Online Presentation | Panhellenic Student Competition “Hack the map: Imaginary Worlds”

Drawing inspiration from travelers’ maps and imaginary illustrations of geographical areas (cities, seascapes, broader regions) of sixteenth to twentieth-century Greece, which are part of the collections of the Onassis Foundation, the General State Archives of Greece, the Cartographic Heritage Archives / Historical Archives of Macedonia, as well as several other foundations, museums, and libraries, groups of students are invited to choose one or more cartographic exhibits and to connect them with historical events, myths, or even fiction narratives.

New technologies, riddles, and symbols are intertwined in a multimedia competition which is inspired by the awesome narratives provided by foreign travelers in the past, and encourages groups of students to create a digital game, a digital narrative, or Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) apps.

Learn more about the competition, sign up, and prepare yourselves for a journey through time ‘hacking’ Greek lands and seas with digital tools.

Program

12:00-12:10 | Welcome

John Chrysoulakis, Professor Emeritus, Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Anastasios Emvalotis, Professor, Department of Primary Education of University of Ioannina, Member of the Administration Board of Institute of Educational Policy, Ministry of Education
Prodromos Tsiavos, Head of Digital Development & Innovation, Onassis Foundation
Amalia Pappa, Deputy General Director of the General State Archives
Thomas Maloutas, Professor, Department of Geography, Harokopio University
Christina Panagiotakou, Educational Programs Coordinator, Onassis Foundation

Part 1

Hacking a major historical document of the modern Greek Enlightenment

5 inspirational speeches from the past

(Presentations of secondary school groups that excelled in the previous competition, “Hack the Map: Rigas Velestinlis’ Charta”)

12:10 – 12:20 | Digital Work Presentation: ‘In the depth of Rigas’ Charta’

School Group: FULL HOUSE RIGAS, Doukas’ Schools

12:20 – 12:30 | Digital Work Presentation: ‘Unlocking the Map’

School Group: VISIONARIES, 2nd Middle School of Nea Makri

12:30 – 12:40 | Digital Work Presentation: ‘Ferr (fair’y-tale), Defkalion & Pyrra’

School Group: FERR (FAIR)-TEAM, Laboratory of Special Professional Education and Training (LSPET) of Katerini

12:40 – 12:50 | Digital Work Presentation: ‘Traveling with the Vision of Rigas in Time’

School Group: 3D-RiV-ORAMA, Evangelical Model Pilot High School of Smyrni

12:50 – 13:00 | Digital Work Presentation: ‘Rigas’ Charta takes us on a journey to the Battle of Plataea’

School Group: CHARTA-TAPE, Athens Artistic Middle School

13:00 – 13:10 | Q & A

Moderator: Gina Papamichael, Onassis Foundation Educational Programs Department

Part 2

Travelers’ maps in the digital world

Looking to the Future

(Presentation of digital content and participation process in the new competition, “Hack the Map: Imaginary Worlds”)

13:10 – 13:20 | Historical and topographical descriptions of Athens, from Evliya Çelebi to the Kleanthis-Schaubert urban planning

Nikolas Nikolaidis, Historian

Elias Pantazis, Historian

13:20 – 13:30 | General State Archives / Cartographic Heritage Archives / Historical Archive of Macedonia

Maria Pazarli, Archaeologist, Msc, PhD in History of Cartography

Nopi Ploutoglou, Rural and Surveying Engineer, Msc in Cartography, General State Archives / Cartographic Heritage Archives / Historical Archive of Macedonia

13:30 – 13:40 | Presentation & Demonstration of digital techniques

Kostas Diamantis, 3D Graphics and Game Developer, Software & Media Administrator, Onassis Stegi

13:40 – 13:50 | Presentation of the competition, “Hack the Map: Imaginary Worlds”

Prodromos Tsiavos, Head of Digital Policy and Development, Onassis Foundation Group

Heracles Papatheodorou, Digital Policy and Development Coordinator, Onassis Foundation

Vicky Gerontopoulou, Head of Onassis Library

13:50 – 14:00 | Q & A

Despina Marti, Onassis Foundation Educational Programs Department

The competition is realized by Onassis Foundation and Onassis Library, in collaboration with the General State Archives, the Cartographic Heritage Archives / Historical Archives of Macedonia, and the Department of Geography of Harokopio University, Athens, with the approval of Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and under the auspices of General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.