Project: European History reloaded : curation and appropriation of Digital audiovisual heritage

Acronym	CADEAH (Reference Number: JPICH.DH.17.010)
Duration	01/05/2018 - 30/04/2021
Project Topic	During the past decade, a massive body of audiovisual heritage has become digitally accessible, on websites of archives, through initiatives such as Europeana.eu and EUscreen.eu, and on platforms such as YouTube and Vimeo. The proposed project is the first to research the online circulation and appropriation of audiovisual heritage using an integrated and interdisciplinary approach. It combines state of the art tracing and tracking technologies, critical cultural analysis and ethnographic fieldwork to answer the questions: How do strategies of curation shape the appropriation of digitized heritage? What new perspectives on European history and identity do digital curations and appropriations of audiovisual heritage create? How can audiovisual archives better foster the re-use of Europe’s audiovisual heritage? The project's case studies highlight European History from the Cold War to the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Migration in Europe—both urgent topics within debates about Europe's past, identity and future. The project brings together interdisciplinary expertise in the curation of digital audiovisual and collaborates with leading stakeholders in the field, as Europeana.eu as well as the attached 35 audiovisual archives across Europe. To reach out to users of audiovisual heritage, the project will also co-operate with the European Association of History Educators and Historiana.eu.
Network	JPI Cultural Heritage
Call	JPI Cultural Heritage - Digital Heritage Joint Call

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Universiteit Utrecht	Coordinator	Netherlands
2	Institute of Contemporary History	Partner	Czech Republic
3	Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria	Partner	Sweden