World History Day Formation campaign is inaugurated by
H.E. Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili,
Secretary-General of UNWTO, Madrid-Spain
Theme - World History Day 2024
SOCIAL MEDIA AND HISTORY PRESERVATION
Social media plays a crucial role in the preservation and dissemination of history by providing platforms for digital archiving, public engagement, and community building. Through social media, individuals and institutions can share photographs, documents, and personal stories, contributing to a collective memory of historical events. Interactive features such as virtual tours, live-streamed lectures, and discussion forums foster educational engagement and deeper understanding. Social media also highlights lesser-known histories and supports preservation campaigns, raising awareness and funds for restoration projects. By connecting history enthusiasts and scholars globally, social media facilitates collaborative research and crowdsourced projects, ensuring diverse perspectives and immediate documentation of significant events. Additionally, platforms like YouTube and podcasts help preserve oral histories, recording personal stories and expert interviews. Overall, social media's global reach and accessibility make it an invaluable tool for history preservation, enabling dynamic and far-reaching engagement with the past.
Theme - World History Day 2023
CINEMATIC HISTORIANS AND HISTORY PRESERVATION
Modern historians are otherwise called as cinematic historians as they are the recent innovative historians who started re-recording history cinematically from a recent century.
Cinematic Historians are the invisible history activists who were helping the history to come to live.
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History preservation is taking new shapes with the creative media platforms emerging.