Glammons: Towards the GLAMs of the commons
Glammons: Towards the GLAMs of the commons
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The GLAMMONS project reimagines Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAMs) as dynamic, participatory and commons-oriented organisations, that thrive on community engagement, meaningful participation, and co-creation.
Across the EU, local commons-oriented initiatives – such as neighbourhood libraries, oral history archives and community museums – are emerging in urban, rural, and peripheral areas. These initiatives have significant cultural and social value, strengthening community
bonds, inclusivity, social cohesion and social justice. GLAMMONS invites heritage and culture professionals,
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The podcast explores themes of cultural heritage, community engagement, and participatory governance, with episodes discussing the historical significance of Spinalonga as a former leper colony and the innovative management model of Cultural Center Magacin in Belgrade. These discussions delve into how heritage can serve as a shared resource and the impacts of collaborative governance on community bonding and inclusivity.
The GLAMMONS project reimagines Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAMs) as dynamic, participatory and commons-oriented organisations, that thrive on community engagement, meaningful participation, and co-creation.
Across the EU, local commons-oriented initiatives – such as neighbourhood libraries, oral history archives and community museums – are emerging in urban, rural, and peripheral areas. These initiatives have significant cultural and social value, strengthening community
bonds, inclusivity, social cohesion and social justice. GLAMMONS invites heritage and culture professionals,
In this episode of the GLAMMONS podcast, Mina Dragouni and Katerina Konstantinou explore the layered history and evolving heritage of Spinalonga, a small islet off Crete once used as a leper colony. Through archival insights, fieldwork, and public memory, they unpack how the island’s difficult past became a national monument and tourist hotspot. The conversation addresses the tensions between tourism, preservation, and local agency, asking: Can heritage become a shared resource? And what does “commoning” a site like Spinalonga really mean?
This podcast series, in two episodes, was produced as part of the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation on Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries Programme, funded by the European Commission. Across these episodes, we’ve journeyed from Crete, exploring the layered history of Spinalonga, to Belgrade, where we delved into the vibrant cultural Commons of Magacin. We hope these stories of GLAMs inspire new ways of thinking about shared cultural resources and their role in shaping our communities. Thank you for joining us, and we look forward to continuing the conversation. We invite you to learn more about these inspiring initiatives on the project’s website: www.glammons.eu.
Interviews by Mina Dragouni, Ivan Manojlović, Katerina Konstantinou and Olja NIkolić Kia
Technique: Luca Marie Tüshaus
Text by: Ares Kalandides
Funded by: the European Union.
Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the EU nor REA can be held responsible for them.
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