[ecrea] Farewell symposium - The Many Lives of Europe’s Audiovisual Heritage Online

One day symposium at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) on May 16th, 2018

The Many Lives of Europe’s Audiovisual Heritage Online
Farewell Symposium Prof. Dr. Sonja de Leeuw

During the past decade, a massive body of European audiovisual heritage 
has become accessible online: on video sharing sites and websites of 
archives, or through initiatives such as EUscreen.eu 
<http://www.euscreen.eu/>and Europeana.eu 
<http://pro-beta.europeana.eu/about-us/>. Once online, audiovisual 
heritage circulates in diverse ways: users watch, share, like, or 
dislike it; they  comment, appropriate, and download videos for remix 
and recirculation. It thus becomes part of the popular consumption of 
history, potentially creating new interpretationsof heritage materials, 
challenging authorised perspectives. Heritage institutions perceive the 
consequences of the recent technological transformations of the sector 
as a major challenge and opportunity. Nevertheless, urgent questions 
regarding the circulation of audiovisual heritage online remain unanswered:

  *
    How do strategies of curation shape the appropriation of digitized
    heritage?
  *
    How does digitisation and online circulation of audiovisual heritage
    affect the mission, role, and structure heritage institutions, as
    well as their relationships with media producers and publics?
  *
    How can audiovisual archives better foster the re-use of Europe’s
    audiovisual heritage?
  *
    (How) do  digital curation and other appropriations of audiovisual
    heritage create new perspectives on European history and identity do ?
  *
    How does online circulation of audiovisual heritage alter the power
    relationships between amateur and professional historians in a
    public history environment, potentially blurring the boundaries
    between authorised and popular visions of European history?
  *
    What new tools and methods do we need to analyse the circulation of
    audiovisual heritage online, and how have traditional methods to be
    adapted for this aim?

To discuss these challenges, Utrecht University's Centre of Television 
in Transitionin collaboration withThe Netherlands Institute for Sound 
and Visionand CLARIAH will organizea one day symposium on May 16th, 2018.

The symposium is held on the occasion of the Farewell Lecture by Prof. 
Dr. Sonja de Leeuw, Professor of Dutch Television History in the 
European Context at Utrecht University, driving force behind the 
EUscreen projects and pioneer in the field of digital audiovisual 
heritage in Europe. Confirmed participants include Jerome Bourdon, 
Professor at the Department of Communication, Tel Aviv University; 
Andreas Fickers, Professor for Contemporary and Digital History and 
Director of the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History; 
Johan Oomen, Head of Research and Development at Netherlands Institute 
for Sound and Vision; Julia Noordegraaf, Professor of Digital Heritage 
at the University of Amsterdam; and Pelle Snickars, Professor of Media 
and Communication Studies and affiliated to the HUMlab Research Centre 
of Umeå University, Sweden.

Date: 16 May 2018
Time: Symposium starts at 11:00, Farewell Lecture at 16:15.
Location Symposium: Utrecht University, Sweelinckzaal, Drift 21, Utrecht
Location Farewell Lecture: Aula Academy Building, Domplein 4, Utrecht

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