From the 20th to the 23rd of November 2024, the 18th edition of the Image & Research Conference will be held at the Palau de Congressos de Girona and Municipal Archive of Girona. The event will be focusing on reflecting and sharing knowledge on different aspects linked to the management of photographic and audio-visual heritage through four days of presentations and workshops.
The event is organized by one of the founding members of Photoconsortium, Ajuntament de Girona, which has been dedicated to protecting, promoting, and disseminating Girona’s photographic heritage since 1997.
Photoconsortium has been actively involved for years to support this important event aimed for professionals, and many of its members will be speaking and presenting:
- John Balean from TopFoto (Block 2: CITIZENSHIP and Block 3: HERITAGE AND BUSINESS MODELS)
- Frank Nikolaus Golomb from United Archives, GmbH (Block 3: HERITAGE AND BUSINESS MODELS)
- Fina Navarrete from CRDI (Block 3: HERITAGE AND BUSINESS MODELS and WORKSHOP 2)
Some of Photoconsortium’s members also provided papers for the conference:
- Innovative tools and community-driven activities: novel approaches towards addressing bias in digital colonial photography collections. Pireddu, Roberta; Truyen, Frederik; Taes, Sofie. KU Leuven
- Balancing efficiency and quality: the mass digitisation of glass plate collections by meemoo, Flemish institute for archives. Vanmaele, Axelle; Nijsmans, Loes; Meemoo, Flemish Institute for archives
- La marca “Jalón Ángel”. Irala Hortal, Pilar. Universidad San Jorge – Archivo Jalón Ángel
Photoconsortium’s vice president Antonella Fresa will present EUreka3D project following the paper titled “A New Dimension for AV heritage: a EUreka3D Initiative“, written jointly by the partners of the project.
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