VALA2024 KEYNOTE SESSION 02
Tuesday 9th July 2024, 4.10 – 5.10pm
Dr. Keir Winesmith
Presentation: The Machines Won’t Save Us
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Abstract
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia tells the national story by collecting, preserving and sharing audiovisual media, the cultural experience platforms of our time. In a time of seismic changes to how media is created and consumed, what role does the NFSA play in preserving the digital past and the present for an uncertain future?”
Biography
Dr. Keir Winesmith is the Chief Digital Officer at the National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA), mentor in the Creative Australia’s CEO Digital Mentoring Program, and co-founder of the bi-monthly Cultural Data Salon for Sydney cultural workers. His book, co-authored with Dr. Suse Anderson, is ‘The Digital Future of Museums’ (Routledge, 2020). Keir has a background in art, strategy and consulting, and has collaborated on award-winning projects that blend digital and culture across the globe. In 2018, he was named in Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business for this work. Keir holds hold a Ph.D. in new media and writes and speaks frequently on the intersection of digital and the arts, in particular, the role ofdigital as an agent for organisational change.
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