Unlocking Broadcast Archives from Eastern Europe

Author: Maria Drabczyk
Bucharest

 

How to show and discuss difficult history? Something that is still fresh and vivid in the minds of older generation but often tends to be omitted by the younger one? Is the socialist past of Central and Eastern Europe still a topic for researchers? Those and more questions about the relevance of the archives as witnesses of the past served as a starting point for discussion during the ‘Unlocking Broadcast Archives from Eastern Europe’ seminar in Bucharest.

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Save the date: conference in Warsaw, 3-4 December 2015

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EUscreenXL announces its annual international conference to be hosted on the 3 and 4 December 2015 at the National Audiovisual Institute in Warsaw, Poland.

 

Content in Motion: Curating Europe’s Audiovisual Heritage

During two eventful days the EUscreen network will involve archivists, curators, broadcasters and researchers to discuss the benefits and challenges arising from the openness of archives and collections in the digital age. The availability of audiovisual heritage online provides new possibilities of curation, participation, exchange and transnational cooperation that not yet have been fully explored.
We invite you to gather in Warsaw to participate in moderated debates, workshops and face to face discussions — and leave with a richer vision of how to create efficient partnerships aimed at forward-looking curation of audiovisual heritage and at a deeper involvement of users.

Mark your calendar now and stay up to date on the must-attend event for media and audiovisual heritage enthusiasts.

 

More information about the conference will be available on this website in the coming months.

 

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Let’s rediscover the sounds of Europe!

Author: Axelle Bergeret-Cassagne and Maria Drabczyk
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With this post we are starting a new series through which we would like to introduce you to projects that we observe and support. They all share the common objective – they aim to connect, contribute and create in order to bring more awareness to digital heritage. Today we give you Europeana Sounds.

 

Europeana Sounds – EUscreenXL sister project dedicated to sounds – has recently released a teaser video, showcasing Europe’s sound archives to be unlocked and joined online.

 

Europeana Sounds Teaser from Europeana Sounds on Vimeo.

 

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Women’s Rights in Europe

Author: Yashar Dehaghani, Sian Barber
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Photo source: Deutsche Welle. All rights reserved.

 
 

Enjoy this collection of videos from our archive in honor of tomorrow’s International Women’s Day. They highlight the struggles to achieve equality, both in our past and in the present, and show scenes from the lives of European women; philosophers, businesswomen, artists, politicians, activists, and workers. Feel free to search for more related content on EUscreen.eu!

 

Liberty, Work, Education

 


A congress of socialist women from Cyprus, France, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Italy debating gender inequality in Europe.

Luce/Italy 1975 [01:07]

Businesswomen in Spain

 


Down on the farm. Run by entrepreneurial women.

TVC/Spain 2008 [26:55]

Simone de Beauvoir and feminism

 


A fascinating interview with Simone de Beauvoir, arguably the most influential feminist philosopher of all time.

INA/France 1975 [05:58]

Feminism in Slovenia

 


How feminism was studied and taught in the 90′s.

RTV SLO/Slovenia 1998 [03:37]

Feminist art

 


Zbigniew Libera explores the workz of Ewa Partum, Poland’s first feminist artist.

NINA/Poland 2012 [06:50]

Feminism today

 


A Kultur.21 segment about the differences between the women’s movement of the 1970s and today.

DW/Germany 2008 [06:07]

 

Domestic boycott in France

 


The Women’s Liberation Movement calls for a strike by women against “domestic and sexual chores” to demonstrate against work inequality.

INA/France 1974 [03:07]

Women in the Czech army

 


Not only wearing uniforms! A film documentary about workplaces for women in the Czechoslovak Army, shot on the occasion of International Women’s Day in 1981.

CT/Czech Republic 1981 [06:22]

Solidarity in the workplace

 

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A report about equal pay in 1960s Britain.

BBC/United Kingdom 1968 [02:38]

Feminism in modern day Poland

 


A discussion about Poland’s current cultural and social affairs on international women’s day in 2012.

NINA/Poland 2012 [33:48]

Gender anxieties in 1950′s Britain

 

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A visit to a factory canteen to find out workers’ views on working women and women in politics.

BBC/United Kingdom 1959 [01:49]

Women on the home front

 


Princess Margrethe of Denmark opening the ‘Women on the Home Front’ exhibition.

DR/Denmark 1961 [00:54]







Mapping the future of digital cultural heritage at EuropeanaTech 2015

Author: Gregory Markus
George Oates and Seb Chan at Europeana Tech. By: Europeana (CC-BY-SA)

George Oates and Seb Chan at Europeana Tech. By: Europeana (CC-BY-SA)

 

“Making the beautiful thing”; this was the theme for the EuropeanaTech 2015 Conference in Paris at the National Library of France on February 12 and 13. But what is the beautiful thing? 

