Summer school: Preservation of the audiovisual heritage

• Presentazione
• The images and sounds that constitute the audiovisual heritage of Switzerland and other countries, are a fundamental part of the collective memory, and more broadly of the world’s cultural heritage. In an age marked by rapid changes, and in particular by the transition from analog to digital, we find ourselves facing an immense challenge: to transmit our analog memory, converted to digital format, to future generations. This heritage is immense and pervasively widespread. While the material cultural heritage is mostly held in museums, libraries, archives, and institutions often well-organized for their preservation, a very large part of the audiovisual heritage belongs to institutions or private individuals who are unprepared for this task. This situation requires an immediate response, imposed by the imminent risk of partial or total loss of this heritage. To face this challenge, the Swiss National Sound Archives and the degree program in Conservation and Restoration at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) offer a two-week Summer School for all those wishing to undertake a university training in the field of preservation of the audiovisual heritage.
• Obiettivi
• To understand the audiovisual heritage: students will be given the basic preparation for undertaking specialist training in the various areas of safeguarding the audiovisual heritage. Possible career opportunities: technical specialization, archival/logistic specialization, documentary specialization.
• Crediti di studio
• 0 ECTS