Τμήμα Πολιτισμού – Δημιουργικών Βιομηχανιών

The workshop “Echoes: Reconstructing the life of traditional settlements through interactive experiences and 3D sound”, held on November 6, 2024 in the hospitable Multiplex of Art and Thought of Xanthi, offered an enchanting journey through time and local history. The audience, including city residents and select invited representatives of the local government, came in contact with a special experience that connected modern technologies with the authentic sound and pulse of everyday life of an old, multicultural Xanthi.

On Saturday, October 5, the Association of Katirliotes of Kalamaria organized the event “Former Kodra military camp: past, present, future”. The event was attended by Eleni Manakidou, Professor of Classical Archeology at the University of Athens. and Despoina Tsiafaki, Doctor of Classical Archeology and Research Director of the Athena Research Center, who participated with a lecture entitled: “The ancient settlement at Karabournaki: revealing the past through three decades of archaeological research by the AUTH”

🏺 On Friday, September 27th, as part of the Mednight 2024 activities, we had the pleasure of hosting our young friends along with their parents at the “Athena” Research Center in Xanthi for the educational program “The Archaeologist’s Journey: From the Excavation to the Digital World.”
✍️ Our little archaeologists had the opportunity to learn firsthand the basic principles of archaeological excavation and digital archaeology through a series of interactive activities. Together, we dug, discovered “finds,” took photographs, wrote in archaeological journals, and recorded and identified pottery.
💻 We then explored aspects of digital archaeology, using modern technologies for excavation digitization and the creation of virtual exhibitions.
🖌️ We concluded this pilot event by drawing what we learned and what impressed us the most. See you next year!!!

As part of the Lecture Series of the 2022-2024 of the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Studies Program-Protection, Maintenance & Restoration of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in co-organization with ELLET – Thessaloniki Branch, Dr. Despoina Tsiafaki, archaeologist, Director of Research and Head of the Department of Culture & Creative Industries will give the 14th lecture of the series, titled “myEleusis. Digital Display and Restoration of the Sanctuary of Eleusis”. The lecture will be held online at the following link: https://authgr.zoom.us/j/3050406765

The International Association for Archaeological Research in Western and Central Asia organizes as part of its lectures the lecture on the ancient settlement in Karabournaki, with speakers Prof. Eleni Manakidou and Dr. Despoina Tsiafaki. The lecture will take place on Monday, June 3 at 17:00 pm via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87417566669?pwd=ZkJtamI5UC9rUEViYXc4Q1lPbEJ6Zz09 

You can see the poster of the lecture here