Museum Connections 2024

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Pascal Louis CAILLAUT

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION FRANCE

Head of Marketing and Communications France Area

Biography

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s mission is to ensure those who died in service, or as a result of conflict, are commemorated so that they, and the human cost of war, are remembered for ever. We work on behalf of the Governments of Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom to commemorate the 1.7 million men and women from the Commonwealth men and women from the Commonwealth who from the Commonwealth who lost their lives in the two World Wars.

EVENTS

Find us at the following events:
Jan 16, 2024
12:15 PM - 1:05 PM

Innovating to promote 20th century memorial heritage

Mathilde BERNARDET (MINISTÈRE DES ARMÉES, Direction de la mémoire, de la culture et des archives)Pascal Louis CAILLAUT (COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION FRANCE)Bettina LOPPE (SPUR.LAB - BRANDENBURGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR KULTUR UND GESCHICHTE)Nicolas SERPETTE (MÉMORIAL DU CAMP DE RIVESALTES)
Description
In the wake of the Centenary of World War I, new approaches to memorial heritage have emerged, with the structuring of remembrance tourism and the beginning of the digitization of memorial heritage. Today, in the context of the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy on the one hand, and facing the urgent need to respond to the disappearance of the last witnesses of the Second World War atrocities on the other, new large-scale initiatives are emerging to preserve and promote shared memory. While memorials and museums dedicated to the memory of the European conflicts of the 20th century are crucial for transmission to younger generations as well as for the identity and even the attractiveness of an area, we will explore innovation in that field, in terms of digital technology, mediation, territorial structuring and ecological transition.
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