WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERTITAGE OCTOBER 27

 

WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL

 HERTITAGE

OCTOBER 27

27 October is the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAVH), a key initiative by UNESCO and the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Association (CCAAA). WDAVH is a global commemoration organized by audiovisual archives to draw attention to the importance and urgency of protecting films, video, recorded sounds, and digital media to ensure their long-term availability and accessibility.Safeguarding fragile audiovisual formats is vital to preserve human history, cultural identity, and collective memory. Audiovisual materials capture true voices, sights, and sounds of past events. They embody unique community traditions, oral histories, languages, and artistic expressions. Indigenous languages, local music, and community stories live inside these unique recordings.Use the poster and video on this dedicated webpage for reaching out to different communities. Share about the events you are organizing on and around 27 October so that individuals and organizations around the world can be motivated to join in or inspired by your creative endeavors. Be part of raising awareness of the importance of our shared audiovisual heritage.Audiovisual archives tell us stories about people’s lives and cultures from all over the world. They represent a priceless heritage which is an affirmation of our collective memory and a valuable source of knowledge since they reflect the cultural, social and linguistic diversity of our communities. They help us grow and comprehend the world we all share. Conserving this heritage and ensuring it remains accessible to the public and future generations is a vital goal for all memory institutions as well as the public at large. The UNESCO Archives has launched the project "Digitizing our shared UNESCO history" with this very goal in mind.

The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAH) is a commemoration of the adoption, in 1980 by the 21st General Conference, of the Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images. The World Day provides an occasion to raise general awareness of the need to take urgent measures and to acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents.n this way, the World Day also serves as an opportunity for UNESCO’s Member States to evaluate their performance with respect to implementing the 2015 Recommendation Concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage, Including in Digital Form.This year’s theme of the World Day is “Your Window to the World”, highlighting the essential role of audiovisual heritage in connecting and understanding

Prof. John Kurakar