Download the full job description here for further information about the role, responsibilities and required profile. To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to info@archipelagonetwork.org.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until 5 October 2026.
Application deadline extended to Monday, October 12 2026.

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As part of Goethe-Institut Athen Open Day 2026, Archipelago Network invites you to explore the maritime trades of the Cyclades through Crafts of the Sea, a photographic exhibition across several floors of the Institut tracing the practices, knowledge and communities shaped by life at sea. How have maritime trades shaped life in the Cyclades? What knowledge do they carry across generations? And what can they tell us about the islands’ changing relationship with the sea?

Jacob Moe, co-curator of the exhibition and Director of Archipelago Network, will lead two guided tours, introducing the themes and works of the exhibition.

Limited spots available. Please reserve your place by 10 September 2026 via the registration form here.

Explore the full Open Day program here.

Detail from the exhibtion Crafts of the Sea at Goethe-Institut Athen, 2024. Photo: Stathis Mamalakis.

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Date: Friday 21 August, 21:00
Location: Mega Livadi, Serifos

Marking 110 years since the historic miners’ strike of 1916 in Serifos, Archipelago Network and the Association of Mega Livadi – Serifos present the Cycladic premiere of Stonethrowers, a multimedia essay film by Sofia Dona, commissioned as part of Archipelago Network’s project “Extraction in the Cyclades: Digital Traces.”

During her residency on the island in the winter of 2025, in collaboration with Kotoki Art Space, the artist investigated local photographic and recorded oral histories, uncovering traces of Aikaterini Valsamaki, a key figure in the uprising at the iron mines of Mega Livadi.

Through image research, interviews and visual reconstructions of the key sites and protagonists of the 1916 strike—which claimed nine lives, left dozens injured and persecuted, and ultimately led to the first implementation of the eight-hour working day in Greece—the film highlights the pivotal role of women in the uprising, opening a broader conversation on collective memory, labour and the gendered dimensions of history.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the artist.

Sofia Dona, Stonethrowers, 2026. Single-channel video, color, sound, 27’21’’. Film still.

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Date: Sunday 16 August, 21:00
Location: Dragatsis school, Artemonas, Sifnos
More info here

How has pottery shaped and continues to shape the cultural landscape of Sifnos?

The Bring Your Chair festival, in collaboration with Archipelago Network and the Municipality of Sifnos, invite you to join us for an evening celebrating the rich heritage of Sifniot pottery, exploring its significance in shaping the island’s cultural landscape. The event, titled Creative Sifnos, takes place on the occasion of Sifnos’s integration into UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network, and offers an intimate glimpse and exploration of the modern potting communities of Sifnos. 

Drawing on the importance of pottery on the island from ancient to contemporary times, an introductory panel discussion brings together perspectives from archaeology, material culture and local governance. Moderated by Jacob Moe, director of Archipelago Network, the panel includes contributions from Giorgos Gavalas (Archaeologist-Curator on the islands of Siphnos and Seriphos, in the Ephorate for Antiquities of the Cyclades), Ioanna Theocharopoulou (Architectural Historian) and Maria Nadali (Mayor, Municipality of Sifnos). 

The second part of the evening features a screening of seven short documentaries directed by Jacob Moe in the context of Archipelago Network’s research on Sifnian pottery, transporting us into the potteries of Nikos & Giannis Lembesis, Antonis & Giannis Atsonios, Antonis K. Kalogirou, Georgios Atsonios, Kostas Depastas, Fratzeskos Lemonis and Giannis Podotas, combining in-depth interviews, observational footage and historic archival photographic materials from these multi-generational spaces.

Cookware ready for loading in Platys Gialos, c. 1960. Roland Hampe via Archipelago Network

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The project focuses on young people and youth workers, especially those facing barriers to employment or education, those with refugee backgrounds, and those living in rural areas, by providing access to online training, hands-on workshops, and a supportive international community.

From marine conservation and fisheries to renewable energy, maritime tourism, shipbuilding, and blue biotechnology, the Blue Economy encompasses a wide range of future-oriented and sustainable professions that remain unfamiliar or inaccessible to many young people today.

Through this collaboration, we look forward to contributing our experience working on maritime heritage, island communities, and local knowledge across the Cyclades.

More information will be announced soon.

Explore more at windattheback.eu

Wind at the Back is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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Through this collaboration, Archipelago Network contributes local knowledge and its audiovisual archive on craft practices, ecology, and maritime futures, supporting a design-led inquiry grounded in the lived realities of the Cyclades.

As part of this ongoing exchange, we were pleased to welcome students and tutors from the RCA to Syros for their first field visit. During their stay, the group engaged with local boatyards (karnagia), maritime histories, and the layered realities of the island — from vernacular craft traditions to contemporary environmental and infrastructural transformations shaping the Aegean today.

Further updates on this evolving collaboration between Syros and London will be shared soon.

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Free admission with pre-registration. Limited seats available.
Sign up by December 12 here

Before cell phones and digital cameras, and long before TikTok, Instagram and selfies, various forms of community-scale media-making narrated decades of everyday history. Home movies, audio recordings and photographs captured fleeting moments, constituting a precious record of local memory and culture which grows increasingly vulnerable with the passage of time.

