WORKSHOP

#1: Disaster Recovery Workshop

SYNOPSIS

Across the SEAPAVAA network, tangible and intangible heritage is being affected by climate change. Fire, water, physical forces, pests, extremes in relative humidity and temperature, pollutants, and dissociation threaten collections. Audio, video and film materials are particularly susceptible to damage and loss. The increased frequency and severity of weather events require staff ‘safeguards’ of heritage to maintain and upskill in disaster preparedness and recovery. This workshop offers practical and sustainable approaches to recovery and disaster management. Participants will gain hands-on experience through a simulated disaster scenario. The full day workshop will comprehensively cover planning, assessing, responding to, and reflecting upon a water-based disaster. Practical storage methods and packaging material properties to reduce the impact of damage will also be discussed. The workshop is aimed at new starters in collection care and colleagues wishing to refresh their disaster management skills. It is an opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and share disaster experiences.  

INSTRUCTORS

The workshop presenters are members of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia’s (NFSA) Conservation and Collection Management team. They have expertise and experience storing, preserving and protecting film, sound, video and documentation collections. The NFSA team ensures the national collection is appropriate stored and packaged for the hot/humid and cold/dry weather conditions of Canberra, Australia. The Conservation team conduct treatments and research into the preservation and ongoing care of the audiovisual, documentation and artefact, and paper and still formats in the collection. The Collection Management team maintain collection storage and care, security, environmental conditions, archival packaging and emergency preparedness and response.

Dr. Sophie Lewincamp is the Senior Manager of Conservation and Collection Management at the NFSA. Sophie has twenty years’ experience in the field of materials conservation, project management and community collaboration working in industry and academic organisations. She has taught conservation masters students at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, University of Melbourne (2010-2018) and delivered collection care training sessions with communities such as the Arnhem, Northern and Kimberley Aboriginal Artists (ANKA) and the RSL LifeCare War Museum (Sydney, Australia). Sophie holds a PhD in Cultural Materials Conservation from The University of Melbourne.

Dr. Selene Kenady is an Audiovisual Conservation Technician at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Selene holds a PhD in Geophysical Archaeology from James Cook University and a Masters of Archaeological Science from the Australian National University. Selene’s current research interests include disaster planning and water damage treatments for moisture affected film.

Lux Hinch is an Audiovisual Conservation Specialist at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.Lux holds a Bachelor of Heritage, Museums and Conservation from the University of Canberra. Lux has expertise in complex film repair, integrated pest management and disaster recovery.

#2: Nomination of AV archives on the International MOW Register

SYNOPSIS

Established in 1992, the UNESCO Memory of the World (MOW) program aims to promote awareness and access to documentary heritage, which encompasses original formats and unique records in written, audio, and film formats. Documentary heritage items consist of both information content and the carrier on which it is stored, making preservation a critical concern. The Memory of the World program registers play a pivotal role in raising awareness of unique content from contributing countries, with selected register entries featured on the international register to enhance their research profile. As a repository of valuable information and potential archives, SEAPAVAA is well-positioned to engage with the Memory of the World program. To highlight this connection and facilitate engagement, a special session of workshops focused on the Memory of the World program will be held as part of the SEAPAVAA Conference. This session will provide participants with the opportunity to delve deeper into the program and explore potential avenues for collaboration and contribution. Participants will be able to develop action plans in submitting nominations to the MoW program, increasingly engage with other participants to strengthen collaboration that further supports AV preservation of documentary heritage in the region.

INSTRUCTOR

Linh Anh Moreau joined UNESCO Bangkok in 2021 to support the Communication and Information Unit with the implementation of activities related to documentary heritage and indigenous languages. She also currently serves as Secretary-General of MOWCAP, which she joined in 2022, acting as a regional coordinator in management and communications.
Prior to joining UNESCO Bangkok, Linh Anh Moreau was a Programme Officer at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SEAMEO SPAFA). She completed her BA and MA in Southeast Asian Studies at SOAS University of London and a Master in Communication and Information at the University of Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle. She also has experience cultural programming at the Asia Society Texas Center, as well as in anthropological research on indigenous sea peoples of the Andaman Sea with the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

WORKSHOP DETAILS

#1: Workshop on Disaster Recovery (max. of 30 participants)

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