17-20 OCTOBER · FIAT/IFTA WORLD CONFERENCE
LOCARNO 2023
Blame it on the algorithm!
Breathe the history of the twentieth century. After nearly four years, we are extremely proud and happy to be able to reunite all those with a professional interest in media archives in Europe.
Blame it on the algorithm!
After nearly four years, the FIAT/IFTA World Conference returned to Europe as an in-person event. In partnership with SRG-SSR, we firmly selected Locarno as the 2023 conference venue. This city melds historical charm with global significance in media and audiovisual history, set against a stunning Alpine backdrop.
As for the conference’s theme, the message was clear: amidst the AI buzz in media archives, let’s pause. Tech’s historic impact on our field begs the question: is this shift unique? Are we off course? Is AI’s dominance a silver bullet or overhyped? Beyond cataloguing, let’s remember its preservation and access potential. Are we, while fixating on AI, missing the broader plans?
To delve deeper, let’s consider the following: do we need AI-free zones in our institutions and collections? Are creativity, curatorship, sustainability and disinformation each other’s friends or foes? Will the survival of media archives be reliant on AI?
We dissected media-tech-content crossroads. Archivists, devs, strategists, researchers, and the industry unite for informed exchanges: keynotes, presentations, workshops, inspiring dialogues and the convivial atmosphere that the FIAT/IFTA World Conference is well known for.
FIAT/IFTA WORLD CONFERENCE 2023
SESSION RECORDINGS
Let’s Design Democracy!
by Tom De Smet
Nationaal Archief
The challenge of never-ending preservation and its costs
by Laurent Boch & Etienne Marchand
RAI, INA
Development, Utilization, and Perspective of AI-assisted Colorization of NHK Archives
by Fumio Shimoyama
NHK/Japan Broadcasting Corporation
FIAT/IFTA Initiatives: Timeline Survey Results
by Bríd Dooley, Tim Manders, & Inge Tielemans
RTÉ, Sound & Vision, & VRT
AI, Us and the Future Navigating Challenges, Trust and Transparency
by Leonard Bouchet
RTS
FIAT/IFTA Initiatives – MSC Grant
by Dana Mustata, Adina Brădeanu, & Asli Özgen
University of Groningen, University of Oxford, & University of Amsterdam
The Dilemmas of Sharing: Five Dilemmas When Presenting the Past to the Present
by Nina Benedicte Fleischer & Anne Kirsten Bakke
NKR Archive
Preserving Netflix Programming in the BFI National Archive
by Stephen McConnachie & Lisa Kerrigan
BFI
BFI Replay: Pressing Play on the UK’s archive video collections
by Dylan Cave, Nicky Williams & Emma Smart
BFI
When AI meets the archive. The case of RTVE.
by Virginia Bazán-Gil
RTVE
The possibilities of ChatGPT in your archive
by Martijn van der Vliet
Sound & Vision
Unmasking Machismo. A Deep Dive into RTVE Archives for Media Critique
by César Peña Martínez
RTVE
More metadata more happy partners. Using AI in a collaborative context
by Nico Verplancke
meemoo
AI Metadata generation as shortcut to access
by Karen Brøcker
The Royal Danish Library
Podcasts, newsfeeds…: INA is transforming into a creator of digital content
by Mileva Stupar
INA
Media Pasts as Living Cultural Archives
by Dana Mustata
University of Groningen
Farmers on the Screen: Valorizing the agrarian television series ‘Voor Boer and Tuinder’
by Kathleen Bertrem & Sven Lefèvre
VRT & CAG
Open ears for open archives. Opening up audio archives at Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF
by Markus Gafner
SRF
Opening up the Archive. The Importance of Connecting with our Public
by Julia Vytopil
Sound & Vision
FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2023 – Closing Session
by Brecht Declercq
FIAT/IFTA, RSI