workshop on archiving the history of polish exile in great britain university of manchester 22 nd...
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Workshop on Archiving the History of Polish Exile in Great BritainUniversity of Manchester
22nd February 2013
The Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum
http://www.kresy-siberia.org
George NeisserUniversity of Manchester
The Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum in Context
• Digitalisation– Digital communications– ‘Community Interfaces’
• The KS Virtual Museum• Some issues
– Construction– Collective memories
Digitisation, Transformation, Representation
Digital Archive
Books, diaries, Documents, minutes
Photographs, images, audio, video Testimonies,
interviews
Communications media
Community InterfacesWebsites/Virtual/Museums/Facebook/NewTechnologies
Objectives Of The KS Virtual Museum
• To tell the unknown story of Polish Post War Forced exile – Deportations to Siberia– Deportations to Germany– Polish contributions to victory in World War II– Yalta, Soviet hegemony over Poland, loss of
sovereignty– The obligation to remain in exile– Development of the worldwide Polish Diaspora
• To establish a ‘virtual’ place of remembrance
Implementation of Objectives
• Create narratives• Selection of materials from existing archives
– Sikorski Institute– Hoover Institute
• Oral testimonies• Uploading of individual family histories:
letters, diaries, photographs, etc….
Museum Design
• Museum galleries• Survivor testimonies• Wall of names• Hall of memories• Special exhibitions• Reference centre
A fully completed Biographical Profile
• Life before WWII
• Deportation
• Military Service
• Life after WWII