Marios Panierakis

PhD in Sociology, Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades “Alfonso Vélez Pliego” (ICSyH – BUAP)

Title of research proposal: “Aspects of demands in social movements against tourist capital: A contribution to the Critique of Demand in the contemporary social struggle”

BioPublications

Marios Panierakis studied Sociology at the University of the Aegean and continued his postgraduate studies in Social and Historical Anthropology at the same University. His PhD thesis, entitled «“Seamos primavera”: Abriendo los muros de las demandas en la lucha por la defensa de Rosa Nera», was defended at the Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades “Alfonso Vélez Pliego” (Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México) and received the mention “Ad Honorem”. His PhD research has been funded by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología. His main research interests include collective action, social movements, militant research and contemporary political theory and philosophy. He has participated in national and international conferences and has translated essays from Spanish and English to Greek.

Publications (selected):

Panierakis, M. (2025 forthcoming). Contributions to a Materialist Critique of Cultural Heritage. At D. Palacios González & José Mª Durán Medraño (eds) Redefining Monuments: Materialist Memory Theories and Radical Heritage Practices, Palgrave.
Nasioka, K. & Panierakis, M. (2023). “Emancipando nuestros cuerpos (perdidos) en la era de la pandemia”. En A. García Vela y A. Bonnet (eds) Revolución, crítica y emancipación: debates sobre el pensamiento político de John Holloway. Puebla, ICSyH (BUAP) y IESAC ; 113-127.
Nasioka, K. & Panierakis, M. (2023). “Emancipating Our (Lost) Bodies in the Pandemic Era”. At A. García Vela y A. Bonnet (eds) The Political Thought of John Holloway: Struggle, Critique, Emancipation. Palgrave Macmillan; 109-123. Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-34571-5
Panierakis, M. (2021). «In, against and beyond the demand: Demand and identity as breakwaters of the content of collective action», Interface: a journal for and about social movements, Volume 13(1), 254-271, 2021, ISSN 2009-2431, https://www.interfacejournal.net/interface-volume-13-issue-1/
Panierakis, M. (2018): Beyond demand: Collective identity and prefiguration politics at the collective action of “Struggle Committee of Lesvos” for claiming housing», At Yannis Zaimakis (ed), Research Paths on Social Sciences: Theoretical – Methodological contributions and case studies (371-388). Rethymno: University of Crete – Laboratory of Social Analysis and applied Social Research (in Greek). Available at: http://sociology.soc.uoc.gr/ekaeke/?p=468
Panierakis, M. (2017): «Symbolic aspects of a Squat: Ritual, Non-Identity, and Imaginary Counterpower at the Collective Action of the “Struggle Committee of Lesvos” for claiming housing», Society’s Dromena 3. pp.7-18, Thessaloniki. (in Greek).

Presentations at Conferences

Panierakis, M. (2023): «Abriendo la demanda del espacio público en el movimiento reivindicativo del cerro Kasteli y en la lucha por la defensa de la Rosa Nera», En 9ο congreso internacional de geografías críticas, 23-29 de octubre de 2023, Ciudad de México.
Panierakis, M (2019). Epistemological aspects of a squat or how i fell in love with Stella. At the International Conference The Social Sciences today: dilemmas and perspectives beyond the crisis, 6-9/06/2019, Mytilene. (In Greek)
Panierakis, M. (2018): «Beyond football: From Against Football Movement to another football is possible. The self-organized sport collectivities in Greece. A hypothesis». PanHellenic Conference for PhD researchers’, Rethymno. (In Greek)