2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of many Nazi concentration camps and the end of WWII. From March, major commemorations planned to be held onsite and in-person were rapidly moved online. Amidst all of the challenges the Covid-19 Pandemic has presented museums, this shift to digital commemoration offers a unique opportunity for us to archive these events for the first time. This blog post considers what it might mean to archive a (digital) event.
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VE Day: Websites/ Physical Sites: 75 Years since the End of World War II
What might we learn from this year’s online-only commemorations in terms of how we might modify or augment future events with technology?