About
Project manager, researcher and facilitator at work.
Life-long learner, activist and open access advocate at heart. Education
Master’s degree: Political Science and Sociology | Direction: Political Analysis and Political Theory, 2021
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens, Greece
Master’s thesis:
National Museums and Cultural Heritage in Europe: Origins, Transformations and Challenges in the Era of Open Access
Supervisor:
Zinovia (Jenny) Lialiouti
Master’s degree: Architecture – Spatial Design | Direction: Urban and Regional Planning, 2008
Faculty of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Bachelor’s degree: Social Policy and Social Anthropology | Direction: Social Anthropology, 2004
Department of Social Policy and Social Anthropology, Panteion University, Athens, Greece
Work Shared in CORE
Theses
Other Publications
Articles
24.01.2023
“Creating a Bibliography and a Glossary on Open Culture / Open GLAM”
Final report of the 2022 Working Group: “Open GLAM Resources” of the Creative Commons Open Culture Platform on the
Medium Publication of the Creative Commons organisation. Written in collaboration with Jesse Carson and Sandra Soster.
13.06.2022
“Creating an Open Access Digital Repository for Contemporary Art and Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Project ‘ECHO II: Traditions in Transition’”
Dissemination article on the
Medium Publication of the
OpenGLAM initiative, which presents global perspectives on open access to the cultural heritage in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAMs).
Contributions to policy papers, guidelines, recommendations
27.01.2023
“Recommendations for Digitising Material Evidence of the Holocaust”
Prepared by Dr Victoria Grace Walden and Dr Kate Marrison (University of Sussex, UK)
30.11.2022
“Digital Community Heritage and Open Access”
Final report of the 2022 Working Group: “Digital Community Heritage” of the Creative Commons Open Culture Platform on the
PubPub Publication of the working group.
Summary of the report on the
Medium Publication of the Creative Commons organisation.
Prepared by Mariana Ziku and Bettina Fabos (working group co-leads)
22.07.2022
Creative Commons report
“What are the Barriers to Open Culture?”
Prepared by Brigitte Vézina (Director of Policy, Open Culture and GLAM, Creative Commons)
04.04.2022
Creative Commons policy paper
“Towards Better Sharing of Cultural Heritage: An Agenda for Copyright Reform”
Prepared by Brigitte Vézina (Director of Policy, Open Culture and GLAM, Creative Commons)
Projects
Research projects
Researcher | Communication and Digital Curation Consultant | November 2022 – June 2023
Participation in the research project
“Images of Germany in Greece During the Great War: Discourses, Perceptions and Propaganda, 1914-1918”, led by the
Institute for the Study of the Greek-German Relations of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Athens (Greece), and co-funded by the German Federal Foreign Office through the German-Greek Future Fund.
Literature review and archival research on the images of Germany in Greece during WWI in cultural activities and materials. Designed, created and curated content for the research project website on the Humanities Commons platform. Established guidelines for the website to continue being enriched with curated content for research and educational purposes. Provided guidance and advocated for opening access to research outputs.
Researcher | December 2005 – December 2007
Participation in the research project “Intersecting patterns of everyday life and socio-spatial change in the city. Migrant and local women in the neighbourhoods of Athens”, led by the Faculty of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (Greece), in the context of the Pythagoras programme of the Ministry of Education and Religion, financed by EPEAEK.
Collection, classification and analysis of qualitative data. Participation in the writing of the final report. Representation of the research team in conferences and discussions. Participation in the organising of events (conferences, workshops and discussions).
Other projects
Co-lead of the 2022 Working Group “Open GLAM Resources” of the Creative Commons Open Culture Platform | January 2022 – December 2022
Managed and monitored (a) the co-creation and enrichment of a
Zotero bibliography and a
Meta-Wiki glossary on Open Culture/GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums), and (b) the establishment of workflows for both projects so as to become long-lasting resources for the open community and beyond. Co-authored the final report, and presented the main outputs and takeaways of the working group in a webinar series organised by Creative Commons.
Lead of the GLAM Hack initiative, a self-funded project on open access and creative reuses of digital cultural heritage | December 2018 – December 2022
Developed the initiative and its network. Designed activities and events. Organised and facilitated workshops and seminars. Created and curated content for the website and the social media pages of the initiative.
Upcoming Talks and Conferences
No upcoming talks and conferences.
Past Talks
18.03.2023
“Technological Applications to Cultural Heritage for Promoting Health and Wellbeing”
Presentation in the workshop “Using Technology for Inclusive Educational Activities in the Museum Context” which took place the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum.
14.12.2022
“Open GLAM Resources: Creating a Bibliography and a Glossary on Open GLAM”
Presentation [with Jesse Carson and Sandra Soster] in the webinar series organised by Creative Commons to share the outputs and takeaways of the 2022 Open Culture Platform working groups.
26.02.2022
“Creating an Open Access Digital Repository for Contemporary Art and Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Project: ECHO II: Traditions in Transition”
Presentation [with Nikos Pasamitros] in the online roundtable discussion of the Art Pluriverse. A Community Science Series II: Iatrosophia. On Folk Medicine and Phytogeography of the
Biennale of Western Balkans.
