
This summer, the Municipality of Athens, having the privilege and honor of hosting the Plato’s Academy within its boundaries, is organizing, from May 30 to July 31, a series of activities under the title “Philosophy at the Plato’s Academy”. A program dedicated to philosophy could not forget “Little Philosophers in the Academy”, an activity organised in collaboration with Atraktos, a non-profit initiative aiming to promote education and positive standards and introduce children and teenagers to the “game” in the most entertaining way. A team from the University of Crete will be in charge. With the hours of the program shared between the Plato’s Academy Digital Museum and the Atraktos, children will have their first “dive” into philosophy through “Be a superhero for an hour!” and “Be invisible for an hour!”. In contrast, teenagers will have the opportunity to attend the exciting program “Matrix and Philosophy: Bound in Plato’s Cave”!
PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN
Scientific Director: Chloe Balla, Associate Professor, University of Crete.
Program Director: Anna Ntinti, PhD Candidate, University of Crete
Teaching Staff: Stelios Gadris, Maria Kasmirli, Anna Ntinti, Kalliopi Papamanoli.
Laboratory of Philosophical Research and Translation, Centre for Research and Studies, University of Crete
Dates: 25.06 & 26.06, 03.07, 09 & 10.07, 16 & 17.07, 23 & 24.07, 30 & 31.07
Hours
09.00 – 11.00 | Be a superhero for an hour! *for children between 5 and 8 years old
11.30 – 13.30 | Be invisible for one hour! *for children between 9 and 13 years old
17.00 – 19.00 | Matrix and Philosophy: Bound in Plato’s Cave *for teenagers between 14 and 17 years old
Meeting Point: Prato’s Academy Digital Museum
ATRAKTOS: 8 Marathonomahon St, Plato’s Academy | Web: atraktos.org
*Maximum number of participants in each workshop 15 persons.
**Tickets exclusively from viva.gr | Cost: 3 euros per child