New directives provide overarching vision to island's image and sound archives

foto-arxiu-imatge-i-so1The Formentera Council's department of patrimony announces the creation of a set of guiding principles for Formentera's Arxiu d'Imatge i So (Image and Sound Archive). The document contains working strategies to find,, research, study and spread the images and sounds that make up Formentera's documentary legacy.

The plan's drafting was stipulated in the island's 2017-2019 strategy for management of cultural heritage. Included in the plan is an organisational model for day-to-day tasks at the AISF, as well as recommendations for ongoing operations, priority actions and clear steps to succeeding in objectives, projects and assorted activities.

The two-year plan establishes a vision for the long-term and effective functioning of the AISF. The first part of the scheme is to prepare and vote on the AISF guiding principles. Objectives include cultivating knowledge about Formentera's cultural heritage, showcasing it as an asset to the community, and offering islanders and associations training in order to shape attitudes about cultural heritage on the island.

According to culture and patrimony secretary Susana Labrador, the AISF guidelines mean islanders can expect to see new hubs of culture and art and museums filling out the island's landscape of cultural institutions. Content and resources will be needed if these institutions are to gain currency with visitors, whether or not they actually live on the island. Labrador asserted research and outreach would be necessary to get the new network off the ground, presaging centres of research and outreach which would be lively and dynamic.