IASA-BAAC 2026 Conference

Name: Safeguarding the Audiovisual Heritage: Resilience, Identity, and Risk Management Approach to Preservation in Eastern and Southern African Audiovisual Archives
Start: 2026-10-22T16:30:00+0300
End: 2026-10-22T17:00:00+0300

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Safeguarding the Audiovisual Heritage: Resilience, Identity, and Risk Management Approach to Preservation in Eastern and Southern African Audiovisual Archives

Thursday October 22, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm EEST

Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Preservation of audiovisual records is not merely a technical task, but a radical act of protecting African identity, memory, and historical fats during times of peace and conflict alike. This paper examines strategies for safeguarding audiovisual collections by aligning Eastern and Southern Africa regional preservation efforts with the focus on crisis preparedness and resilience. It specifically investigates the role of preservation practitioners and archivists in protecting "threatened collections” before, during, and after war or conflict" focusing on the ‘at risk’ heritage within Eastern and Southern African archival institutions. Using a quantitative research approach with a 62% response rate, the findings highlighted poor governance, absence of preservation planning, poor staff development, and that inadequate preservation frameworks have been made concrete by the socio-political volatility of regions prone to civil unrest, climate-induced crises, and environmental disaster. These risks demonstrate with clarity that the "piecemeal approach" critiqued in this paper is not merely a technical deficiency but a form of institutional vulnerability that renders irreplaceable audiovisual memory defenseless when crises strike. Through empirical results, a framework that integrates governance, preservation strategies, preservation planning, staff development, and the use of artificial intelligence tools with modern risk-management protocols was proposed. This will contribute to archival theory. The practical implication of this study is the enhanced regional cooperation within archival institutions of the Eastern and Southern Africa, and an example of a good archival practice for other institutions of other regions too.

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BN Ncala - ‘Nthabiseng’

Lecturer at the University of South Africa in the Department of Information Science, in Gauteng, South Africa, University of South Africa, College of Human Sciences

Dr Ncala known as Nthabiseng, is a lecturer in Information Science at the Universityof South Africa (Unisa) since 2015. She holds a PhD in Information Science. Herresearch focused on the preservation management of audiovisual records atESARBICA. She earned her master’s in information... Read More →

Thursday October 22, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

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