Conference: “Cultural Heritage Data and Power,” November 14-16, 2024, Marburg, Germany

Aesthetics of Access, WFPP’s partner project, is having its final conference on November 14-16, 2024, at Philipps-Universität in Marburg, Germany.

Aesthetics of Access. Visualizing Research Data on Women in Film History (DAVIF) (2021-2025) is an independent research group funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) which explores the aesthetics of access in light of the growing production and application of digital data in the context of women in film history. The project’s principal investigator is Dr. Sarah-Mai Dang.

After a four-year run (April 2021 to March 2025), the research project is coming to a close with a final conference, which revolves around the theme “Cultural Heritage Data & Power. Exploring Digital Collections and Situated Knowledges in Film History and Beyond.”

Maria Lund, former WFPP project manager and contributor, is presenting in the 6th panel on the topic “Costume Design in The Norwegian Filmography.” Additionally, Clara Auclair and Kristina Kohler are both presenting on women and the silent era topics, “From Joinville to New Jersey: Early Women Workers Mobilities,” and “The Lumière Sisters: Alternative Feminist Historiography and Speculation with (AI-Generated) Image Archives,” respectively. WFPP’s current project manager, Kate Saccone, will moderate Panel 3, entitled “Digital Explorations of Women’s Filmmaking.” The conference’s program is available here. More information on the partner project is available here.

Conference poster