11-17, 09:30–10:30 (Asia/Beirut), The Beyond
We are interested in sharing and learning with the hope that Save can be a useful tool for those interested in creating a more secure media preservation ecosystem. We aim to get them to think more about their physical and digital safety when capturing and preserving mobile media as well as the importance of creating robust, secure, verifying digital archives to help preserve truth to power and bring more accountability and justice.
This will be a participatory demo on OpenArchive’s Save app to review its current features and future goals. In collaboration with at-risk groups worldwide, OpenArchive built “Save” (Share, Archive, Verify, Encrypt): a free, open-source mobile application offering human rights defenders, journalists, and eyewitnesses a secure way to amplify, preserve, verify, and protect their documentation and ensure their own personal safety from oppressive actors.
After a short presentation on the tool, the session will leave space for participants to discuss their needs and concerns about mobile archiving efforts, and we will then field their questions about the app and mobile media preservation more generally. Our hope is to better understand whether Save can be useful to participants and learn what gaps still exist in their workflows (e.g. resources/funding, technological capacities, localization/translation, usability, archival experience, etc.).
"تنطوي هذه الجلسة على عرض تشاركي طويل المدّة (60 دقيقة) لمشاركة تطبيق ""سايف"" من منظمة ""أوبن أرشيف"" (OpenArchive Save) لمراجعة ميّزاته الحاليّة وأهدافه المستقبليّة. بالتعاون مع المجموعات المعرضة للخطر في جميع أنحاء العالم، أنشأت ""أوبن أرشيف"" (OpenArchive) تطبيق ""سايف"" (Save) (للمشاركة والأرشفة والتحقّق والتشفير): وهو تطبيق مجاني للهاتف المحمول مفتوح المصدر يوفّر للمدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان والصحافيين وشهود العيان طريقة آمنة لتوسيع توثيقاتهم والاحتفاظ بها والتحقّق منها وحمايتها وضمان سلامتهم الشخصيّة من الجهات والأنظمة القمعية.
بعد عرض تقديمي قصير حول الأداة، ستخصّص الجلسة مساحة للمشاركين لمناقشة احتياجاتهم ومخاوفهم المتعلّقة بالأرشفة على الأجهزة المحمولة، ثم نجيب عن أسئلتهم حول التطبيق وحول حفظ الوسائط المحمولة بشكل عام. ويتمثل هدفنا في اكتساب فهم أفضل فنتأكد مما إذا كان ""سايف"" (Save) مفيدًا للمشاركين ونحدّد الثغرات التي ما زالوا يواجهونها في سير عملهم (مثل الموارد / التمويل، والقدرات التكنولوجيّة، ومسائل الترجمة / التعريب، وقابليّة الاستخدام، وتجربة الأرشفة، واحتياجات الخصوصيّة، وما إلى ذلك).
Natalie is an archivist and ethnographer working at the nexus of human rights, design, and technology. She works to protect and amplify community media by helping organizations better manage, protect, and preserve documentation they create and receive. She holds a Masters from the UC Berkeley School of Information and consults with human rights defenders and organizations worldwide.
Alex is a data and database nerd who is passionate about knowledge sharing and building systems that amplify impact, improve workflows, and facilitate collaboration. She’s been active in the digital and human rights, media and democracy, and communications spaces for over a decade through work with mission-oriented organizations such as OpenArchive, Global Voices, the Center for Global Communication Studies, and Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her current work at OpenArchive, her recent projects include Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory which uses deep qualitative analysis from local researchers to increase understanding of what is going on in regional media ecosystems.
