Varvac

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)