Workshop on the organization and access policy of archival sources

“an unsigned watercolor”

Dates

Prices

Free

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Tuesday
Time
17:00-21:30
Venue
Upper Stage

Information

Cost

Entrance is free to the public

Reservations required, at education@onassis.org

Addressed to

Archivists, literary scholars, researchers, students

With simultaneous interpretation from Greek into English

At event, we will learn about best practices for the organization of and access to archival sources and literary documents, with the Cavafy archive as our point of departure.

The word “archive” no longer makes us think of dusty shelves weighted down with heavy books. Digital archives comprise a fundamental source of literary, sociological, and historical information for today’s researcher. The digital treasures of the Cavafy archive are available for all to use, attracting researchers from all over the world. But do we know how to employ this digitized archive as creatively as possible, and how to incorporate the material we find in it into our teaching and research? The rich and innovative utilization of the archive is of course not only a matter of teaching or research, but also of our own individual, intellectual engagement.

This event, “An unsigned watercolor”, organized by the Cavafy Archive, opens a very timely conversation regarding the organization and management of literary documents. Taking the Alexandrian poet’s archive as our starting point, we will treat broader questions regarding the fair use or archival sources, their incorporation into research and teaching, best practices and innovative achievements, as well as approved practices for managing archival material that ensure open access and fair use of digital archives.

Photo: Nikos Papaggelis

Session 1

17:00-18:45 | Best Practices for Organizing Archival Sources: Literary Archives as Case Study

Chair: Takis Kayalis, Professor of Modern Greek Literature, University of Ioannina

- Prodromos Tsiavos, Head of Digital Policy & Development, Onassis Foundation, From Cavafy to the Onassis Foundation

- Amalia Pappa, Deputy Director of the General State Archives of Greece – Head of the Library & Reading Room Department, “The Allure of the Archives”: The Archive of C. P. Cavafy

- Michalis Chryssanthopoulos, Professor of General & Comparative Literature, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, The Cavafy Archive in the World of Online Digital Literary Archives

- Konstantina Stamatogiannaki, Performing Arts Division Head, Hellenic Literary & Historical Archive (ELIA), National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation (MIET), Traces of Cavafy in the ELIA-MIET Archives

- Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, Head of Archives, American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), The 1930s Generation and Beyond… Issues Concerning the Management and Advancement of the ASCSA Gennadius Library Literary Archives

- Tassos Sakellaropoulos, Head of Historical Archives, Benaki Museum, The Literary Archives in the Benaki Museum’s Historical Archives Department

- Maximilien Girard, Manuscripts Department Curator, National Library of France, The Literary Archives at the National Library of France

Audience discussion

18.45-19.00 | Break

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Session 2

19.00-20.00 | Archival Sources: Practices for Access and Best Use

Chair: Dr Evi Sachini, Director, Greek National Documentation Center

- Prodromos Tsiavos, Head of Digital Policy & Development, Onassis Foundation, Open Archive, Open Scholarship: The Present and Future of the Cavafy Archive- Agiatis Bernardou, Digital Curation Unit, IMSI, ATHENA RC, Information Studies – University of Glasgow & Department of Informatics – Athens University of Economics and Business, “I got bored looking at the stage and raised my eyes to the box circle”: The Cavafy Archive Digital Collection and the Digital Humanities Research Community

- Vassilis Tzouvaras, Senior Researcher, Intelligent Systems, Content & Interaction Laboratory, National Technical University of Athens, Good Practice: The Provision of Access to, and Promotion of Cultural Content on European Platforms

Audience discussion

20:00-20:15 | Break

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Session 3

20:15-21:30 | The Use of Archives in the Educational Process

Chair: Theodoros Chiotis, Coordinator of Scholarly Research & Digital Development, Cavafy Archive

- Takis Kayalis, Professor of Modern Greek Literature, University of Ioannina, “By Meditation and Study”: Experimental Uses of the Cavafy Archive at the University of Ioannina

- Elias Stouraitis, Doctoral Candidate in Digital History, Ionian University, Making Use of Digital Archives in the Educational Process

- Chris McCabe, National Poetry Librarian (UK), Digitizing the National Poetry Library Special Collections

- Maria Pazarli, General State Archives of Greece, Historical Archive of Macedonia & Cartographic Heritage Archives, A Map, From the Archives to the People: The Rigas Feraios Map at the Central Service of the General State Archives as Case Study

Audience discussion

21:30 | Event ends

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Organization

  • Coordinator of Scholarly Research and Digital Development

    Theodoros Chiotis

  • Deputy Director of the General State Archives, Head of the Library and Reading Room Department of the General State Archives -Central Service

    Amalia Pappa

  • Professor in the Department of Management Science and Technology, at the Athens University of Economics and Business

    Diomidis Spinellis

  • Head of Digital Policy & Development, Onassis Foundation

    Prodromos Tsiavos