Webinar, September 18th Elsa Coupard, INA, France Remembrance education and the role of media
Dec 18, 2014
Webinar, September 18thElsa Coupard, INA, France
Remembrance education and the role of media
INA is a repository of all Frenchradio and television audiovisualarchives
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Since 2006, INA has allowed free online consultations of its website called « ina.fr »
> 350 000 items (video & audio)> 40 000 hours
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Milestones for Historyof the present Time
> INA’s educative website, freely accessible on the internet
> Conceived by members of the teaching profession and the french ministry of education
> More than 1500 audiovisual items
> Editorial enrichment ( documentary note, full transcription of soundtrack, context )
Memories of World War II
> Questionning French society for over 60 years
> Since 2012, in the official History curriculum of « classe de Terminale »
(From research in History to teaching History in class)
From the war to the 60’s :The French Resistance as a myth
> The priority is to rebuild the country
> The French Resistance is celebrated
Some streets of Paris were named after the martyredResistance fighters (october 1944) http://fresques.ina.fr/jalons/fiche-media/InaEdu00264/les-noms-des-martyrs-de-la-resistance-sont-donnes-aux-rues-de-paris.html
Years 1970’s and 1980’s :The memory revisited
> An American historian... not a French one
> R. Paxton demonstrated the responsibility of Vichy Government for the deportation of Jews
Robert Paxton,a historian of France during the Vichy regime (1997)http://fresques.ina.fr/jalons/fiche-media/InaEdu01491/robert-paxton-historien-de-la-france-de-vichy.html
Years 1990’s and 2000 : Officialrecognition…and appeasement
> Commemoration of the Vel’d’Hiv Roundup
> For the first time, Jacques Chirac recognizes that the French State is responsible for the deportation of Jews
A speech by Jacques Chirac on the responsibilityof the Vichy regime for the deportation (1995)http://fresques.ina.fr/jalons/fiche-media/InaEdu01248/discours-de-jacques-chirac-sur-la-responsabilite-de-vichy-dans-la-deportation-1995.html
Milestones for History of thepresent time > devised to be used very easily in class
> short videos (approx. 3 minutes)
We also devise some others resources andmedias for teachers or for research
« Great interviews » a patrimonial collection
> patrimonial interviews of historians talking about their careers and works
> freely accessible through an online interface
> full transcription of the interview, chapters
> research tools and bookmarks
Talks with historians
« Great interviews » a patrimonial collection
> testimonies of people who experienced deportation
> collecting witness accounts in order to enable research to be conducted
Memories of the Shoah
Milestones for History of the present time fresques.ina.fr/jalons
Great Interviews grands-entretiens.ina.fr
Elsa Coupard : [email protected]