Thammasat University students interested in history, media and communications studies, political science, sociology, linguistics, and related subjects may find it useful to participate in a free 28 & 29 October Zoom webinar conference on Memory of the World: At the Crossroads of International Understanding and Cooperation.
The event, on Monday, 28 October and Tuesday, 29 October 2024 at 3pm Bangkok time, is presented by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a specialized agency of the United Nations with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
The event coincides with 27 October, UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
The TU Library collection includes books about different aspects of audiovisual heritage.
Students are invited to register at this link:
https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_579zgeNYQQm4rbYk-bMu-g#/registration
The event announcement states:
Audiovisual archives tell us stories about people’s lives and cultures from all over the world. They represent a priceless heritage which is an affirmation of our collective memory and a valuable source of knowledge since they reflect the cultural, social and linguistic diversity of our communities. They help us grow and comprehend the world we all share. Conserving this heritage and ensuring it remains accessible to the public and future generations is a vital goal for all memory institutions as well as the public at large. The UNESCO Archives has launched the project “Digitizing our shared UNESCO history” with this very goal in mind.
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) is a commemoration of the adoption, in 1980 by the 21st General Conference, of the Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images. The World Day provides an occasion to raise general awareness of the need to take urgent measures and to acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents.
In this way, the World Day also serves as an opportunity for UNESCO’s Member States to evaluate their performance with respect to implementing the 2015 Recommendation Concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage, Including in Digital Form.
The Memory of the World (MoW) Programme will organize an international conference with a focus on the possible utilization of documentary heritage as a knowledge asset for international understanding and cooperation.
The two-day conference will constitute a space for the exchange of tools, resources, and ideas regarding the effective use of documentary heritage for social dialogue and engagement during crises. It will revolve around the following question:
How can documentary heritage be used as a knowledge asset for international understanding and cooperation in times of crises both within and among countries?
The international conference is scheduled to take place from 28-29 October 2024, with the second day will be dedicated to the 4th Global Policy Forum. The dates coincide with the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage that is celebrated on 27 October each year. […]
PROVISIONNAL Programme
Day 1: International Conference of the Memory of the World Programme
Welcome remarks
Mr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information
Keynote:
Sir Nasser David Khalili, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue, Khalili Foundation
PANEL 1: The impact of man-made and natural disasters on documentary heritage
Preserving documentary heritage in conflict zones
Prof. Arda Scholte, Member of the advisory committee, Swiss Peace and Chair of the ICA Expert Group against Theft, Trafficking and Tampering (EGATTT)
- Building a case for digital preservation in the face of disaster threats
Mr. William Kilbride FSA, Executive Director, The Digital Preservation Coalition
- Leveraging collaboration towards digital preservation and access to documentary heritage in (Caribbean) Small Island Developing States
Dr. Peter Scholing, President, Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean (MoWLAC)
- Strengthening resilience in African memory institutions
Mr. Papa Momar Diop, Chair, Africa Regional Committee of the Memory of the World Programme (ARCMoW)
- From disasters to trafficking: Protecting manuscripts in peril in the MENA and Central Asia regions
Mr. Stephane Ipert, Adjunct Professor, American University of Afghanistan
- Memory of the World Knowledge Centers and the Challenges of Disasters
Prof. Dr. Lothar Jordan, Chair Sub-Committee on Education and Research (SCFaR), International Advisory Committee – Memory of the World
PANEL 2 : Role of international non- and inter-governmental organizations in promoting documentary heritage utilization for research, and education and intercultural dialogue
‘Open Culture’ and its potential for intercultural dialogue
Ms. Brigitte Vézina, Director of Policy and Open Culture, Creative Commons
Facilitating intercultural dialogue across borders through digital unification initiative
Ms. Sharon Memis, Secretary-General, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- Influencing policies and practices that protect and promote documentary heritage for educational and research purposes
Mr. Jens Boel, Member of the Executive Board, International Council on Archives (ICA)
Enhancing international partnerships in audiovisual archival collections to promote the utilization of documentary heritage
Ms. Karen Chan, Chair, Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA)
- The use of archives to defuse the conflict in the Northern Ireland
Mr.Andrew Payne, Head, Education and Outreach, National Archives of the United Kingdom
- Fostering Cross-Cultural Understanding through a Convergence-Based Framework
Mr.Yoon Myoung Cho, Secretary-General, International Centre for Documentary-Heritage (ICDH)Q
PANEL 3: Documentary heritage for intercultural dialogue: reflections from the Arab region and its global impact
Evolution of Arabic language and contemporary interpretations and global significance
Ms. Laïla Nehmé, Senior Archaeologist/Specialist in the archaeology and epigraphy of the Ancient Near East, Senior research fellow, CNRS, Corresponding fellow of the British Academy
Bridging the gaps and ensuring the sustainability of regional initiatives and knowledge platforms in the Arab region
Mr. Maxim Nasra, Head of Preservation and Conservation & IFLA PAC Regional Center, Qatar National Library
- Teaching and learning opportunities in the field of documentary heritage and lessons from AlUla – innovating documentary heritage preservation
Dr. Paul Christians, Senior Manager of Cultural Heritage Research, Royal Commission for AlUla
Role of nontraditional actors such as social media, civil society, and private collectors in raising the profile and global significance of Arab documentary heritage
Mr. Peter Herdrich, Project-Director of the Digital Library of the Middle East and Cofounder of Antiquities Coalition
UNESCO-Google Arts and Culture collaboration, as examples of crowdsourcing / community engagement as a means and end to documentary heritage for intercultural dialogue
Mr. Chance Coughenour, Senior Program Manager, Google Arts & Culture
Digital platforms as a sustainable solution for preserving collective memories
Mr.Liam Wyatt, Technical Partnerships Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
Building sustainable partnerships for leveraging digital platforms to foster intercultural dialogue
Mr.Waqas Ahmed, Executive Director, Khalili Foundation
Teaching Digital platforms to preserve national memory and oral histories
Mr. Awais Ahmed Malik, Director, National History Museum, The Citizen’s Archive of Pakistan for cultural and historic preservation of South Asian history
Using Artificial Intelligence for greater online public access
Ms. Karin Åström Iko, Director-General, National Archives of Sweden
SPECIAL GOVERNMENTAL PANEL: Documentary heritage for intercultural dialogue: towards a policy nexus?
How do policymakers treat ‘documentary’ heritage within their policy and legislative actions?
What actions, if any, have UNESCO Member States taken “to promote the sharing of knowledge for greater understanding and dialogue, in order to promote peace and respect for freedom, democracy, human rights and dignity.”
How can UNESCO Member States more actively contribute towards the creation of national committees of Memory of the World within their borders, and how can they forge international cooperation in this regard? […]
(All images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)