Instagram in the Archives. Between acquisition, user involvement and outreach (Offene Archive 2.2)
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Bente Jensen, Aalborg City Archives and Aalborg University
Tekst
Instagram in the Archives
Between
Acquisition
User involvement
and Outreach
Siegen 2015
TekstTekst
General reflections on social photography
Cases
Conclusion
Perspective
Istanbul, Marseille, Oslo, everybody is doing it – swombies?
Auch in Siegen :)
Helsinki
Memory institutions as archives and museums can choose to ignore smart phone photography
or they can grasp the possibility and consider mobile photography as an opportunity to involve new user groups, to communicate, and to be a part of the documentation of the contemporary world
1. memory, narrative and identity
2. creating and maintaining relationships
3. self-representation
4. self-expression.
Personal photography today is primarily pursued for four overlapping reasons:
Gymnasium class works with archives and town history using Instagram #
From Pinterest
Statistics
150 Million Monthly Active Users
16 Billion Photos Shared in total
1.2 Billion Likes and 55 Million Photos shared every day
Source: Instagram press page …
¨¨Germany : Universitätsarchiv Leipzig : Leipziguniversityarchives
Mobile devices make it possible to connect to and comment on the and interpret the topography on the spot.
The relation between archives and the user is extracted into the city- and landscapes .
#archive20
#christmasinaalborg
#archivalsummer
Examples of tags
#myaalborg
#
#onthisday
#archiveshelfie
#juliaalborg15
Aalborg City Archives: #myaalborg –focus on Life in town
Instawalk with Instagramers Aalborg in the empty Art Museum; Kunsten, facilitated by the City Archives (photo: Klaus Holm Neve).
Conclusion:Experimental zone
Aesthetics and technology
New networks
Which has led to a new Nordic funded project->
The nightmare of the archivist : Snapchat
Project blog: collectingsocialphoto.nordiskamuseet.se