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WORLD DAY OF AUDIO
VISUAL HERITAGE |
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Date-wise Events |
October 27 |
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Description |
- This day is observed to raise general awareness of the
need for urgent measures to be taken and to acknowledge the
importance of audiovisual documents as an integral part of
national identity.
- Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and
television programmes, audio and video recordings, contain
the primary records of the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Transcending language and cultural boundaries, appealing
immediately to the eye and the ear, to the literate and
illiterate, audiovisual documents have transformed the
society by becoming a permanent complement to the
traditional written record.
- However, they are extremely vulnerable and it is
estimated that we have no more than 10 to 15 years to
transfer audiovisual records to digital to prevent their
loss.
- Much of the world's audiovisual heritage has already
been irrevocably lost through neglect, destruction, decay
and the lack of resources, skills, and structures, thus
impoverishing the memory of mankind.
- Much more will be lost if stronger and concerted
international action is not taken.
- It was in this context, that the General Conference of
UNESCO in 2005 approved the commemoration of a World Day for
Audiovisual Heritage as a mechanism to raise general
awareness of the need for urgent measures to be taken and to
acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents as an
integral part of national identity.
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