On September 4–5, 2025, the GLAMMONS project will host its Final Conference at Romantso in Athens. This two-day event marks the culmination of three years of collaborative research into the role of commons and commoning in cultural production.
The programme brings together an international group of researchers, cultural practitioners, and policymakers to reflect on how commoning practices shape infrastructures, policies, values, and accessibility in the cultural field.
Over the past three years, GLAMMONS has advanced the understanding of how commons and commoning can transform cultural production. By bridging research, policy, and practice, the project has highlighted new ways for cultural institutions and creative communities to share resources, co-create value, and sustain more democratic and resilient cultural ecosystems. Its findings not only shed light on emerging practices across Europe and beyond but also provide concrete frameworks for policymakers and cultural actors seeking to embed the principles of the commons into their work. The Final Conference brings these insights together, marking an important milestone in reimagining how culture can be collectively produced, governed, and sustained.
You can already have a look into our programme:
Day 1 – Thursday, 4 September 2025
09:00 – 09:20 Registration
09:20 – 09:30 Welcome speech
The GLAMMONS project – Vasilis Avdikos, Consortium Coordinator, Panteion University
09:30 – 11:15 Networks and Intercommoning – Moderator: Dimitris Pettas
Keynote: Intercommoning for Transformative Resilience: Cultural Infrastructures and Commons-Based Futures – Ana Margarida Esteves (University Institute of Lisbon)
Commons-oriented archives, political subjectivity and participation in urban networks – Dimitris Pettas (Panteion University)
Culinary Commons: The Emergence of Thessaloniki’s New Culinary Scene – Yannis Chinis & Athanasios Kalogeresis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Toward a Sustainable Community: A Networked Approach to Cultural Exchange – Haeun Shin (Leuphana University Lüneburg)
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 13:30 Policies for Enabling Commoning – Moderator: Vasilis Avdikos
Keynote: Spanish and Italian variants on new municipalist strategies to foster transformative commoning – Alexandros Kioupkiolis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
How to support commons-oriented cultural organisations? Bringing commons and diverse and community economies in a place-based policy approach – Vasilis Avdikos, Martha Michailidou & Vera Fabinyi (Panteion University)
Cultural Infrastructure: A critical framework to implement cultural commoning – Maria Cerreta & Fabrizia Cesarano (University of Naples Federico II; Scuola Superiore Meridionale)
Enabling Commons in Cultural Production: Policies and Governance between Italy and Spain – Giovanna Muraglia, Mariavittoria Cicellin, Stefano Consiglio & Adriana Scuotto (Sapienza University of Rome; Federico II University of Naples)
From Consultancy to In-House: Public–Private Synergies; State Roles in Mobilising Heritage Commons through Greek Smart-City Policies – Margarita Chomatianou (University of the Aegean)
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 16:45 Commons-Enabling Infrastructures – Moderator: Janet Merkel
Keynote: Commoning Cultural Production: Cooperatives and Social Economy Ecosystems – Andreas Exner (University of Graz)
Sustaining the Commons: Towards a Diverse Financial Ecology for GLAMs and a Framework for Financial Practices of Commoning – Janet Merkel (TU Berlin)
Volunteering in Cultural Institutions and Commons-Oriented Organizations: Navigating the Gap Between Policy and Practice – Carlotta Scioldo (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Commons and commoning in Association of Fine Artists of Serbia – Nevena Popovic & Milena Putnik (Association of Fine Artists of Serbia)
Collaborative cultural production and skills development in CCIs: What can we learn from the commons? – Katarina Živanović & Anđela Petrović (Nova Iskra Creative Hub)
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 19:00 Values & Co-Creation Practices in Commons-Oriented Cultural Organisations – Moderator: Lyudmila Petrova
Keynote: A Commons-Oriented Approach to Cultural Value – Alice Borchi (University of Leeds)
Emerging culture of commons within GLAMs – Lyudmila Petrova & Arjo Klamer (CREARE)
Do GLAMMONS dream of cultural value chains? Emerging desires vs. backward conventions – Michele Trimarchi (Università Magna Graecia di Catanzaro)
Developing artistic careers through commoning practices. A humane economy of independent art spaces – Matilde Ferrero (Université libre de Bruxelles; Institut des Hautes Études des Communications Sociales)
Public art as a gift to the community – Nela Milic (Buckinghamshire New University)
Sharing values in practice through a museum’s perspective – Dimitris Galanis (Kotsanas Museum)
20:00 Dinner at Salero, Valtetsiou 51, Athens
Day 2 – Friday, 5 September 2025
09:30 – 11:15 Management & Participatory Practices under Commons (Session 1) – Moderator: Ares Kalandides
Keynote: Three times of the urban commons: memory, ecology, abundance – Amanda Huron (University of the District of Columbia)
Practices of Commoning and Agonistic Governance in GLAMs – Bastian Lange & Ares Kalandides (InPolis)
Reclaiming the Past, Reimagining the Institution: Lumbardhi Cinema and Post-Conflict Heritage as Commons – Chiara Mignani & Dimitra Gkitsa (King’s College London; University of Southampton)
Monument to the wasteland: memory, commons and productive nostalgia in the post-soviet neighbourhood before place-making – Karina Vabson (Estonian Academy of Arts)
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 13:30 Management & Participatory Practices under Commons (Session 2) – Moderator: Bastian Lange
Memory, Knowledge, and Public History Toward a Heritage Commons: The Case of Spinalonga – Katerina Konstantinou (Panteion University)
The Heritage of COVID-19. Commons and well-being – Stelios Lekakis (Mazomos)
Mobilizing and sustaining participation in grassroots oral history projects – Mina Dragouni (Panteion University)
Commoning industrial heritage: collective management between heritage-making and (cultural) commons re-production – Danny Casprini (Politecnico di Milano)
Commons and Commoning in Heritage Management: Insights from the Italian “Patti di Collaborazione” – Giorgia Dato & Alessandro Gaballo (Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro; Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch break
15:00 – 17:00 Digital Commons & Cultural Accessibility – Moderator: Stelios Lekakis
Keynote: Open Weights, Data Spaces and the Uncanny Commons of the Post-Globalization Era – Prodromos Tsiavos (Onassis Foundation)
Preserving the Unstable: Conservation Challenges and Digital Strategies in Contemporary Art Institutions – Heurtebise Soline (Université libre de Bruxelles)
Challenges in Digitizing Ancient Manuscripts: A Case Study of Khastara at the National Library of Indonesia – Miftakhurokhimah Febri Ardani (National Library of Indonesia)
Rethinking Access and Participation: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Digital Cultural Commons – Laura Clemente & Francesco Bifulco (Sapienza University of Rome; University of Naples Federico II)
Increasing Access and Engagement through 3D Digital Curation in Kompakkt – Martha Mosha & Maria Sotomayor (University of Cologne)
17:00 End of Conference
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