Framing Openness: The Digital Circulation of Israel National Photographi Memory

Casemajor, Nathalie (2014). Framing Openness: The Digital Circulation of Israel National Photographi Memory Triple C. Communication, Capitalism & Critique , vol. 12 , nº 1. pp. 286-298. DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v12i1.513.

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Since 1948, the Government Press Office of Israel has been collecting and producing an extensive archive of photographs representing the birth and development of the Israeli nation state. Digitized and published online, this archive functions as a visual memorial of Israel, an example of what Jan Assman calls “bonding memory”, a form of memory that connects individuals to a political body, and which acts to frame a collective national identity. In 2011, the copyright terms of this archive were changed to encourage the circulation and reuse of images. This decision echoes a broader trend towards the “opening” of large data sets on the Web (“open data”, “open archives”, “open government”). At the same time, the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict and the existence of contesting narratives of the creation of Israel threaten the integrity of the official national memory. In this context, what are the conditions and limits of “opening” the national photographic archive? Examining contemporary ideology of the “open” in new media discourses and the free culture movement, this paper investigates the conditions of circulation and appropriation of memory and the role of copyright as a potential tool to control freedom of expression.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	culture libre; droit d'auteur; photographie; mémoire; Israël; archives ouvertes; internet; communs numériques
Centre:	Centre Urbanisation Culture Société
Date de dépôt:	27 nov. 2019 20:24
Dernière modification:	21 janv. 2022 20:25
URI:	https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/8770

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