Description

Scope – Purpose:

The Inter-disciplinary, Postgraduate Studies Programme entitled: “Applied-Clinical Sociology and Art” is part of the strategic planning of the University of the Aegean, is governed by scientific coherence and aims to further the promotion of knowledge, the development of research and the arts, the satisfaction of the educational, research, social, cultural and development needs of the country, the high-level specialization of graduates in theoretical and applied areas of specific disciplines, special thematic units or individual branches of the cognitive objects of the first degree.

The Master’s degree aims at the critical study of classical and contemporary social theory paradigms for micro- and macro-social analysis of phenomena of social reproduction and social transformation and their utilization with the ultimate goal of promoting social change, collective action and social justice with the basic tools of social advocacy, prevention, social empowerment, art and action research. Graduates of the Master’s degree will be able to work as qualified staff in organisations, agencies, services, formal and autonomous institutions related to the design and implementation of policies on social and environmental protection, disability, social and mental health, psychosocial interventions and therapeutic communities, staff of public or private organisations and decision making or administrative mechanisms, regional and local government organisations, NGOs, lawyers, judges, teachers in crisis management, lawyers, judges, judges, teachers in the field of social and environmental protection, psychosocial interventions and therapeutic communities. Specifically, the Master’s degree. aims: a) to acquire knowledge and skills in conducting social analysis and social research with emphasis on action research, qualitative methods, study of archives and adherence to academic and research ethics; b) to therapeutic applications of sociology and art in supporting social, artistic and therapeutic interventions on issues of social protection, autonomy of therapeutic communities, environmental protection and human rights; c) to acquire and apply knowledge and skills in the field of art, art and social work; d) to acquire and apply knowledge and skills in the field of art, art and social work; e) to develop and apply knowledge and skills in the field of art, art and social work in the field of social protection, autonomy of therapeutic communities, environmental protection and human rights. d) the acquisition of skills in social and emancipatory counselling of people and groups that have suffered social exclusion through creative action, creative solidarity, artistic expression, and collective action; e) the cultivation of a reflective attitude towards social theory and its creative bridging with aesthetic theory, political and social philosophy, and psychology; f) the acquisition of specific knowledge and principles for the design, implementation and evaluation of psychosocial interventions; g) the acquisition of specific knowledge and principles for the design, implementation and evaluation of psychosocial interventions; h) the development of a new approach to social theory and its creative bridging with the theory of aesthetics, political and social philosophy, and psychology.

MSc Clinical Sociology and Art 2022-23, At Psarades Primary School in Prespes, photo by Yannis Ziogas

The philosophy of the Inter-Institutional Postgraduate Programme “Applied-Clinical Sociology and Art” is based on the principles of social justice, social empowerment, emancipation and collective action. In an era, such as the present one, of increasing uncertainty, social crises and social conflicts, new and urgent needs for creative, social and artistic intervention, for new participatory tools of research and design emerge. The Master’s degree “Applied – Clinical Sociology and Art”, through the theoretical and laboratory training of students, aims to develop these new participatory tools oriented towards critical approach, social change, and artistic practice. Artistic practice is conceived through applied research and an experiential process that highlights the visual object as an object of encounter between people, rather than as a mere artistic skill.

Research objects of the programme

The objectives of the interdisciplinary postgraduate programme are the training of postgraduate students in: a) the design and implementation of social and artistic interventions aimed at the social inclusion of social groups at risk and/or facing particular social, psychological and other challenges; b) the acquisition of specific scientific skills in social empowerment, social mediation, coordination and networking of social groups, institutions, organisations and other collectives; c) the design and implementation of social and artistic interventions aimed at the social inclusion of social groups at risk and/or facing particular social, psychological and other challenges; d) the training of postgraduate students in the design and implementation of social and artistic interventions aimed at the social inclusion of social groups at risk and/or facing particular social, psychological and other challenges; e) the acquisition of specific scientific skills in social empowerment, social mediation, coordination and networking of social groups, institutions, organisations and other collectives.

Graduates will be able to work in structures and organisations, organisations and institutions of prevention, social mediation, treatment and reintegration.

With the collaboration of the Departments

• – Sociology of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of the Aegean, based in Mytilene.

– Visual and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Western Macedonia, based in Florina.