FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2024

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Closed meeting

Details on how to attend TBA.

Details on how to attend TBA.

Details on how to attend TBA.

Details on how to attend TBA.

On behalf of the VUC, we would like to give a short presentation on AI, copyright and other legal/policy aspects (by Maartje Hülsenbeck) followed by a workshop with all interested members of FIAT/IFTA in this topic. We will pose questions on different AI and copyright related topics (see below) and present statements to the group to discuss.

The goal of this session is to provide information on AI and copyright and other legal aspects, as well as to gather insights by hearing from each organisation in which way they use AI and explore how this could be related to copyright and use, as well as exchange ideas on AI policies that organisations might already have or are considering to make. We will also be conducting a survey prior to the conference to e.g. get an impression of the fact if organisations already have policies on AI.

The VUC will convert the outcomes of the survey and the workshop in a report, as well as examples of AI policies some organisations might already have and are willing to share, and ultimately we will publish this on the FIAT/IFTA website.

We aim to provide a set of guiding principles for organisations to consider when implementing their own AI strategies when creating, archiving and re-using their content.

We would like to invite some people of the organisations we already know of that are more advanced in the use of AI to the Workshop, who would definitely join the session and bring their real experiences to the discussion.

What is the legacy of television archives in Eastern Europe today? How does this legacy position these institutions as part of national and European cultural heritage and collective memory?

The workshop aims to raise questions that are relevant for broadcast archives across Eastern Europe, a region that has been recurrently defined through its communist past and approached by those within and outside the region primarily through its differences to Western archives.

In this workshop, good practices and challenges related to the re-use of TVR’s archival material and the clearing of rights of archival material will be discussed in order to rethink what constitutes the public value of television in the region, how television archives can stay relevant and how they can play a role in futureproofing public broadcasting.

These discussions will be contrasted with broader questions on how TVR and TVR archives can re-assert their role in collective national and European memory without being reduced to their communist past. Do broadcast institutions from the former communist Eastern Europe, such as TVR, still carry with them the stigma of past political regime and if so, how and by whom is that stigma maintained? How can the (re-)use of television archives offer solutions to help surpass limiting beliefs and reductionist understandings, which to the present day still guide the dialogue with and about public television and television archives in the region?

Through hands-on exercises and activities, this workshop invites attendees to think along of the unique positioning of television archives from the region as part of European cultural heritage. Attendees will also be invited to (self-)reflect on the prejudices and stereotyping that are recurrently brought to the table when engaging with broadcast institutions and broadcast archives from Eastern Europe and recognize the urgency with which such practices need to be rendered visible and addressed.

As a follow-up to the Preservation seminar organised in June entitled "Preserving authenticity of media archive content", this workshop will explore the findings and views of the seminar's participants, through the result of polls.

What really is authenticity? What's the role of the archive? Must we feel threatened?

Here's a chance to discuss these crucial matters.

Archival gaps and silences are often examined from the perspective of the content of a collection or the community it serves. Little work has been done on how these archival gaps and silences are felt within the profession itself. The disabled community has particularly felt this lack of professional self-reflection. Disabled archivist representation is quite low according to the little data that has been collected.

This workshop looks to work with conference participants on how to make their archival institutions a more accessible space for disabled archivists in the present and future. Michael shares his own experiences as a trained film archivist with epilepsy alongside his findings on accessibility gaps in moving image archival education.

Themes include programming, metadata, cataloguing, physical and digital accessible archival spaces, training, and equitable hiring practises. Each theme is introduced and contextualized within its current relationship to accessibility relating to pertinent concepts. Concepts outlined include, but are not limited to, trauma-informed archival practise, the person-centered archive, the care-centered archive, and universal design. Not only will these concepts be defined but will be used for strategic action items that institutions can take to make their own archive more accessible.

Michael will address questions, discuss strategies for inclusion, while also opening the floor to conference participants. The interactive nature of this workshop gives attendees the opportunity to share their own accessibility strategies, successes, and opportunities for improvement. A global conference allows for varying perspectives from countries that have different legislation relating to accessibility and the working environment. Collaboration is necessary to create a truly inclusive archival spaces for everyone.