Museum Connections 2024

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Nicolas SERPETTE

MÉMORIAL DU CAMP DE RIVESALTES

Responsable de la Communication

Biography

Inaugurated in 2015, the Rivesaltes Camp Memorial was built amidst the remains of barracks that stood as silent witnesses to the fate of over 60,000 people. The mark left by these events is what makes Rivesaltes a unique site, one that attests to the major upheavals of the 20th century: the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and the wars of decolonisation. The Rivesaltes Camp Memorial is a place of history and memories, a window onto the contemporary world.

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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