In the transition from network society to the infosphere, archives are no longer just the product of an activity; they must be conceptualised themselves as one of the informational entities comprising its environment, and thus authentic social agents in their own right. Therefore, when analysing the degree of civic engagement that they generate, we must ascertain not only their level of participation but also the level of social transformation to which they aspire. The objective of this paper is to propose an analysis model for audio-visual archives in relation to their level of participation by civil society and their will for social change. The model relies on literature on participatory recordkeeping and on archival science and social justice, together with the use of case studies. From this double axis (participatory-transformative), we will categorize the different types of audio-visual archives.

1. Video Presentation
“From civic participation to social transformation: a
proposed typology of community audio-visual
archives”
Juan Alonso Fernández; Vicenç Ruiz Gómez
Eye International Conference 2023
Activating the Archive: Audiovisual Collections, Civic Engagement,
Global Collaboration and Societal Change

2. 1. Introduction
“Civic Engagement”
“Community
Archives”
“Archival
Practices”
“Social Change”
“Global
Collaboration”
“Participation”
Diversity of audio-visual
archival initiatives
Widely different things both
at the level of technology
and at the level of political
and/or ethical commitment
Confusion in the use of
vocabulary

3. 2. Proposal: Analysis model for audio-visual archives
Categorization of the
different types of
audio-visual archives
Axes
1. Participatory
Participation by civil
society
2. Transformative Social change
Literature on partipatory recordkeeping Case studies
Participatory
Recordkeeping
Continuum Model
Archives,
Recordkeeping,
and Social Justice
Rolan, G. ”Agency in the
archive: a model for
participatory
recordkeeping”. Archival
Science, 17.2017
Wallace. D. et alii.
Archives, Recordkeeping
and Social Justice.
Routledge, 2020.
Methodology
Pilot Test
Model for
Audio-Visual
Archives
12 different audio-
visual archives
initiatives

4. Custody
Advocacy
Social Change
Research Relate Identity Experience
Reparation
Figure 1. Analysis model for audio-visual archives
Participatory
Transformative

5. 2.1. Axe: Participatory
Research
Relate
Identity
Experience
Participatory

6. 2.2. Axe: Transformative
”Vision that every human being is of equal
and incalculable value, entitled to shared
standards of freedom, equality, and respect.
These standards also apply to broader social
aggregations such as communities and
cultural groups. Violations of these standards
must be acknowledged and confronted. This
requires attention to and action against
inequalities of power and how they manifest
in institutional arrangements and systemic
domination and oppression that prejudicially
further the interests of some at the expense
of others in the distribution of material
goods, social benefits, rights, protections,
and opportunities”
Custody
Advocacy
Social Change
Reparation
Transformative
Archiving
Activism
Activist
Archiving
Active
Archiving
Archival
Activism
Social Justice
Definition
Wendy M. Duff; Andrew Flinn; Karen Emily Suurtamm; David
A. Wallace. “Social justice impact of archives: a preliminary
investigation”. Archives and Museum Informatics.
December 2013
Flinn, A., Alexander, B. “Humanizing an
inevitability political craft”: Introduction to
the special issue on archiving activism and
activist archiving . Arch Sci 15. (2015.

7. Custody
Advocacy
Social Change
Research Relate Identity Experience
Reparation
Figure 1. Analysis model for audio-visual archives
Participatory
Transformative
Human
Rights
Watch
Syrian
Archive
Witness
Texas After
Violence
A People’s
Archive of
Police
Violence in
Cleveland
La Digitalizadora
Europeana
ICRC
The National Film and
Sound Archive of
Australia (NFSA)
Indigenous communities
The Wiener
Holocaust Library
2.3. Case Studies
STAND Student
Activism Now
Documented
The Freedom
Archives

8. Thank you!
Feel free to contact us:
Juan Alonso Fernández
juan.alonso@eui.eu
Vicenç Ruiz Gómez
lotofag@gmail.com