About
Mara Karagianni is an artist and technologist. Their work involves computational and analogue media for publishing, print-making, python programming, making technical user manuals, and writing about the Internet, FOSS (Free and Open Software) and feminism.
email: mara [at] multiplace [dot] org Languages: English, French, Greek (native speaker) Mastodon: @mara@systerserver.townWork Experience
- Present: Software developer at Liquid Democracy, Berlin
- 2020 Educational Materials on Secure VPNs for activists and artists. Project was funded by Digital Defenders Partnership. For more details, visit the gitlab documentation
- 2013-2022 Freelance work as a fullstack and backend developer for various Internet companies and institutions, with Python, Django, Flask and Django REST-API
- 2011-2014 Web developer for various artists, cultural & activist organizations’ websites such as: Women Help Women online support for reproduction rights
Technical knowledge
- certified in Python, Linux, Unix, Bash scripting, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Docker, Django/Flask, HTML, CSS, IPsec, openVPN, Tinc, Redis, RabbitMQ, Git.
- Code documentation with: Markdown, Swagger/OpenAPI, Sphinx
Articles
- From Feminist Servers to Feminist Federation
Peer reviewd article w/ Nate Wessalowski for APRJA, organized by transmediale, Aarhus and LSBU universities - Software as Dispute Resolution System; Design, Effect and Cultural Monetization Peer reviewed article for Computational Culture Journal
Grants
- 360 Degrees of Proximity, Creative Industries, Amsterdam, 2023
- A Fair New Idea, working digitally in the arts, Kunstenpunt.be, Brussels, 2022
- Digital Defenders Partnership, six-month grant for writing VPN educational material, 2020.
- Rosa Luxemburg grant for organizing a tech festival in Greece, 2019.
- Het X-Y Actiefonds, project fund for developing media platforms for public space, 2012, 2013, 2018.
- Art and Culture Department (dKC) Rotterdam and Stichting Bevordering van Volkskracht, 2010.
- Public Scholarship Foundation of Greece, two-year-grant for Masters studies abroad, 2006-2008.