The Netherlands, and the city of Amsterdam in particular, provides an ideal location for the study of audio-visual preservation and presentation as key to the work of media archives, film and contemporary art museums, festivals, distribution agencies, broadcasting companies and film studios. Studying Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image at the University of Amsterdam Inevitably, then, digital standards, tools and workflows figure prominently in the discussions we have in class and during field trips. Such developments also affect our audio-visual heritage, and the ways in which we preserve them and make them accessible. In recent decades, the use of digital technologies has profoundly transformed the ways in which moving images and sound are produced and consumed. How can we preserve audio-visual materials for future generations? How can we present them, whether as a source of information, entertainment, or aesthetic enjoyment, and whether to broad audiences or specialist ones? In the Professional Master's programme in Heritage Studies: Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image, we consider how we can deal with such threats. Environmental factors, material decomposition, and increasingly also technological obsolescence threaten the carriers on which they are held, and therefore, endanger their accessibility. They are also fleeting: they unfold in time, and are affected by time. They capture time and place, and give shape to memory and history. Moving images and sound are part of our most cherished cultural heritage. Academic Courses on Film Archiving, Curating, and ProgrammingĪmsterdam, The Netherlands Graduate School of Humanities, University of Amsterdam MA in Heritage Studies: Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image
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