In the context of its 2023-4 project “Maritime Trades of the Cyclades,” Archipelago Network collaborated with the Amorgos Fishing Association to digitize photographic archives belonging to fishermen across the island, hosting an exhibition at the Nautical Association of Amorgos during the 2024 Fishermans’ Feast. Now, in the context of its 2025-6 project “Digital Cyclades,” it presents a collaborative workshop with the aim of cataloguing this photographic material, inviting community members to contribute information about the photographs and upload material to Archipelago Network’s in-development open-source cultural heritage repository. 

The workshop, led by Markellos Stevis (founding member, Wikipedia Community User Group Greece) will demonstrate the basics of cataloguing and uploading material using Wikidata, an open source data tool that is part of the Wikimedia application ecosystem.

“Digital Cyclades” safeguards local, vernacular, and community-based knowledge systems rooted in Cycladic traditions through the creation of a bilingual (GR-EN) open-access data infrastructure. It centers cultural heritage preservation and digital engagement as part of an open, community-driven continuum, promoting the contemporary digital cultural heritage of island Greece as a vivid asset with large yet untapped artistic, creative and research potential.

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Partners: WikiEllinisti, Amorgos Municipal Library, Amorgos Professional Fishing Association “Hozoviotissa”

“Digital Cyclades” is implemented under the auspices and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, as well as with the financial support of the Ministry of Digital Governance and the General Secretariat of the Aegean & Island Policy of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy.

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Building on the organization’s ongoing research and creative output across eleven Cycladic islands, the project serves as a hub for documenting and disseminating local, vernacular, and community-based knowledge systems rooted in Cycladic traditions. By placing cultural heritage preservation and digital engagement at the center of an open, participatory, community-oriented initiative, the project presents the contemporary cultural heritage of island Greece as a vivid asset with significant—yet still underexplored—artistic, creative, and research potential.

“Digital Cyclades” is implemented under the auspices and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, as well as with the financial support of the Ministry of Digital Governance and the General Secretariat of the Aegean & Island Policy of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy.

Multi-Site Workshop Series

In collaboration with local partners and communities, Archipelago Network organizes three participatory documentation workshops on Amorgos, Milos, and Syros, inviting residents, researchers, students, and cultural practitioners to contribute to the preservation and sharing of local heritage. Each workshop includes a day of practical training followed by online documentation sessions. Participation is free of charge, with pre-registration required.

WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Workshop I: Amorgos (December 2025) – Documentation of the photographic archive of the “Chozoviotissa” Professional Fishing Association, in collaboration with the Ioannideos Municipal Library of Amorgos.

Workshop II: Milos (March 2026) – Documentation of photographic and audiovisual archives concerning the island’s mining history, in collaboration with the Milos Labor Center and Milos Mining Museum.

Workshop III: Syros (April 2026) – Documentation of photographic and audiovisual archives concerning traditional boatbuilding, in collaboration with the Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering, University of the Aegean.

The workshops are carried out in collaboration with WikiEllinisti, a newly established initiative promoting the Greek presence on Wikipedia and the participatory creation of Greek-language and Greece-related content.

A Living Archive Linking Local Knowledge with Global Networks

“Digital Cyclades” integrates community-generated heritage data into Archipelago Network’s collections, linking these assets with Wikidata and the Wikipedia ecosystem. Through this connection, Cycladic cultural heritage becomes part of the global digital commons, enhancing its visibility and accessibility worldwide.

The “Digital Cyclades” platform, launching in 2026, brings together for the first time the audiovisual collections from all of Archipelago Network’s projects. By aggregating and interlinking these archives, the platform serves as a central hub for the cultural and scientific mapping of the Cyclades—bridging local knowledge with global access.

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This experimental documentary explores the largely unknown history of the crucial role women played in the 1916 miners’ strike on Serifos. The film is produced by Archipelago Network in collaboration with Kotoki Art Space, within the project “Extraction in the Cyclades: Digital Traces.”

SCREENING INFO
Sunday 7 December 2025, 19:00
Greek Film Archive, Hall A
Tickets here

AAGFF 2025
The 14th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival will take place December 3–18 and includes premieres, special screenings, silent films with live music, discussions, masterclasses, and distinguished guests.
Full program here

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AN’s Participation:

18:45 | Jacob Moe, founder and director of Archipelago Network – Talk: Fishing in the Cyclades, 20th century–today: community archives and oral history, Jacob Moe, founder and director of Archipelago Network

19:00 | Documentary screening, Fishing Tourism in Santorini (Production: Archipelago Network · Direction: Jacob Moe · Duration: 15’)

About the event:

Marking World Fisheries Day, the forum focuses on the sea as a primary provider and a defining element of identity for island and coastal communities, as well as on fishing—once a cornerstone of the Greek economy and still an integral part of the country’s history and local traditions. In recent years, interest in recovering and studying historical data related to fishing activity has grown significantly. This shift highlights the role of fishers as stewards of marine resources: a valuable natural capital that forms part of the national wealth, both economically and ecologically.

Info:

Friday, 21 November 2025 – 17:00
PIOP Historical Archive – 2 Doridos 2 & 14 Eirinis Ave, Tavros
Free admission. Reservation required.

For more information and the full program, visit piop.gr

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