ARCHILIVES gathered project representatives, experts, cultural professionals and local stakeholders to present its objectives, activities and cultural vision during its info day in Lecce.
The event, organised within the framework “Technologies and Digitisation to Make Archives Villages of New Memories and Experiences”, took place on 9 June 2026 at Cantieri Teatrali Koreja.
The event opened with a welcome session and institutional greetings by Salvatore Tramacere (Artistic Director of Teatro Koreja), Anna Petrachi (Project Manager), who underlined the strategic value of theatre archives as living cultural heritage and as a resource for strengthening cooperation between Italy and Greece. The project was then presented by Iole Zaccaria (Project Coordinator), who illustrated its vision, partnership and main objectives.
A specific focus was dedicated to the digitisation of the Koreja Archive and to the development of a new digital platform. Alessandro Cosma (consultant and expert), Martino Castellana (Digital Platform Developer) and Linda Perrone (Archivist) presented the methodologies and processes adopted to preserve, organise and make archival materials accessible in digital form. The session highlighted the role of digital technologies in supporting heritage conservation and wider public accessibility.
The info day also provided an opportunity to present the project’s pilot action. Introduced by Maria Chiara Provenzano (lecturer at Pegaso University), the model was described as an innovative approach to archive valorisation. It aims to transform archival materials into a living narrative space, where documents, memories, voices and testimonies contribute to bringing theatre history back to life and making it accessible to new audiences.
The event concluded with a musical performance by Ninfa Giannuzzi, Ainda Palma Marullo and Angela Bene. The singers performed in Griko, a Greek-derived dialect still spoken in the province of Lecce, creating a bridge between memory, oral tradition and contemporary cultural expression. The use of Griko was particularly significant, as it symbolically reflects the deep historical and cultural connections between Italy and Greece.
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