Stories of AV Archives

In this episode of 'Stories of AV Archives' we hear about the Audiovisual Think Tank's engagement at the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives conference IASA 2019, and the Joint Technical Symposium, both of which took place at Beeld en Geluid in Hilversum. Bill Thompson interviews Richard Ranft (British Library, UK), Louise Broch (DR Arkiv, DK), Erwin Verbruggen (Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, NL) and Judith Opoku-Boateng (Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana). Music provided by Blue Dot and licensed under Creative Commons.

In this episode of Stories of AV Archives Rachel Somers-Miles talks to  Judith Opoku-Boateng, a senior archivist at the University of Ghana, and Bill Thompson discusses the importance of audio-visual archives in combating disinformation.

In the inaugural episode of 'Stories of AV Archives', Bill Thompson and Rachel Somers Miles introduce listeners to different perspectives on the significance of sound and moving image cultural heritage and the impact archives that hold these materials have on our lives. With contributions from Paul Gerhardt (BFI, UK), Giovanna Fossati (EYE, NL) Richard Ranft (British Library, UK), Louise Broch (DR Arkiv, DK), Erwin Verbruggen (Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, NL) and William Uricchio (MIT, USA), listeners get to hear from people actively involved in the archiving and digital cultural spheres with their impressions of the importance of protecting and maintaining access to our AV cultural heritage.