About the project
Piraeus has emerged as a significant player in the global sea transport networks competition, due to its strategic geographical location as the first major port after the Suez Canal. The port was privatized and aquired by Chinese interests under the conjuncture of the Greek economic crisis, as part of the requirements posed by the structural adjustment program agreed with the EU, the ECB and the IMF.
The research focuses on exploring how the imaginaries, strategies, and discourses that characterize the port as a transient space, detached from its local context as a global node within supply chain networks, intersect with local perceptions of labor, labor identities, as well as local histories and affective connections to space and place (topos).
Objectives
The primary objective of this research is to enhance our understanding of the intricate dynamics of globalization, particularly focusing on the contradictory relationships between openness and enclosure and the interplay between local relations and transnational enclaves. The study aims to shed light on the essential requirements for the uninterrupted flow of the global economy and the extraction of surplus value within the realm of commodity circulation.
