Curriculum Vitae: Doumpa Paraskevi (Vivian) Date of birth: Place of birth: Residence: Telephone: E-mail: Website: Blogs: Portfolio: 06/2014-present
07/05/1986 Thessaloniki, Greece Daendelsstraat 1, 3531GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands 0031681338076 vivian.doumpa@gmail.com http://flavors.me/vivian_d http://re-urban-valaoritou.blogspot.nl/ http://monbijouxsalonique.blogspot.nl/ http://www.slideshare.net/VivianD/portfolio-vivian-doumpa
Placemaker, Project Manager: PlacemakingPlus – Peter Groenendaal (Amsterdam, NL, peter@placemakingplus.com) Research and Project Development and Management on Placemaking (Freelance)
01/2014-present
Independent Researcher: The Busking Project – Nick Broad (London, UK,
Work Experience
nick@thebuskingproject.com) Research into the licensing systems, urban policies and strategies related to artistic expression in public space (busking) and the effect that buskers have in the way people experience public space. (Freelance)
08/2012-present
Co-Founder: Creativity Platform – Non Profit Organization (8 Agapinou Str., Thessaloniki, GR – TEL: 0030 2314 007118, info@creativityplatform.gr) Research Assistant, Funding Opportunities- Proposals, Event Planning, Social Media and Blogging Editor
12/201207/2013
Intern Editor, Research and Assistant: The Pop-Up City, blog & Golfstromen, creative agency - Jeroen Beekmans & Joop de Boer (Tolhuisweg 1, 1031 CL, Amsterdam, NL, studio@golfstromen.nl)
01/201108/2012 03/2010 – 06/2010; 07/2013: 09/2009 – 02/2010: 09/2011 – 08/2012:
Volunteer work- Consulting: “Think Tank” Group- in the cultural section at the City Hall of Thessaloniki, Deputy Mayor of Culture, Education and Tourism – Spiros Pengas (23 Theofilou Str., Thessaloniki, Greece- TEL: 0030 2310 286780) Cartographic Assistance and Support: “Katsanevaki Athena: Vlach-speaking and Greek-speaking songs in Northern Pindus mountain-range. Historicalethnomusicological approach: their archaism and their relationship with the historical background.” PhD Dissertation – in print (School of Fine Arts, Music Studies Department, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 1998) (Freelance) Editor: “Allegro”, monthly free press magazine (no longer exists) Music and Culture Editor, Cartographic assistance and support (Freelance)
Master’s Degree in Human Geography in the field of Urban Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht (1 year Full-time), Grade: 3.38 out of 4 (Final GPA) (31/08/2012)
Education
Dissertation Thesis Title: “Music in Public Space: Changing Perception, Changing Urban Experience?”, Grade: 8,4/10
09/2005 – 11/2010:
Diploma in Urban-Regional Planning and Development Engineering, School of Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (5 years Full-time), Grade: 7,80 out of 10, (“Very good”) (11/11/2010) Dissertation Thesis Title: “Re-urban Valaoritou: Scenario of Urban Regeneration in the Historical Center of Thessaloniki”, Grade: 9,88/10 Research Thesis Title: “Space and Culture Formation: Comparative Case-study of the Vlach-speaking People of Vlasti in Kozani and the Slavspeaking, Local People of Papayiannis in Florina”, Grade: 9,83/10
09/1998 06/2004:
Unified Music High School of Thessaloniki, Greece, School Certificate Grade: 17 out of 20, (“Very good”) (30/06/2004) Doumpa Paraskevi – CV September 2014
13/01/201417/01/2014 04/05/201301/06/2013 12/200902/2010:
NICA/University of Amsterdam: Sound Signatures - Spaces, Objects and Embodied Practices, winter school, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Ohio State University: TechniCity on Coursera, with distinction, online offering MOOC
Esp+ Educational Organization of Professional Training: Photography Workshop 1: B&W analogical photography – Urban Landscape Practice, Thessaloniki, Greece
17/05/2008:
Northern Greek Company of Certificated Agronomists – Topographers: Introduction to Real Estate Evaluation and the present market, Thessaloniki, Greece
12-14/05/2008: 07/11/2007:
Marathon Data Systems: Introduction to GIS, Thessaloniki, Greece Marathon Data Systems: Pre-Conference training on ArcGIS, Athens Greece
Scientific Publications
“Buskers as an ingredient of successful urban places” Vivian Doumpa & Nick Broad, presentation and proceedings during the “Future of Places: Streets as Public Spaces and Drivers of Urban Prosperity” conference, UN Habitat, Project for Public Spaces, Ax:son Johnson Foundation: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 13/9/2014 “Mapping the Creative Ecosystem of a Central Urban District in Thessaloniki” Maria Koutsari, Paraskevi Tarani & Vivian Doumpa, presentation and proceedings during the "Potentials and Challenges of Cultural and Creative Industries in medium-sized Cities" conference, Urban Creative Poles: Cottbus, Germany, 07/11/2013 “Music Performance in Public Space: Changing Perception, Changing Urban Experience?” Vivian Doumpa & Brian Doucet, presentation and proceedings during the “EchoPolis” conference, SDMed: Athens, Greece, 29/9 – 3/10/2013
“Construction of a digital library of cartographic symbols used in planning applications and studies” group presentation and proceedings during the “Mapping of the region of Epirus” conference,
Memberships/ Awards
Computing
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Cartographical Scientific Greek Company & Technical Chamber of Greece: Ioannina, Greece, 12-14/11/2008
Greek: Native
German: Good
English: Fluent
Dutch: Elementary (B1)
Microsoft Office 2010 GIS: Arc GIS 9.2 AutoCAD Rhino
SPSS Statistics NVivo 10 Adobe Photoshop CS6 CorelDRAW
Participation at the “Future of Places International Conference Forum”, United Nations Habitat, Project for Public Spaces and Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm: 24-26/6/2013 & Buenos Aires: 13/9/2014
Award of Distinction and Scholarship from the Greek Scholarship Foundation, Greece: 2006-2007 Member of the A.U.Th. research club “Invisible Cities”, Veria: 2005-2010
Hobbies/ Interests
Music:
Music High School of Thessaloniki, 1998-2004: Certificate of Music Studies Conservatory of Veria, 2006- 2011: Piano, Violoncello, Degree in Harmony (“very good”, 23/06/2008)
Blogging:
popupcity.net creativityplatform.gr monbijouxsalonique.blogspot.nl
Fine Arts – Architecture- Cartography- Geography- Design- New Media Architectural design and freehand drawing, 2002-2005 Photography, Lessons: 8/12/2009- 09/02/2010 Dance (Ballet, Latin, European Ballroom Dances, Lindy Hop) Travelling and Camping Doumpa Paraskevi – CV September 2014