2η Διάλεξη Σειράς Σεμιναρίων: Ψηφιακή Εργασία

    Εδρα UNESCO για τις Ψηφιακές Μεθόδους στις Ανθρωπιστικές και Κοινωνικές Επιστήμες

    UNESCO Chair on Digital Methods for the Humanities and Social Sciences

    Σειρά Σεμιναρίων: Ψηφιακή Εργασία

    Seminar Series: Digital Work 

    Χρόνος / Time

    Πέμπτη, 26 Ιανουαρίου 2023, 16:00-17:00

    Thursday, 26 January 2023, 4-5 p.m. 

    Η ομιλία θα μεταδοθεί και μέσω MS Teams: https://www.dept.aueb.gr/el/dmh/LiveSeminar

    Τόπος / Place

    Κτήριο Τροίας, Αίθουσα 106, Τροίας 2 και Σπετσών, Αθήνα 11362

    Trias Building, Room 106, Trias 2 & Spetson, Athens 11362

    Ομιλητής / Speaker

    Jonathan Matthews

    Head, Yad Vashem Photo Archive

    Θέμα / Topic

    Understanding history through photo collections in a digital age - the challenges of Holocaust Archives in the future 

    Περίληψη / Abstract

    The digital age presents numerous challenges and opportunities in the world of visual documentation. On the one hand, IT enables creating  unique systems of documentation and search among vast collections while at the same time serious issues of authenticity are becoming a challenge in the age of generated images and digital falsification. The lecture will first present the concept of historical photo collections in contrast to other forms of photo collection with a specification on Holocaust related material. Thereafter it will represent various issues of digitalization, authentication and research of such material in a changing digital environment.

    Jonathan Matthews

    Jonathan Matthews was born in Jerusalem in 1985. He began working in the  Yad Vashem School of Holocaust Studies as a guide and as a developer of educational material in 2008. Since January 2022 he is the Head of the Film and Photo Collections in the Yad Vashem archives.

    He has studied his BA and MA in History and Linguistics in the Hebrew University where he is currently finishing his PhD in History. Jonathan speaks fluent English, Hebrew and German.