Preserving The World's Heritage
Hunter Treseder, Megan Prelinger, Muhammad Noor, Jann Ronis, Andrea Mills, Mark Graham, Brewster Kahle
Whether it be fragile film or ancient Tibetan Buddhist texts, the race is on to preserve our cultural heritage and make it accessible to the public. What inventions and opportunities does archiving at scale create? What is holding us back?
We hear from some of the world’s most passionate archivists: each trying to achieve a huge goal, whether it be archiving all the world’s government documents or the vanishing cultural history of a persecuted people. They lay out the possibilities and the pitfalls of their work.
Whether it be fragile film or ancient Tibetan Buddhist texts, the race is on to preserve our cultural heritage and make it accessible to the public. What inventions and opportunities does archiving at scale create? What is holding us back?
We hear from some of the world’s most passionate archivists: each trying to achieve a huge goal, whether it be archiving all the world’s government documents or the vanishing cultural history of a persecuted people. They lay out the possibilities and the pitfalls of their work.