EVENT | Understanding the uses and impacts of iconic cultural images in the digital world

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Description

• What makes a cultural image memorable?
• Can memorability be transferred into the digital sphere?
• Do iconic images function in the same way online as they do offline?

Through this collaborative event, we aim to explore why certain historical and cultural images are remembered and considered to be iconic. We also wish to understand how public engagement with these images changes once they are shared online. Through discussion of the various uses and impacts of cultural images online, we hope to understand better the relationships between images, memory and the digital.

The central purpose of this event is to create a collaborative space for academics and practitioners from cultural institutions to share knowledge and experience of the uses and impacts of historical and cultural images online. The event will host discussion between those from academic and cultural institutions, encourage collaboration and gather suggestions for future areas of research.

Programme

Time	Session
09:00-09:30	Registration
09:30-09:50	Introduction and opening remarks Katherine Howells and Professor Simon Tanner
09:50-10:55	Understanding cultural images: memory, fame and the iconic Peirce and the Digital Transformation of Signs William J. Littlefield II, Case Western Reserve University What makes an image iconic? Tracking the uses and meanings of Second World War propaganda posters in the digital world Katherine Howells, King’s College London
10:55-11:05	Break
11:05-12:10	Viewing cultural images: audiences, users and visitors Seas of red: the flood of Tower of London Poppies images in 2014 Megan Gooch, Historic Royal Palaces The Image of Aylan Kurdi and the Cultural Memory of the 21st Century Refugee Crisis Diviani Chaudhuri, Shiv Nadar University
12:10-13:10	Lunch
13:10-14:15	Using cultural images: sales, promotion and education Dorothea Lange and Japanese American internment Rachel Pistol, King’s College London The First Roll of History: Press Photographs and The Bosnian War Jackie Teale, Royal Holloway, University of London
14:15-14:30	Break
14:30-15:35	Managing and studying cultural images: new methods, systems and techniques Metadata and Image Content in the Warburg Institute Iconographic Database Rembrandt Duits and Richard Gartner, Warburg Institute Looking for inspiration: the use of image libraries by art historians Christina Kamposiori, University College London
15:35-16:20	Discussion session

Click here to register for the event. See the call for papers here.

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Date and time

Wed 3 October 2018
9:30 – 16:30

Location

FWB 2.81
Franklin-Wilkins Building
King’s College London
150 Stamford St
London
SE1 9NH

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