Seminar Series: Digital Work [2nd Lecture]
Seminar Series: Digital Work
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Time |
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 4-5 p.m. |
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Place |
Trias Building, Room 106, Trias 2 & Spetson, Athens 11362 |
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Speaker |
Jonathan Matthews |
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Topic |
Understanding history through photo collections in a digital age - the challenges of Holocaust Archives in the future |
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.
