Varvac

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BA

This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology.

MA

This user has a Master of Arts degree in Visual Anthropology.

PhD

This user has a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Social Anthropology.

Hello!

I'm Christos. I am a social anthropologist, and I live in Berlin.

My work focuses on archives, political activism, the commons and the cultural sector. I love working with socially-minded people and organisations, especially on issues relating to opening, diversifying, decolonizing and democratizing knowledge. And, I love stories; I am not a particularly skilled storyteller but I'm a fair listener.

Disclaimer: Currently I work Partner Manager at Wikimedia Deutschland (WMDE). In this role I am responsible for connecting with global institutions and onboarding them to Wikibase and the Linked Open Data web. I also act as a point of contact and information exchange for Partners, WMDE’s software department, and Wiki Communities. My professional account is: Christos Varvantakis (WMDE). I also maintain the account VarvantakisC for teaching and training purposes.

A list of publications relating to archives & databases, digital cultures, publics and open-access to knowledge. For a full list of my publications see here

Rethinking Anthropological Film Exhibition and Distribution (2022, Cultural Anthropology. With S. Verstappen, F. P. McDonald, A. Apley, H. S. Gill, M. Mecca, C. Sartori, F. Storaas)

Ethnographic Film at the Crossroads (2021, Allegra Lab)

Labour of Love: An Open Access Manifesto for Freedom, Integrity, and Creativity in the Humanities and Interpretive Social Sciences (2020, Commonplace. With Pia, A. E., Batterbury, S., Joniak-Lüthi, A., LaFlamme, M., Wielander, G., Zerilli, F. M., Nolas, M., Schubert, J., Loubere, N., Franceschini, I., Walsh, C., Mora, A.) Also available in Italian and in Spanish

Database activism for strange times: Unpacking and undoing 'the crisis' (2020, Discover Society. With S-M. Nolas, A. Chalkidou A. Corble, M. Apgar)

Global Youth in Digital Trajectories (2019, Routledge. With M. Kontopodis and C. Wulf)

Exploring the Idioms of Childhood Publics (2018, Sociological Research Online)