About

Islands are powerful tools. In their boundedness and isolation, they constitute sites of unique life forms that propose novel ways of addressing global ecological and social problems. The Aegean islands, at the crossroads of Europe, Africa and Asia, are havens of diasporic culture, traditional knowledge and biodiversity. Yet today, accelerating forces such as overtourism and the global climate crisis exert local pressures on these coastal communities, threatening their knowledge systems and environmental equilibriums.

In this context, Archipelago Network takes up the Cyclades islands as laboratories for field research, residencies, publications, online projects and public programs. The initiative works at the intersection of visual practices, cultural life, and the natural environment, providing open access to its digital collections while contributing to the development of local and regional memory through documentation and outreach activities. In its initial cycle of activity, Archipelago Network (AN) has completed thematic projects on traditional boatbuilding, environmental biodiversity, pottery, and maritime trades, spanning the islands of Amorgos, Koufonisia, Sifnos, Santorini, Paros and Syros. It has also initiated transnational partnerships