The Symposium Softening the Urban Fabric: Cities, Encounters, Subjectivities, Change, which was held on 12th July 2013, was organised by Dr Myrto Tsilimpounidi and Dr Angie Voela at the University of East London and it was supported by the UEL Small Research Grant:
Myrto is a social researcher and photographer. Her research focuses on the interface between migration, urbanism, and culture. She specialises in visual, spatial and interdisciplinary methodologies. Myrto is also concerned with the dynamics of inclusion, participation and well-being achieved through art-based interventions. Her focus is on the relationship between arts and social change, exemplified in her on-going projects with the organisation ‘Ministry of Untold Stories’.
Angie has a BA in English Literature (University of Athens, Greece), an MA in Linguistics (York University, UK), an MSc in Comparative Studies (University of Edinburgh, UK) and a PhD in Psychoanalysis (University of Edinburgh, UK). She has written on issues of identity and gender in film, literature and culture. Her current research interests include: psychoanalysis, feminism, cultural theory, myth in contemporary contexts, the emotional effects of austerity. Her recent articles appear in journals like Subjectivity, Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society and The European Journal of Women's Studies.