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Central Libray is organing a lecture by Dr. Katja Müller
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<strong><em>Dr B R Ambedkar Central Library</em></strong>
<strong>Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)</strong>
cordially invites you to the
<strong>28th Library Lecture Series and Outreach Programme</strong>
<em>on</em>
<strong>Online Archives of Indian Photography: Towards an Accessibility of Visual Cultural Heritage</strong>
<em>Speaker</em>
<strong>Dr. Katja Müller </strong>| Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Regionalstudien |
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg | Reichardtstr. 6, 06114
Halle | +49 345 5524173 | <a href="http://www.zirs.uni-halle.de/">www.zirs.uni-halle.de</a> | <a href="http://www.katjamueller.org/">www.katjamueller.org</a>
Chairperson<em> : <strong>Professor Kavita Singh</strong></em>
<em>Dean, </em>School of Arts & Aesthetics (<em>SAA). JNU</em>
<em>Date :<strong> </strong></em><strong>Friday, August 25, 2017 at 4:00 pm</strong>
<em>Venue</em> : <strong><em>Committee Room, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Central Library, JNU, New Delhi</em></strong>
<strong>About the Topic:</strong>
Photographs have for a long time been perceived as accessories only: they illustrate books in libraries, represent objects in museums, or complement documents in archives. However, photographs are entities in their own right. They can be read and understood, they are three-dimensional objects with a specific materiality, and they are visual documents that refer to the past.
With the internet - which in the popular domain relies heavily on visuals - historic photographs of India experience a revival. They attract attention on websites and social media, and are used, shared and accessed in large numbers, but often in a random manner.
But their widened use and attraction also influenced a more systematic reassessment. In public and private photo-collections the possibility of digital and online access often led to a (new) inventory of the stored Indian photographs. This talk introduces some of the archives of Indian photography in India and abroad. It looks from both an anthropological and an archival point of view at the various ways these archives have been digitized and made accessible. It shows how the digital photographs and their metadata can be used to make sense of the past and consequently points out the advantages, challenges and constraints of a visual cultural heritage that becomes in its digital form accessible for memorizing, viewing, and research.