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World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, observed on the 27th of October, highlights the importance of preserving recorded sound and moving image documents. It raises awareness about the fragility of digital and analogue archives and the urgent need for conservation efforts.
Speaking Discussion
- If the internet died tomorrow, what would be the only way to prove you ever existed?
- Should we build a physical archive in a mountain to save every cat video?
- Why do we trust the cloud when we don't know where it is or who owns it?
- If you could save one video for the year 3000, which one would it be?
- Is forgetting a necessary part of being human, or a tragedy?
Activity 1: The Last Librarian
The Task: The digital collapse is coming. You are the librarian of the future. You have 3 minutes to decide which 3 internet artifacts (e.g. a specific meme, a specific speech, a specific movie) must be carved into stone to survive for 1000 years. Pitch your choices.
Activity 2: Rapid Fire Debate
Justify in 30 seconds: 1. 'Data is the most fragile substance in human history.' 2. 'We should stop recording everything and start living in the moment.' 3. 'History is meant to be forgotten so we can start again.'