This webinar, as part of the Memory Makers project (CERV-2024-CITIZENS-REM), aims to provide young people with the knowledge and tools to explore modern ways of preserving and sharing historical narratives on WWII and the Holocaust. Through case studies, live demonstrations, and open dialogue, researchers, archivists, academics, educators, and storytellers will provide participants with an understanding of how digital archives are built and organized. They will also cover methods for recording and preserving WWII narratives using multimedia formats, unexpected storytelling formats (such as visual art, graphic narratives, and short-form media), tools and frameworks for digital storytelling and their application in educational programs, as well as innovative ways to connect the public with historical narratives in the digital era.
14.00 – 14:05 | Memory Makers Presentation
Speaker: Sofia Papaioannou – Journalist and Co-founder of Istorima
14:05 – 14:20 | Istorima Archive: Collecting Narratives and Organizing DataSpeaker: Kyriaki Fotiadou – Head of Istorima Archive
14:20 – 14:30 | They All Have Names: Recording Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust in the Archives of the Jewish Community of Salonica
Speaker: Aliki Arouh – Head of the Historical Archive of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki
14:30 – 14:40 | The Digital Archive “Memories of the Occupation in Greece” and the Use of Oral Testimonies to Create an Educational History Program
Speaker: Zeta Papandreou – Doctor of Didactics in History, Occupation Memories Archive
14:40 – 14:50 | Computational Approaches to WWII Memory: A Comparative Study of Oral History Archives in Greece and Italy
Speaker: Maria Dermentzi (MSc, MA, LLB) –Digital Humanities Researcher & Director at Toolbox 21
14:50 – 15:00 | Combining Oral Testimonies with Artworks of Greek Jewish Holocaust Survivors
Speaker: Artemis Alcalay – Visual Artist
15:00 – 15:10 | Polyvocal Histories: Documenting 20th Century Pottery Heritage of Sifnos Island
Speaker: Jacob Moe – Director, Archipelago Network
15:10 – 15:20 | Digital Storytelling and Local Refugee Memory: Current Practices and Challenges
Speakers: Angeliki Antoniou – Assistant Professor at the Department of Archival, Library and Information Studies of the University of West Attica
15:20 – 15:30 | Micro-History and Digital Storytelling
Speakers: Kostis Kosmeas – Doctoral Candidate at Panteion University, Influencer
15:30 – 15:40 | The Promise: Testimony and Memory in a Graphic Novel Metanarrative
Speakers: Dr. Evlampia Tsireli – Author, Yale Artist in Residence, AUTH PhD, AUTH Postdoc
15:40 – 15:50 | Growing Up Fast: Interviewing the Kids, Teenagers and Young Adults of the WWII Era in Greece
Speakers: Iasonas Nestoridis – MA Archaeologist, Former FR and FPM at Istorima
16:00 | Closing Remarks
Summary of the workshop and final thoughts.
