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Heritage is a key component of the European identity. The study and preservation of cultural and natural heritage is a global challenge for science and
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The evolution of preserving analogue through digital means is a recurrent subject and of great importance to the future of archiving. Do the people working
The Roles They Are A-Shiftin’: Challenges and Possibilities for Tool Criticism
In my previous blog post, ‘Quantifying Autobiography‘, I introduced the ‘Me & Myself‘ (M&M) pilot project, for which I am a research assistant. In this post
IDFA Industry Session: From Archive to Storytelling
This past November, the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA) hosted the panel discussion Industry Session: From Archive to Storytelling. The guests were archive-researcher James McDonald
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Video Collection: Musical Highlights
Rock, Jazz or the romantic songs of Serge Gainsbourg: in this video collection we show musical gems dating from 1962 to 2012. A video collection
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Disaster, Calacas, and Metadata: A FIAT/IFTA Conference Report
Not lament, but fact: TV has changed. With it, the job of broadcast archivists. “Archivists need to change”, proclaimed Matt White at the opening talks
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Quantifying Autobiography
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