TuEuropeana
TuEuropeana is an information and educational initiative dedicated to encouraging various target groups, including educators, researchers, and creators, to use Polish and European digital archive collections, such as the Europeana platform.
During the 2019 edition, one project activity was centred on using archives inventively in the environmental debate. Young creators were invited to take part in a competition to produce posters on the theme of environmental protection, based on digital archive material. The environmental theme continues this year in the form of an ecological children’s book inspired by and illustrated with digital archives.
In our presentation for Digital Cultures, we aim to describe how archives can help build new narratives covering acute social issues, and the importance of reusing archive collections and keeping them accessible.
Maria Drabczyk
Project manager at the National Film Archive –AudiovisualInstitute (FINA), in charge of international cooperation, mostly focused on access and creative re-use of Institute's digital collection for research, educational or artistic purposes. She is board member of the EUscreen Foundation, member of the Europeana Association Members Council and Chair of the FIAT/IFTA Value, Use and Copyright Commission.
In the past, she co-created a crowdfunding site for culture Wspieramkulture.pl and worked as an international relations expert at the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Maria holds a MA in sociology and she also completed postgraduate studies in cultural diplomacy.
Project presented during the Digital Cultures Festival:
TuEuropeana
