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Partners
Publications
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Researchers
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Description
DeepNic aims to investigate the evolution and transformation of Nicosia’s urban centre from a historical and sociological perspective using several types of data such as written, oral, and visual. It takes the whole of the urban centre of Nicosia as a case study, to examine how its transformation within a certain period is affected by key political and social developments that have occurred from 1960 until today, namely, the proclamation of the independence, the 1963-64 intercommunal strife, the 1974 war and the division of the island; the beginning of the Master Plan in 1979; the unilateral proclamation of the regime in 1983; first mass granting of employment permissions to immigrants in the 1990s; the opening of the crossings in 2003; the financial crisis in 2013; and the pandemic measures in 2020.
In this project, historical research is combined with geography and technology in a data visualization effort that allows a multi-temporal and multi-dimensional historical narrative. The method of deep mapping will be therefore applied, as it seems to offer the means to accomplish the objectives of this project, which are:
- Collecting historical information related to specific aspects of the urban centre: demographics, business activity (types of business), cultural activity (cultural events, museums, cultural organisations, cultural and creative industries), peacebuilding activity, racial character, monument building, as they were formed following specific political events.
- Bringing to the surface multi-temporal perspectives of Nicosia that would encourage the emergence and discussion of marginalised or, in some cases, conflicting historical narratives.
- Facilitating history education across the divide.
Partners
Centre of Excellence CYENS
Appios® Creative Studio
Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR)
Publications
Authors: Antigone Heraclidou, CYENS Centre of Excellence & Esra Plümer-Bardak, Association for Historical
Dialogue and Research
Events
Date: 14/4/2022
Place: Nicosia
Description: CYENS Centre of Excellence invites a diverse group of local technologists, industry, governmental and civil society representatives, as well as researchers, academics and invited artists, to unpack the power of data based on their practises and in relevance to the Cypriot context and realities. Special focus is drawn on issues of socio-environmental sustainability and equity, the role of different stakeholders and the dynamics of artistic practises as pillars in innovation and communication.
Date: 9/10/2022
Place: Nicosia
Description: A special crowdsourcing activity!
DeepNic is a history project investigating and ‘deep mapping’ the evolution and transformation of Nicosia’s urban centre through key political and social events between 1960 and 2020.
Contribute to a deeper understanding of our city by bringing your own photographs, documents, posters, newspaper clippings etc., at DeepNic’s scanning station at Home for Cooperation! With Antigone Heraclidou and Esra Plümer-Bardak.
Photo credits: Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival 2022/Ozan Tezvaran
Date: 24-26/11/2022
Place: Athens, Greece
Description: Συνέδριο 22 χρόνια Γεωγραφίες Κρίσεις – Αντιστάσεις – Προοπτικές (International Conference “22 years Geographies”)
Paper: Πολυεπίπεδη χαρτογράφηση του αστικού κέντρου της Λευκωσίας, 1960-2020 (Deep Mapping Nicosia’s urban centre, 1960-2020)
Researchers
Antigone Heraclidou
is a Research Associate at the Museum Lab of CYENS Centre of Excellence. She holds a PhD in Modern History from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. She is the author of Imperial Control in Cyprus: Education and Political Manipulation in the British Empire(2017). She co-edited several books and has published her work in international journals. She worked closely with several museums in Nicosia from her post as an Officer at Nicosia Tourism Board, while recently she co-curated the exhibition Ledra Palace: Dancing on the Line, at the Leventis Municipal Museum of Nicosia.
Esra Plumer Bardak
is an art historian, writer-researcher. She holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Nottingham. She is specialised in 20th and 21st-century western and near eastern art. Her research interests include artistic strategies related to the history of psychoanalysis and psychiatric treatment methods, rethinking art history narratives in Cyprus with a particular focus on the Turkish Cypriot Community, and canon formation in conflicting histories and archives. She has been a proud member of the Association of Historical Dialogue and Research since 2020, contributing to various projects as a consultant, researcher, facilitator as well as authoring-developing educational materials.
Thomas Nikidiotis
holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the Cyprus University of Technology. He also awarded by the University for higher grade during 4 years of studies. He is currently an MSc student in Data Science and Engineering to the Cyprus University of Technology. He’s work focuses on the use of new programming technologies to provide the end-users with applications which promoting museum artefacts.
Iliana Koulafeti
holds a BA in History and Archaeology from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and an MA in Modern and Contemporary History from the University of Cyprus. She is the creator of the People of Cyprus Oral Archive and a founding member of the Cyprus Oral History Association. Fields of her research interests regard the Contemporary History of Cyprus, Oral History, and the Collective Memory and Identities of Cyprus. She co-edited the book Proceedings of the First Scientific Conference “Omodos. History and Culture”, published her work in collective volumes and local and international journals, and participated in making historical documentaries, theatrical plays, and exhibitions.
