THEMATIC AREAS OF THE CONGRESS
We invite you to take a look at the thematic areas of the congress. The scientific committee is currently in the process of defining the content and the full congress programme will be available for consultation soon. The main areas are:
Memories: The Will not to Forget. Documents as Matter of Memory.
Humanity needs to not forget its past in order to build a better future. In this context, archives are essential instruments of society, which is expressed through traditional communication channels and others that are constantly evolving, such as social networks, social movements, etc., which, in many cases, generate an instant and ephemeral documentation.
New Memories or Relocated Memories: How to Treat the Memory of Migrants and Displaced people.
Episodes of forced migration and displaced people happen all over the world, and it is important to preserve the memory and reception spaces of said events. These memories are fragile and endangered, and from the archives we must respond to them in order to preserve them as a testimony of human activity (that of migrants), social activity (that of organisations supporting migrants in all areas: humanitarian, medical, etc.) and official activity (driven by different states and world organisations: UN, EU, etc.) in the face of these episodes.
The Appropriation of Memories: Conflicts, Pandemics, Usurpations, Destruction of archives.
The value of archives is essential in safeguarding the memory of occupied countries or the subsequent affected communities. International bodies that defend human rights promote different lines of support for these groups, and the safeguarding of documentary heritage is essential in order to guarantee the preservation of the memory and identity of nations or societies that have been the targets of conflict, usurpation, etc.
Archives and Identities. Preserving Testimonies of Individual and Collective Identity, National Identity, State Identity.
In the context of a globalised and interconnected world, it is important to familiarise ourselves with the realities of the many identities that shape the time in which we live, and which are minoritised by political conflicts or have difficulties expressing themselves and living in complete freedom. Beyond individual identity, collective identity, national and state identity create a setting which archives must be able to consider from all perspectives. From the viewpoint of individual identity to one which represents a national or state identity. The social archive is a key advancement in terms of archives, that transcend the official institutional culture and seek to interconnect with society.
Archives: Personal and Collective Rights.
The archive is a guarantor of personal and collective rights insofar as heritage management implies access to our memory, and document management guarantees a better access policy to documents, transparency and proper governance of public administrations. In terms of collective rights, archives promote corporate social responsibility actions through collaboration strategies between archives and society.
Open Archives and Digital Strategies: Archives and Technologies Accessible to All
Within the framework of the digital society, archives are digitising the past, present and future. Subsequently, both digital humanities policies and artificial intelligence projects focus on documents, both from the past and the future. However, the strategies become radically different from the classic models of knowledge transmission and involve, in many cases, the construction of knowledge directly from the information. This universal access to documents, data and information significantly changes the role of professionals.
Archives and Profession: Searching for, Innovating and Continually Improving Archives
The training of archive professionals is one of the most important aspects of the future of the profession given new societal challenges, something which calls for an in-depth debate on the functions of professionals, their basic professional skills, areas of specialisation, etc. We must assess the profession and evaluate new realities and experiences in an aim to determine the professional hazards faced by archivists and document managers.
Memories: The Will not to Forget. Documents as Matter of Memory.
Humanity needs to not forget its past in order to build a better future. In this context, archives are essential instruments of society, which is expressed through traditional communication channels and others that are constantly evolving, such as social networks, social movements, etc., which, in many cases, generate an instant and ephemeral documentation.
New Memories or Relocated Memories: How to Treat the Memory of Migrants and Displaced people.
Episodes of forced migration and displaced people happen all over the world, and it is important to preserve the memory and reception spaces of said events. These memories are fragile and endangered, and from the archives we must respond to them in order to preserve them as a testimony of human activity (that of migrants), social activity (that of organisations supporting migrants in all areas: humanitarian, medical, etc.) and official activity (driven by different states and world organisations: UN, EU, etc.) in the face of these episodes.
The Appropriation of Memories: Conflicts, Pandemics, Usurpations, Destruction of archives.
The value of archives is essential in safeguarding the memory of occupied countries or the subsequent affected communities. International bodies that defend human rights promote different lines of support for these groups, and the safeguarding of documentary heritage is essential in order to guarantee the preservation of the memory and identity of nations or societies that have been the targets of conflict, usurpation, etc.
Archives and Identities. Preserving Testimonies of Individual and Collective Identity, National Identity, State Identity.
In the context of a globalised and interconnected world, it is important to familiarise ourselves with the realities of the many identities that shape the time in which we live, and which are minoritised by political conflicts or have difficulties expressing themselves and living in complete freedom. Beyond individual identity, collective identity, national and state identity create a setting which archives must be able to consider from all perspectives. From the viewpoint of individual identity to one which represents a national or state identity. The social archive is a key advancement in terms of archives, that transcend the official institutional culture and seek to interconnect with society.
Archives: Personal and Collective Rights.
The archive is a guarantor of personal and collective rights insofar as heritage management implies access to our memory, and document management guarantees a better access policy to documents, transparency and proper governance of public administrations. In terms of collective rights, archives promote corporate social responsibility actions through collaboration strategies between archives and society.
Open Archives and Digital Strategies: Archives and Technologies Accessible to All
Within the framework of the digital society, archives are digitising the past, present and future. Subsequently, both digital humanities policies and artificial intelligence projects focus on documents, both from the past and the future. However, the strategies become radically different from the classic models of knowledge transmission and involve, in many cases, the construction of knowledge directly from the information. This universal access to documents, data and information significantly changes the role of professionals.
Archives and Profession: Searching for, Innovating and Continually Improving Archives
The training of archive professionals is one of the most important aspects of the future of the profession given new societal challenges, something which calls for an in-depth debate on the functions of professionals, their basic professional skills, areas of specialisation, etc. We must assess the profession and evaluate new realities and experiences in an aim to determine the professional hazards faced by archivists and document managers.
