Special Issue of the Journal Culture Crossroads Published on Audiovisual Archives, Digital Platforms, and Audiences
The latest thematic issue (Vol. 27) of Culture Crossroads, the international scholarly journal published by the Institute of Arts and Cultural Studies of the Latvian Academy of Culture, has been published titled “Exploring the Past and Future of Audiovisual Media in the Baltic Sea Region: Archives, Digital Platforms, Researchers and Spectators.”
The articles by internationally recognised and nationally significant scholars are based on papers presented at the 9th Baltic Sea Region Film History Conference, held in Riga in 2024. The volume is structured in two sections – Platforms and Spectators and Archives – highlighting how digital platforms increasingly serve archival functions, while archives are expanding their roles as active cultural mediators.
The volume has been published within the framework of the research project "Cultural and creative ecosystem of Latvia as a resource of resilience and sustainability"/ CERS (VPP-MM-LKRVA-2023/1-0001), which is funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia in the framework of the State Research Programme “Latvian Culture – a Resource for National Development” (2023–2026). The State Research Programme is administered by the Latvian Council of Science.