Most people would say that art, paintings, photographs, stories and sculptures, are beautiful things. Though this is true, this was not a gathering of artists – at least not in the traditional sense. EuropeanaTech 2015 instead brought together a crowd of expert developers, innovators, and technical pioneers in the field of digital cultural heritage. The beautiful thing they are united in making? Meaningful interaction between the public and their cultural heritage. And, as Tim Sherratt from Trove reflected, it’s “an ambitious undertaking”.

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Enjoy the last day of Carnival season with these celebrations from around Europe!

Author: Yashar Dehaghani
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Photo source: Institut national de l’audiovisuel. All rights reserved.

 
 

It’s the last day of the season for carnivalistic joys and games, and Europe has a rich tradition for carnivals and merriment. We hope you have fun with these short clips from across the continent. Feel free to search for more spectacular celebrations on EUscreen.eu!

 

A carnival on roller-skates

 

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It’s carnival season, and some carnivals are more mobile than others.

DR / Denmark 1957 [01:38]

Mardi Gras giant on fire

 

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During the Vierves-sur-Viroin carnival, a Giant is built and then sentenced to be burnt to the delight of the local population.

RTBF/Belgium 1986 [05:06]

Confetti and parades in Italy

 

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A swirl of confetti and parades floats from Taormina to Viareggio.

Luce/Italy 1958 [01:58]

Masks and costumes from Slovenia

 

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Carnival masks and preparation for the Carnival in Cerknica along with traditional carnival masks from Vrbice.

RTV SLO/Slovenia 1996 [03:24]

A literary performance in Romania

 

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A masked performance during carnival.

TVR/Romania 1964 [02:16]

An artist’s ball in Denmark

 

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Artist carnival in the Odd-Fellow mansion in Copenhagen.

DR/Denmark 1951 [00:49]

 

Chirigota performs in Spain

 

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Performance by one of the “chirigota” groups that sing satirical songs about topics in the news during carnival festivities. In this case, the group sings about the war in Iraq.

TVC/Spain 2003 [01:21]

A candy war in Catalonia

 

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A look at the different ways of celebrating Carnival in Catalonia, such as the dance of the crazy giants in Solsona, the candy war in Vilanova i la Geltrú and the parade in Barcelona.

TVC/Spain 1986 [02:55]

Shrove Tuesday in Austria

 

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A report on the carnival in Sörg in Carinthia.

ORF/Austria 2011 [04:20]

Carnival in Nothing Hill

 

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Picture shows one of the Carnival parades taking part in London’s Notting Hill Carnival which is held every August Bank holiday. It first began in 1964 and has become one of the biggest street festivals in the world.

BBC/United Kingdom 2001

Amazing parade sculptures in Nice

 

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The carnival floats by amidst the cheering crowds at place Masséna in Nice.

INA/France 1950 [00:37]

The truth about carnivals in Germany

 

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This continuing series on clichés about Germans deals this time with Germany’s so-called 5th season, carnival. Michael Wigge asks his countrymen what their attitude towards the merry and crazy tradition is and shows us what kind of costumes people come up with.

DW/Germany 2008 [03:42]







Apply now for FRAME 2015: Enhance the value of your media content

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FRAME is a training course on new technologies applied to the restoration, digitization, preservation and use of audiovisual and cinematographic archives.

The 2015 edition of the FRAME seminar, dedicated to European and non European professionals of the media industry, will take place in June and October, hosted by Ina EXPERT in partnership with EBU, FIAT/IFTA and Creative Europe.

In a fast and ever moving technological world, the management of audiovisual content evolves: digitization of analogue contents, long term preservation of born digital contents, description, accessibility through innovative ways of delivery and promotion are key issues. The FRAME training addresses, in 2 sessions, each step of the management of these contents.

The seminar is tailored to European and non-European professionals working in the field of audiovisual heritage and content management and allows for 15 participants per session.

Apply now to join this years FRAME seminar in Bry-sur-Marne, France or read more about the seminar on ina-expert.com

 

1st session program: Preservation & digitization of audiovisual media

22 to 26 June 2015

Methodological and technical issues for the implementation of digitization systems for film, video and sound archives, and the choice of formats, storage and digital content infrastructures.

 

2nd session program: Organization, marketing and use of archival digital content

19 to 23 October 2015

New uses of archives, which use for which users (professionals, researchers, and general public), documentation, rights’ management and physical and digital restoration of images.

 

Photo source: www.ina-expert.com/our-achievements/frame-2015.html

 

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