In this episode the facilitator uses sociometric prompts, “Who lives here?”, “Who has origins from here?”, “Who was born in Eleusis?”, “Whose parents are from Eleusis?”, to invite participants to physically position themselves in the space, making visible different degrees of rootedness and connection to the city; the facilitator then guides the group onto a satisfaction continuum (“How satisfied are you, in percentage terms, with living in Eleusis?”), where most participants cluster toward the lower end, a few stand around the middle, and only a couple move toward higher satisfaction. The facilitator then invited brief reflections from each position, surfacing a shared emotional landscape shaped by strong belonging (“my life is here,” “place, history, culture, people,” “I would like to live here in any scenario”) alongside sadness, frustration, and constraint (“it has many shortcomings,” “I love it but I am saddened by what has happened to its body,” “we cannot enjoy the city,” “I do not love everyday life”), with several explicitly naming environmental destruction and a sense of social closure; throughout.
F=Facilitator, P=Participant
F: How satisfied are you, in percentage terms, with living in Eleusis
P: 0 because I do not see an optimistic spirit, harmony, aesthetics, especially in the area where I live next to the archaeological site.