Pre-Conference Workshop - Film Archives, Cultural History, and The Digital Turn in Latin America

Session Submission Type: Meeting

Abstract

The workshop, led by independent scholar Juana Suárez, will examine how the following Latin American film archives are facing the challenge of conserving and preserving a backlog of analog materials as they deal with the pressure to transition to mass storage technologies and digitization.

• Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós (Argentina)
• Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano (Colombia)
• Servicio Oficial de Difusión Radio Eléctrica/Archivo Nacional de la Imagen (SODRE/ANI)
• Cinemateca Uruguaya (Uruguay)
• Cineteca Nacional and Filmoteca UNAM (Mexico)
• ICAIC (Cuba)
• Cineteca Nacional (Chile)

Sub Track

• Special Events / Meetings

Contact Person

• Paul A Schroeder Rodríguez, Amherst University