Ray Edmondson : the troublemaking professional : a festschrift / [compiled by] Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

South East Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association, compiler, issuing body.

Edmondson, Ray, honoree, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Audio-visual archives--Australia.

Audio-visual archives.

Film archives--Australia.

Film archives.

Motion pictures--Australia--History.

Motion pictures.

Edmondson, Ray.

Australia.

Physical Description:

x, 158 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

East Barnet, Herts, United Kingdom : John Libbey Publishing, [2026]

Summary:

"Dr Ray Edmondson's long and illustrious career in the audiovisual archiving industry spans over 50 years. In addition to his work at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Ray is a respected archivist and authority in the audiovisual archiving field. He continues to be involved with and contributes to professional associations such as the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA), Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) and International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) to name a few, and international organisations like the UNESCO Memory of the World. As a tribute to its founding President, and to celebrate his work in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond, SEAPAVAA has compiled a series of Ray's writings and a responding contribution to each piece by specialists who have been influenced and inspired by him. This volume also contains a comprehensive bibliography of Ray's writings and range of photographs that illustrate the breath of his impact on the numerous individuals that he has guided and motivated"--Back cover.

Contents:

An archivist's story / Ray Edmondson

A funny thing happened on the way to the film projector / Sue Terry

You only live once: on being a troublemaking professional / Ray Edmondson

Ray Edmondson's secret weapon / Andrew Pike

Is film archiving a profession? / Ray Edmondson

What do we profess to? / Benedict Salazar Olgado

Advocacy and the power of one / Ray Edmondson

To take up the mantle / Regina Longo

A case of mistaken identity: governancy, guardianship, and the ScreenSound Saga / Ray Edmondson

Against acts of dispossession / Ina Bertrand

Sacrilege or synthesis? An exploration of the philosophy of audiovisual archiving / Ray Edmondson

1998: a philosophy odyssey / Joie Springer

The golden age of comics / Ray Edmondson

Through the sprocket hole / Ricky Orellana

Human rights documentary heritage: the path ahead / Ray Edmondson

Recognising our moral and professional obligations / Helen Jarvis

Beyond the digital age / Ray Edmondson

Machine age: the digital future of archives / Keir Winesmith

Those mysterious back rooms / Ray Edmondson

The Ray effect / Caroline Yeager.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780861967605

0861967607

OCLC:

1573484937

Publisher Number:

90104845000

CIPO000385652