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Webinar held to discuss Nepal’s initiatives in preserving audiovisual heritage
For , which is celebrated every year on 27 October, UNESCO organized a webinar on 10 November, underscoring the importance of preserving the audiovisual heritage and highlighting Nepal’s initiatives in this field. Personalities from the audiovisual sector—television, radio, and the film industry—as well as those working in education, culture, and history and the media, shared their experiences.
According to research by UNESCO, over 200 million hours of video programmes that are important memories of humankind are in danger of being lost. UNESCO Representative to Nepal Christian Manhart highlighted how preserving audiovisual archives has become a major challenge all over the world.
Director of the Mountain Film Festival and documentary maker Ramyata Limbu shared her experience in audiovisual heritage archiving.
Nir Bikram Shah, Founder Chairperson of Nepal Television and Former Chairperson of Nepal Film Development Board, as well as a film director, senior actor, and lyricist, shared about the preservation history of audiovisual materials in Nepal.
The Media Alliance Nepal has been using the cloud system for archiving. The President of Media Alliance Nepal, Bhaskar Rajkarnikar, raised the issue of formatting and transferring along with copyright issues.
Karun Thapa, an IT expert, and lyricist emphasized audiovisual archiving and establishing a digital library to safeguard the country’s heritage for future generations.
Participants shared their concerns over the protection and preservation of valuable audiovisual heritage, ensuring its availability in the future. The discussion focused on the importance of this preservation, the associated challenges in the context of Nepal, and explored potential ideas on preserving endangered documentary heritage.
