{"id":10331,"date":"2014-06-25T16:15:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T21:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=10331"},"modified":"2014-06-25T16:15:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T21:15:14","slug":"42nd-annual-meeting-photographic-materials-session-may-30-digitization-as-a-tool-for-preventive-conservation-and-a-key-role-for-sustainability-by-jasmine-chemali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/06\/25\/42nd-annual-meeting-photographic-materials-session-may-30-digitization-as-a-tool-for-preventive-conservation-and-a-key-role-for-sustainability-by-jasmine-chemali\/","title":{"rendered":"42nd Annual Meeting \u2013 Photographic Materials Session, May 30, "Digitization as a tool for preventive conservation and a key role for sustainability\u201d by Jasmine Chemali"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jasmine Chemali presented us, in a very pleasing way, the outcome of an ambitious conservation project oriented to social sustainability that was developed in Lebanon, a country with huge cultural challenges, for its society has been depleted by armed conflicts and political instability and lacks of the political frame necessary for the preservation of its heritage and the spreading of knowledge.
\nBy using historical and unique imagery from Beirut, Jasmine showed examples of the vast documentary heritage of Lebanon, thus highlighting its relevance as part of the country\u2019s collective memory. Because of the significance and the historical and documentary nature of those collections, these specialists pitched a pilot scheme whose conservation lines of action implicated photographies, engravings, newspapers and drawings from the period between 1840 and 1950, looking forward to achieve their social recognition in short and mid-term.
\nFunded by The MEPPI and MOHO, for this project there were chosen photographic materials from the Bonfils section of the Fouad Debbas Collection correspondent to the pre-industrial period, and an strategic conservation plan was designed and performed accordingly. But the basic activities of cataloguing, indexing and preservation of these photographic materials were exceeded by the socially oriented strategy that included actions such as the reactivation and advertising of this cultural legacy for de Lebanese society despite of the local sociopolitical challenges.
\nFinally, I share with you the following strategies for social bonding of this project, which were extremely important because of their cultural influence:
\n-The digitization of the collection worked not only as the means for prevention and back up but also as a social strategy given the possibilities of access and the widespread advertising of the documentary material.
\n-The participation of the \u201cBonfils Family\u201d was fundamental to activate the historical and social bonds that these images hold with the contemporary society.
\n-The educational activities designed for the Lebanese childhood encouraged the kids to approach their heritage and therefore assimilate it into their own history and culture.
\n-The use of social media for the advertising of the Collection. This month is taking place a great event related to the archives in Lebanon in which the Fouad Debbas Collection project is being presented, do not forget to visit the website: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModernHeritageObservatory?fref=nf<\/a>.
\n-Broadcasting of TV spots as a mass media communication strategy, a very appropriate media strategy and of great positive impact for this project, specially in Lebanon, where a huge percentage of the population has access to this medium of communication.
\nAll those who are interested in cultural and social sustainability by means of the conservation of the documentary heritage (graphic and photographic) must meet this project with no hesitation. For further information about this Collection I recommend clicking on: http:\/\/www.thefouaddebbascollection.com\/<\/a>And let\u2019s share it!
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\nJasmine Chemali, nos present\u00f3 de forma muy amena, los resultados de un ambicioso proyecto de conservaci\u00f3n en t\u00e9rminos de sustentabilidad social desarrollado en L\u00edbano, un pa\u00eds con grandes retos culturales pues tiene una sociedad mermada por escenarios b\u00e9licos e inestabilidad pol\u00edtica y carece de un marco pol\u00edtico en torno la conservaci\u00f3n preservaci\u00f3n de su patrimonio y la difusi\u00f3n del conocimiento.
\nA trav\u00e9s de im\u00e1genes hist\u00f3ricas \u00fanicas de Beirut, Jasmine nos mostr\u00f3 ejemplos del vasto patrimonio documental de L\u00edbano, enfatizando su relevancia como parte de la memoria colectiva del pa\u00eds. Por la significaci\u00f3n y el car\u00e1cter hist\u00f3rico documental de dichas colecciones, especialistas plantearon un proyecto piloto basado en diversas acciones de conservaci\u00f3n involucrando fotograf\u00edas, grabados, peri\u00f3dicos y dibujos correspondientes al periodo entre 1840 y 1950, con miras a conseguir su reconocimiento social, a corto y mediano plazo.
\nCon apoyo econ\u00f3mico del MEPPI y M.OHO, se eligieron \u00edtems fotogr\u00e1ficos pertenecientes al\u00a0 Fondo Bonfil de la Colecci\u00f3n Fouad Debbas, correspondiente con el periodo preindustrial, y se dise\u00f1\u00f3 y ejecut\u00f3 un plan estrat\u00e9gico de conservaci\u00f3n. Se rebasaron las tareas b\u00e1sicas de inventario, catalogaci\u00f3n y preservaci\u00f3n de los materiales fotogr\u00e1ficos, alcanzando niveles mayores de conservaci\u00f3n social como es la reactivaci\u00f3n y la visibilidad de este legado cultural de la sociedad de L\u00edbano, a pesar de los retos pol\u00edticos-sociales del pa\u00eds.
\nFinalmente les comparto las siguientes estrategias de vinculaci\u00f3n social de este proyecto, que me llamaron mucho la atenci\u00f3n por su impacto cultural:
\n-La digitalizaci\u00f3n de la colecci\u00f3n sirvi\u00f3 no s\u00f3lo como un recurso preventivo y de respaldo de la colecci\u00f3n, sino como una estrategia social en funci\u00f3n de las posibilidades de acceso y difusi\u00f3n del material documental.
\n-La participaci\u00f3n de la “familia Bonfil” fue fundamental para activar los v\u00ednculos hist\u00f3ricos y sociales de las im\u00e1genes con la sociedad actual.
\n-Actividades educativas con los ni\u00f1os de L\u00edbano, quienes se acercaron a conocer su patrimonio documental, y por tanto,\u00a0 lo incorporaron a su\u00a0\u00a0 historia y cultura.
\n-Redes de difusi\u00f3n de la colecci\u00f3n empleando los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n actual ofrecidos por la nueva tecnolog\u00eda de las redes sociales como Facebook.\u00a0 En este mes de junio se lleva a cabo un gran evento relacionado con archivos en L\u00edbano donde se presenta el proyecto de la Colecci\u00f3n Fouad Debbas, as\u00ed que no olviden visitar este sitio https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ModernHeritageObservatory?fref=nf<\/a>
\n-Spots en programas de televisi\u00f3n, como una estrategia de difusi\u00f3n masiva de la colecci\u00f3n. Esta es una estrategia medi\u00e1tica adecuada y de gran impacto positivo para este proyecto, sobretodo en L\u00edbano donde la gran mayor\u00eda de la poblaci\u00f3n tiene acceso a este medio de comunicaci\u00f3n.
\nPara todos aquellos que est\u00e9n interesados en el tema de la sustentabilidad cultural y social a trav\u00e9s de la conservaci\u00f3n del patrimonio documental (gr\u00e1fico y fotogr\u00e1fico), sin duda alguna, deben conocer este proyecto! Para obtener m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n de esta colecci\u00f3n, les recomiendo acceder al link http:\/\/www.thefouaddebbascollection.com\/<\/a>. Compart\u00e1moslo!.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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