The general management of Epicmore Multimedia Academy celebrates with UNESCO and the global community on 2024 Audiovisual Heritage Day.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) celebrates the preservation of cultural heritages you can see, touch and hear.
All these can be documented and preserved by Media experts. That is why we must invest in Multimedia to work in synergy to preserve the future .
Action call:
Calling on people of goodwill to join in preserving audiovisual heritage contents. This is seen in what Nsu Historical Committee is doing see more…
Epicmore photos: Lecturing session on Igbo heritages, the significance of nzu igbo (native chalk) and ọjà, the oldest wooden wind instrument, Tour to Uturu Cave (the early man’s abode) with the UGOAMAKA Cultural Show’ Queen and Odogwu Igbo…
UNESCO View on Audio Visual Heritage:
UNESCO remarks that “Audiovisual Heritage is more than just moving images or sounds – it’s a part of our identity.
Audiovisual heritage tells the stories about people’s lives and cultures from all over the world and represents our collective memory and a valuable source of knowledge”.
Furthermore, “as we mark today World Audiovisual Heritage Day, let’s continue preserving and sharing the heritage that connects our past, present, and future. Preserving our heritage is preserving our memory – we cannot build a sustainable future without remembering our past”.
By reviewing the UNESCO proposition on Preserving Audiovisual heritage, Marco Barber Salvat, a Gen Artificial Intelligence (Gen Al) User Expert commented that
“we’re in a pivotal moment – a new era filled with unprecedented possibilities and risks in communication, content production, and multimedia consumption.
To navigate this landscape, we can look to timeless wisdom: from Socratic dialogues to the African griots, ancestral storytelling methods remain powerful guides, in our interactions with Al conversational agents. The King is dead! (Content); Long live the King! (Context).
Context is now the reigning force in this evolving digital world.
In appreciating the words of Marco in painting the new era, the future with unprecedented possibilities and risks in communication, content production, and multimedia consumption.
We are getting a clearer picture of the creative solutions from the study of Cultural Intelligence.
Emin Dadashov, an Award-Winning Museum Exhibition Manager scribes that,
Audiovisual archives truly are invaluable, capturing voices, stories, and moments that reflect our diverse histories and cultures.
By preserving and digitizing this heritage, UNESCO is not only safeguarding our collective memory but also making it accessible for generations to come.
Projects like “Digitizing our shared UNESCO history” remind us of the critical role that memory institutions play in fostering understanding and unity across cultures.
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is a powerful reminder to support and prioritize these preservation efforts- our shared history depends on it.
A dramatic insight was drawn attention by Deon Grobbelaar, the “Mojo” Economist, who insighted that, as we envision a brighter future, we must recognize that our historic mindset, which created today’s challenges, cannot build tomorrow’s solutions. It’s time to:
- Rethink our approach
- Embrace innovative thinking
- Foster collaboration and inclusivity
Together, let’s shatter limitations and craft a future that transcends our past.
Understanding that preserving and expressing our heritage are prevalent for a sustainable society is key.
Amb. Kelvin Alisi buttressed that
exploring, preserving and expressing heritages give preeminence to CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE for future socioeconomic development.
At Epicmore Multimedia Academy, we are not only commemorating today, we are also, pioneering the Taxonomy of Cultural Intelligence.
Gratefully appreciating the UNESCO giant strides in supporting the Culture working group in its 4 priorities: Cultural diversity and social inclusion;
Culture, digital environment, and copyright; Creative economy and sustainable economic development; and, Preservation, safeguarding and promotion of cultural heritage and memory.
So, achieving socioeconomic development and sustainable society without geographical boundaries is possible with cultural intelligence.