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Nicosia through the years: Share your photos!
We are looking for photographs of the urban centre of Nicosia from 1960 until 2020 that show the transformation of the city through the years for the purposes of the research project “Deep Mapping Nicosia’s urban centre, 1960-2020”. In fact, we would like images that focus on the following areas:
- Faneromeni Square
- THOC area (THOC, old GSP stadium, Administrative Centre)
- Nicosia Municipal Gardens ( Parliament building, Cyprus Museum, CYTA)
- Eleftheria Square (link to the commercial centre Stasikratous, Makariou and Evagorou Avenues)
- Ermou street (Ayios Kassianos, Chrysaliniotissa, Fanagusta Gate, Omeriye)
- Kyrenia Avenue (Kyrenia Gate, Inönü Sq, Atatürk Sq, Sarayönü)
- Arabahmet Quarter
- Bandabulia (Agia Sofia area and Büyük Han)
- Haydarpaşa, Yeni Cami
- Ledra Street
We are mostly interested in photos depicting older business, the use of public spaces (e.g. squares, gardens) and women activities (e.g women’s bazaar).
Η Λευκωσία στο πέρασμα του χρόνου: Μοιραστείτε τις φωτογραφίες σας!
Στα πλαίσια του ερευνητικού έργου «Πολυεπίπεδη χαρτογράφηση του αστικού κέντρου της Λευκωσίας, 1960-2020», αναζητούμε φωτογραφίες για το αστικό κέντρο της Λευκωσίας από το 1960 μέχρι το 2020 που δείχνουν την εξέλιξη και αλλαγή της πόλης στο πέρασμα του χρόνου. Συγκεκριμένα, θα θέλαμε φωτογραφίας που επικεντρώνονται σε αυτές τις περιοχές:
- Πλατεία Φανερωμένης
- Περιοχή Θ.Ο.Κ. (Θ.Ο.Κ., παλιό ΓΣΠ, Κυβερνητικά κτήρια)
- Δημοτικός Κήπος Λευκωσίας (+ Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων, Κυπριακό Μουσείο, Κτήριο ΑΤΗΚ)
- Πλατεία Ελευθερίας (και σύνδεση με το εμπορικό τρίγωνο Λεωφόρων Αρχ. Μακαρίου ΙΙΙ, Στασικράτους και Ευαγόρου)
- Ερμού (Άγιος Κασσιανός, Χρυσαλινιώτισσα, Πύλη Αμμοχώστου, Ομεριέ)
- Λεωφόρος Κερύνειας (Πύλη Κερύνειας, Πλατεία Ινονού, Πλατεία Ατaτούρκ, Πλατεία Σεραγίου)
- Αραπ Αχμέντ
- Δημοτική Αγορά (Bandabuya) (Αγία Σοφία, Μπουγιούκ Χαν)
- Χαϊδάρ Πασά, Γενί Καμί
- Οδοί Λήδρας και Ονασαγόρου
Μας ενδιαφέρουν ιδιαίτερα φωτογραφίες που δείχνουν παλαιότερες επιχειρήσεις, τη χρήση των δημόσιων χώρων (π.χ. πλατείες, κήποι) και δραστηριότητες γυναικών (π.χ. γυναικοπάζαρο).
Yıllar boyunca Lefkoşa: Fotoğraflarınızı paylaşın!
‘Deep Mapping of Nicosia 1960-2020’ [Lefkoşa’yı Derin Haritalama] isimli araştırma projesinin amaçları doğrultusunda, 1960’tan 2020’ye kadar Lefkoşa şehir merkezinin yıllar içindeki dönüşümünü gösteren fotoğraflarını arıyoruz. Bu kapsamda aşağıdaki bölgelere odaklanan görseller arıyoruz:
- Faneromeni Meydanı
- THOC alanı (THOC, eski GSP stadyumu, İdari Merkez)
- Lefkoşa Belediye Bahçeleri (+ Parlamento binası, Kıbrıs Müzesi, CYTA)
- Eleftheria Meydanı (Ticaret merkezi Stasikratos, Makariou ve Evagorou Caddelerine bağlantı)
- Ermou caddesi (Ayios Kassianos, Chrysaliniotissa, Famagusta Kapısı, Ömeriye)
- Girne Caddesi (Girne Kapısı, İnönü Meydanı, Atatürk Meydanı, Sarayönü)
- Arabahmet Mahallesi
- Bandabulya – Belediye Pazarı (Ayasofya bölgesi ve Büyük Han)
- Haydarpaşa, Yeni Cami
- Ledra Caddesi (Lokmacı barikatı ve civarı)
Daha çok eski işletmeleri, kamusal alanların kullanımını (ör. meydanlar, bahçeler) ve kadın etkinliklerini (ör. kadınlar pazarı) gösteren fotoğraflarla ilgileniyoruz.