How can historians, educators, museums, archives, technologists, artists, and communities work together to preserve memory in meaningful and innovative ways?
The upcoming ECHOES Online Synergy Workshop, which will bring together projects and organisations working at the intersection of remembrance, digital memory, cultural heritage, education, community engagement, and technology.
Date: 30 June 2026
Time: 10:00 CET
Online
Under the theme “Moving Beyond Silos and Why Interdisciplinarity Matters: Working Across Disciplines for Memory Preservation”, the workshop will explore how different fields can collaborate more effectively to address shared challenges in historical remembrance and memory preservation.
As digital technologies continue to transform the way we document, interpret, and communicate history, interdisciplinary collaboration is becoming increasingly important. Bringing together expertise from across sectors can help create more inclusive, innovative, and ethically grounded approaches to preserving and sharing cultural memory.
The workshop will focus on four key themes:
From Expertise to Collaboration
How can different disciplines work together in remembrance and historical education? What are the common barriers to interdisciplinary cooperation?
Innovation Without Distortion
How can innovative approaches remain historically accurate and ethically responsible while engaging new audiences through digital tools and creative formats?
Communities as Co-Creators, Not Audiences
How can communities play an active role in shaping memory projects rather than simply consuming them?
From Lessons Learned to Shared Solutions
What methodologies, governance models, tools, and best practices can be shared across projects and organisations?
The session will feature short challenge-based contributions from participating projects, moderated discussions, and opportunities to identify future synergies and collaborations.
For the Time Machine community, the workshop offers valuable perspectives on how interdisciplinary approaches can strengthen digital heritage initiatives, historical research, community engagement, and the development of innovative tools for preserving and exploring Europe’s collective memory.
We encourage researchers, cultural heritage professionals, educators, memory institutions, technology developers, and community organisations to join the conversation.
We look forward to contributing to this important discussion on the future of memory preservation and interdisciplinary collaboration.