Rights and Ethics
Privacy, personal data, copyright, donor rights and responsible access.
International Symposium on Private Archives
Uluslararası Özel Arşivler Sempozyumu
From Private Memory to Shared Futures: Rights, Access and Digital Stewardship in Private Archives
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LanguagesTurkish · English
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Bringing private archives together on a shared platform for dialogue and collaboration.
The symposium examines current issues affecting personal, family, community, artistic, literary, academic, civil-society and born-digital archives from an international perspective.
Its purpose is not merely to list problems, but to develop practical principles, examples and new partnerships for access, ethics, description, digital preservation and sustainability.
Explore the aims and scope →The social and digital future of private memory
The call welcomes interdisciplinary and practice-based contributions across eight main tracks.
Access and Visibility
Catalogues, discovery systems, web visibility and inclusive user services.
Personal and Family Archives
Family memory, photo albums, everyday records and archival context.
Community and Activist Archives
Counter-memory, representation, participatory description, migration and diaspora.
Born-Digital Archives
Email, cloud services, social media, digital photographs and legacy media.
AI and Archival Trust
Automated description, discovery, sensitive-data detection, bias and verifiability.
Digital Preservation
File formats, fixity, backup strategies and long-term access.
Sustainability and Crisis
Low-cost models, disaster preparedness, climate impact and archives at risk.
Important dates
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Abstract submission deadline
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Notification of acceptance
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Publication of the final programme
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Invited speakers
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