*Apologies for cross-posting*



Dear all,



The School of Media and Communication (SMaC) and  Cultural & Creative Industries Exchange  at the University of Leeds are glad to invite you to

the 2nd SMC Audiovisual Heritage Meeting in conjunction with the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage:



VALUES of FILM HERITAGE

Defining, Assessing and Bringing Them to People



Leeds, 27th of October 2014, 9.30 - 13.30



Description:



European policy-makers have only recently started taking into account film heritage. Digital technology

seems to have been the driving force as a number of digitization projects have been initiated around

Europe with mixed results (Images for the Futures, BBC Digital Media, European Film Gateway).

At the same time, an increasing number of scholars in film and media studies began considering the

importance of engaging with film heritage. Also in this case the attention and the interests have been

generated by the potentialities that digital technology offers in restoring and providing access to

collections.



This focus often seems to obscure underlying questions and concerns related to the relationship between access, conservation and preservation. 

To this end the meeting seeks to examine three fundamental question:





 Should policymakers support film heritage preservation and audience development with more

conviction? Why does it matter?

 Why might it be important to systematically integrate archival discourse into Film and Media

Studies?

 What are the practical initiatives that archives, universities and policy-makers need to focus on

and support?



Programme:



9.30 - coffee and tea



10 am - Introduction

10.15 - 11.00 am -  Simon Popple  (University of Leeds, School of Media and Communication, Senior Lecturer in Cinema and Deputy Head of School) [plenary speech]

11.00 - 11.45 am -  David Walsh (Imperial War Museum - London / International Federation of Film Archives) [plenary speech]



11.45 am- 12.15 pm - coffee break



12.15 pm - 1.30 pm -  round table (chaired by Luca Antoniazzi):



prof. Vanessa Toulmin (University of Sheffield)

prof. Andrew Higson (University of York)

Paul Goodman (National Media Museum)

David Wilson (Bradford UNESCO City of Film)



1.30 pm -  Lunch





The event will take place at the University of Leeds Campus in the Brotherton Room (Parkinson Building - Brotherton Library) on Monday 27th of October 2014 - 9.30 am - 1.30 pm



The admission if FREE but registration is required. You can register following this link:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/values-of-film-heritage-2nd-smc-audiovisual-heritage-meeting-tickets-12447666305?aff=es2&rank=1





Hope you can make it!



Best,





Luca Antoniazzi



Phd Candidate and Teaching Assistant

School of Media and Communication

University of Leeds

Clothworkers' Building North, 1.07

Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT

United Kingdom



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