Delegates of the 2024 FIAF Congress in Bangkok visiting a film vault of the Thai Film Archive. Photo courtesy of Mikko Kuutti.
FIAF Peer Learning Forum #1
"Strategies to cope with high temperature and humidity"
July-November 2026, online
Registrations now closed.
About the Peer Learning Forum: Starting in July 2026, FIAF is launching an online discussion series that will focus on one topic each year, featuring references or working methods based on practice or research. Its aims are to give archivists opportunities to exchange experiences with similar challenges, reflect on a specific topic, and to expand FIAF’s pool of knowledgeable trainers.
Organized by: Lisabona Rahman (Training & Outreach Coordinator), Sreya Chatterjee (Technical Commission member), and Clara Sánchez-Dehesa (Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, FIAF Supporter).
Content: What are the recent ideas, practices and studies within the film preservation field that give us strategies to cope with high temperature and humidity? This first FIAF Training & Outreach Peer Learning Forum will discuss strategies emerging from the working experiences of colleagues dealing with high temperature and humidity as the norm. The Forum will start as a reading assignment and online discussion, followed by two online experience-sharing sessions held in English and Spanish.
Target Group: People interested in the conservation of analogue and digital film, especially archivists who practice it or are responsible for making policies. As much as possible, the organizers will facilitate discussions in English and in Spanish. The schedule of the events also takes into account different time zones, to accommodate participants in as many geographical locations as possible.
Note that number participants will be limited, for participant comfort and interactivity. Selected participants will be expected to attend all three sessions. Only those who have will be entitled to receive a course completion certificate.
Schedule:
1. Reading Group discussion
9 July 2026
Participants will meet to discuss texts addressing challenges of high temperature and humidity, and the strategies of managing a conservation environment informed by principles of sustainability. The texts also address challenges of natural and human-made disasters, less favourable sociopolitical situations, and the importance of international collaboration. Reading material will be provided for the participants before the event. The discussion will be recorded and automatically transcribed to be used by the Peer Learning Forum. If participants agree, the recording will be made available on FIAF’s database.
2. Learning from the Vault 1 & 2
3 September 2026
5 November 2026
For the first 45 minutes of the session, we will listen to the experiences of colleagues working in different Asian and Latin American regions, especially learning from their day-to-day strategies, as well as their reflections. Participants are invited to prepare questions or reflections from their own experiences. The last 45 minutes of the session will be dedicated to discussing questions and reflections from the participants, informed by the discussion points from the Reading Group.
Registration Form
Please use the form below to apply for registration for the first edition of the FIAF Peer Learning Forum. No fee will be charged, but places will be limited, for reasons of participant comfort and interactivity. Should there be more applicants than places available, a selection will have to be made by the organizers on the basis of the information contained in the form, so please fill it in as rigorously as possible. Note that submitting this completed form does not guarantee your participation in these workshops. And please only apply if you are ready to commit to attending all stages of the course and completing the homework.
The deadline for submitting the form is Sunday 28 June. Selected candidates will be notified by email by Thursday 2 July.
If you have any questions about the Peer Learning Forum, contact training@fiafnet.org.
UPDATE on 29 June: REGISTRATIONS NOW CLOSED.
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