We are getting closer to meeting you all in Rome for our biennial conference, Archives: Bridging the Gap, scheduled for September 21-23, 2022. This professional event will be a space of encounter for professionals from all over the world to discuss and debate the role archives are playing to bridge (or not bridge) gaps characterising contemporary societies: gaps between global and local, public and private, centre and periphery, majority and minority, duties and rights, hi-tech and low-tech, to name a few.
Archives play a fundamental role in this scenario since they embed and represent the values of a society – in a word, its identity – in a dynamic way. They are not passive containers of our memory. They are rather proactive agents that shape our memory. Therefore, they are a strategic factor for bridging the gaps. On the other hand, archives have to face the internal gaps that affect their mission and hamper their use – in a world of ever-changing technologies archives are striving to manage new objects, formats and techniques.
To start, and deepen, this conversation, we are pleased to share some further information on our not-to-be-missed Keynote Speakers: Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Geoffrey Yeo, and Dr. Anne Gilliland.
We have updated the #ICARoma2022 professional programme (in English) so we invite you to click the following link to plan your conference schedule: https://www.ica.org/en/ica-roma-2022-preliminary-programme