The volume “The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: Key Aspects and Recent Developments” responds to the growing interest in the scientific study of the Memory of the World Programme (MoW) and its core concept of documentary heritage, which has received little attention from scholarship so far. This sixth publication in the Heritage Studies Series provides a first collection of differing approaches (including reflected reports, essays, research contributions, and theoretical reflections) for the study of the MoW Programme, offering a basis for follow-up activities. The volume, edited by Ray Edmondson, Lothar Jordan and Anca Claudia Prodan, brings together 21 scholars from around the globe to present aspects deemed crucial for understanding MoW, its development, relevance and potential. The aim is to encourage academic research on MoW and to enhance the understanding of its potential and place within Heritage Studies and beyond.
Author(s): Ray Edmondson, Habil.Lothar Jordan, Anca Claudia Prodan
Series: Heritage Studies
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 346
Tags: Cultural Heritage, UNESCO, Memory Of The World Programme
Front Matter ....Pages i-xxviii
Introduction: A New Road Is Opened (Ray Edmondson, Lothar Jordan, Anca Claudia Prodan)....Pages 1-15
Front Matter ....Pages 17-17
Memory of the World: An Introduction (Ray Edmondson)....Pages 19-29
Memory of the World: Key Principles and Philosophy (Joie Springer)....Pages 31-40
The Memory of the World Registers and Their Potential (Roslyn Russell)....Pages 41-56
Front Matter ....Pages 57-57
The Pathway to the Recommendation Concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage Including in Digital Form (Helen Jarvis)....Pages 59-72
Reviewing the MoW General Guidelines: Reflections on the Experience of 2015–2017 (Ray Edmondson)....Pages 73-89
History Wars in the Memory of the World: The Documents of the Nanjing Massacre and the “Comfort Women” (Kyung-ho Suh)....Pages 91-107
Front Matter ....Pages 109-109
Methodological Convergence: Documentary Heritage and the International Framework for Cultural Heritage Protection (Richard A. Engelhardt, Pernille Askerud)....Pages 111-128
The Appropriation of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme in the Sociocultural Context of West Africa: The Contribution of the Department “Heritage Professions” of the University Gaston Berger of Saint-Louis of Senegal to a Better Management of Oral Archives (Papa Momar Diop)....Pages 129-142
Making the Past Visible for the Future: Map of the Old City of Aleppo (Sepideh Zarrin Ghalam, Christoph Wessling)....Pages 143-156
Front Matter ....Pages 157-157
Memory of the World, Documentary Heritage and Digital Technology: Critical Perspectives (Anca Claudia Prodan)....Pages 159-174
Documentary Heritage in the Digital Age: Born Digital, Being Digital, Dying Digital (Titia van der Werf, Bram van der Werf)....Pages 175-189
Documentary Heritage in the Cloud (Luciana Duranti)....Pages 191-201
Audiovisual Documents and the Digital Age (Dietrich Schüller)....Pages 203-217
How to Make Information on Nuclear Waste Sustainable? A Case for the Participation of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme (Jonas Palm, Lothar Jordan)....Pages 219-230
Front Matter ....Pages 231-231
UNESCO’s “Memory of the World” in Schools: An Essay Towards a Global Dialogue Around a Common Culture of Universal Memories (Martin Porter)....Pages 233-246
Memory of the World Education in Macau (Helen H. K. Ieong)....Pages 247-260
Approaching the Memory of the World Programme with Arts Education Projects (Jutta Ströter-Bender)....Pages 261-273
Exploring the Challenges Facing Archives and Records Management Professionals in Africa: Historical Influences, Current Developments and Opportunities (Shadrack Katuu)....Pages 275-292
Terminology and Criteria of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: New Findings and Proposals for Research (Lothar Jordan)....Pages 293-308
Front Matter ....Pages 309-309
Back to the Future: A Reflection on Fundamentals (Ray Edmondson)....Pages 311-315
Building Bridges Between Memory of the World, the Academic World and Memory Institutions (Lothar Jordan)....Pages 317-322
Heritage Studies and the Memory of the World: Concluding Reflections (Anca Claudia Prodan)....Pages 323-326
Back Matter ....Pages 327-340
