Prof. Dr. Berber Hagedoorn (University of Groningen, The Netherlands): "Island Memories: 
Exploring the Intersection of Local and Digital Memory Practices"

• Datum: 29. October 2025
• Time: 16:15
• Street: Linzer Str. 4
• Room: 60.070

This project examines memory-making on the North Sea islands of Schiermonnikoog and Spiekeroog as spaces shaped by local narratives and visitors’ practices. It studies how cultural memory is constructed through exhibitions and digital media, like Instagram, as a site of translocal memory objects. The research has three goals: first, to analyse how local exhibitions such as the Inselmuseum Spiekeroog, the “Erzähl doch mal” exhibit, and the Koningshuis Schiermonnikoog present history and cultural identity; second, to explore the role of digital platforms in sharing and sustaining memories; third, to examine how analogue and digital practices intersect in the circulation of memory. The theoretical framework combines media and memory studies, drawing on cultural memory theory and media practice approaches. The methodology uses a mixed-methods design: exhibition analysis, Instagram content analysis, and examination of archival materials to link historical and contemporary narratives. The study also looks at media practices of communities and visitors to understand how memory is produced and reinterpreted. Expected outcomes include an integrated understanding of local and digital memory practices, insights into the impact of audiovisual archives and AI in sustaining memory, and a scholarly publication contributing to media and cultural memory research.

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Dr. Berber Hagedoorn (Assistant Professor Media Studies & Audiovisual Culture, University of Groningen) is a media and culture scholar, she is passionate about the power of images and sound. She researches audiovisual cultural memory and the technique and ethics of storytelling with archival materials, especially for television and digital platforms. She was Vice Chair of ECREA Television Studies (2016–2022) and is on the EUscreen board (www.euscreen.eu). Her co-edited book New Challenges in European Television (2022) examines transnational television production.

The abstract as download: Research-Seminar_2025-10-29_Hagedoorn