Difference between revisions of "User:Tonisant/Preserving the Present"

From M3P
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(added link)
(added link)
Line 15: Line 15:


* [http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/01/top-10-digital-preservation-developments-of-2011/ Top 10 Digital Preservation Developments of 2011] - from the Library of Congress
* [http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/01/top-10-digital-preservation-developments-of-2011/ Top 10 Digital Preservation Developments of 2011] - from the Library of Congress
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/15/story-lines-facts How narratives can aid memory] by Ed Cooke, ''The Guardian'' -  Sunday 15 January 2012.

Revision as of 12:51, 11 February 2012

During the first year of his PhD in 2010/2011, Tony Grimaud made an important point about the idea of Preserving the Present. While projects like the M3P can be seen as exercises in nostalgia or ways to preserve the past or a means to keeping memories of distant years before they fade away completely, it's essential that we keep in mind that the present is very ephemeral and that things happening now (today, this week, this month, this season, this year etc.) are at a risk of disappearing too.

See also

  • The Lesser Gods - alternative Maltese rock band established in 2010, which recorded an album (never officially released) and had a strong online presence (official website, Facebook, MySpace were all gone by mid-2011) in the year or so that it operated as a performance group.
"Jan Ramirez, the curator of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, said there was no historical consciousness surrounding the site before it was destroyed."