard.’ In their “Kin City” talks, Nelli Kambouri and Dafni Karavola discuss how the capitalist metabolism could be disrupted and how an eco-politics from below could be formed by the dispossessed. The second panel of the conference at the “Kin City” festival, moderated by Sotiris Sideris, took place on October 17, 2024 at the ZK/U – Center for Arts and Urbanistics. You can listen to the recording by clicking on the play button above. Nelli Kambouri’s talk is based on the following article: https://berlinergazette.de/requiem-for-trees-rhizomatic-ecologies-insurgent-communities-and-green-policing/ Dafni Karavola’s talk is based on the following article: https://berlinergazette.de/the-urban-decomposers-of-athens-backyard/ More information about the “Kin City” festival: https://berlinergazette.de/projects/kin-city