THROUGH WATERS 2012 / BEIJING

Written By christina sassayannis
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14 september - 5 october 2012 Italian Cultural Center of Beijing

N.2 San Li Tun dong Er Jie / Chaoyang District Beijing

Through Waters opens the first exhibit with a international conference in Beijing about the sensitive focus on WATER. The exhibit is a journey through the shoots of photographers which have participated on the selection 2012.

Today 14th September the Conference will open with our guest of honor MA JUN.

Studies and reflection on environmental problems worldwide will be presented by interdisciplinary professional to make us awake and improve possible solutions. Our common goal is to protect and aware the value of this precious element, WATER.

Participants Ma Jun, UNESCO Beijing, Thirst4Water, Italian Embassy of Beijing, Anthropologist and students. We emphasize the importance of creating a dialogue between different academic disciplines and strategies for defining the valorization of water as a key element to be protected and discover.

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christina sassayannis

She founded Through Waters project in 2012. In 2015 Through Waters became an no profit Organization based in Geneva and in 2016 she founded the TW headquarter in Rome.

Father greek and mother swiss she lived always in a international ambience traveling through Europe and South America.

Graduated in Literature and Philosophy High School she became Anthropologist and researcher.

In recent years she focused her interest in the relationship between man and environment. She held various ethnographic research in the field on issues ranging from the relationship between culture and environment and gender difference, migration and life histories (Jordan / Greece / Italy / Sudan / Cambodia / India / China). For several years she has deepened her interest on water, studying the impact of climate change and local policies on the use of water resources.

Valuing water culturally and through art, realizing workshops with children and students, means for her creating awareness and sensitivity, with the goal to protect this fundamental element that gives life.

She wants to develop a new way of dialogue and integration through art building consciousness of the beauty of difference and of human beings worldwide.

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