Yiannis Christidis
Yiannis Christidis is an academic and artist. Having studied Cultural Technology and Communication at the University of the Aegean, he holds an MSc in Sound Design from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in Social Anthropology of Sound from Cyprus University of Technology. His research focuses on the cultural aspect of sound, its functionality in everyday life and the relationship between the listeners and their place, while he is also interested in the ways the above can be communicated through visual and audio recordings. He is a documentary filmmaker, and he has designed sound and music for numerous audiovisual and radio productions, and performances.
His research focuses on the cultural aspect of sound, and its functionality in everyday life and the relationship between the listeners and their place. He has designed sound and music for audiovisual and radio productions, web applications, and theatrical activities.
- Christidis, Y., Gazi, A. (2017). ‘Soundmarks of conflict in the city centre of divided Nicosia’. In Vaia Doudaki and Nico Carpentier(ed.) Cyprus and its Conflicts. Representations, materialities and cultures. Berghan.
- Christidis, Y., Carpentier, N. (2017) Translating an Academic Text into Sound Art: An Experiment with a Communication Studies’ Text on Participation, in Simone Tosoni, Nico Carpentier, Maria Francesca Murru, Richard Kilborn, Leif Kramp, Risto Kunelius, Anthony Mcnicholas, Tobias Olsson, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt (eds.) Present Scenarios of Media Production and Engagement. Bremen: edition lumière, pp. 207-224.
- Gazi, A., Rizopoulos, Ch., Christidis, Y. (2016). Localizing emotions: Soundscape representations through Smartphone Use. Psychology, 22(4)
- Christidis, Y., Quinton M. (2016). Exploring the Urban Mediterranean Soundscapes in Cyprus and Malta: A comparative study, Interference, Spring Issue, 103-120.
- Christidis, Y. (2015). Listening to the Place of Cyprus: The everyday acoustic experience in an intercultural island. International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences , 3 (9), 84-90.
- Carpentier, N., Doudaki, V. and Christidis, Y. (2015). ‘Technological Struggles in Community Media’. In Chris Atton (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media. (pp 483-493). Oxon and New York: Routledge
- Christidis, Y. (2014). Soundmarks in Place: the Case of the Divided City Centre of Nicosia. Invisible Places. Viseu: Jardins Efémeros. 392-402.
| Qualification | Year | Awarding Institution | Department | Thesis title |
| PhD | 2016 | Cyprus University of Technology | Communication and Internet Studies | Place Attachment through Everyday Sound: The Case of Divided Nicosia |
| MSc | 2007 | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | MSc in Sound Design / Theater Sound as an Actor |
| Degree | 2006 | University of the Aegean | Cultural Technology and Communication |
FAR 330 _ New Media Fundamentals Ι: Audiovisual Culture
FAR 331 _ New Media Fundamentals ΙΙ: Society and the Everyday
FAR 332 _ Introduction to Sound Art
FAR 333 _ Introduction to Video Art
Work bits regarding his artistic/production based activity can be found here {https://buskingsounds.wordpress.com/}
