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Tracing life in the fire-altered landscape of Greece: A travelogue to the village of Kirki (2024)

Ina Patsali
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Over the past few years, fires are everywhere. The summer of 2023, the biggest wildfire recorded in Europe torched large swaths of Northern Greece; fire destroyed ecosystems and devastated local communities. This research paper is divided into two parts; the first part is based on fieldwork conducted in the fire-altered landscape in Evros, after spending time in Kirki village, hearing the stories of locals, having conversations with experts, and documenting my experiences living in the post-disaster land. It is a travelogue to a ground considered “ruined”, in a village slowly disappearing. The second part zooms in on Kirki’s cemetery, approaching it as the sole spiritual place for post-disaster relief in an effort to understand its importance for the community as well as the opportunities that arise in this burial ground. My travel was approached with a commitment to flexibility and was shaped by serendipity. In this multilayered condition of Northern Greece, it is an effort to consider the question of what’s left in the post-fire land of Kirki and what emerges in its damaged cemetery.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsWildfire, Travelogue, Healing, Pyrocene, Post-disaster, Master Interior Architecture (INSIDE)
date17/06/2024
published25/06/2024
last modified25/06/2024
statuspublished
share statusshared with registered RC users
affiliationRoyal Academy of Arts, The Hague
copyrightIna Patsali
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2893579/2893578
published inRoyal Academy of Art, The Hague
portal issue2. Publications 2024


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