The patrimonialization of African television archives in the context of the globalization of audiovisual documentary information : use, context : the case of the archives of Senegalese national television

Abstract

Audiovisual archives undoubtedly contain important elements of cultural heritage. But while audiovisual archives exist here over 50 years and are continuing to multiply by the day, their precise definition, nonetheless, is subject to controversy, or at least very ambiguous. In addition, due to the frequency and interval of reuse, it is reasonable to wonder whether there is not the birth of new form of archives: the "immediate archives". Moreover, these archives are everywhere, especially in Black Africa, threatened with extinction. On one hand, the varieties of analog media and, on the other, the multiple digital formats to save and reuse them remain a dilemma. Also, the problem of preserving and reusing these collections remains an ongoing concern. Yet it is imperative to make accessible and understandable, at all times and in all places, the accumulated audiovisual patrimony funds, regardless of the media on which this heritage is recorded. To be sustainable and appropriate under its clearest signification, a heritage must, through the ages, exceed the technical contingencies and of interpretation. This thesis studies the solutions to make audiovisual archives sustainable and to allow to understand and to find out the context in which they were produced. Indeed, their contextualization, including what relates especially to the African cultural heritage, reveals to be a very specific indexing control, compared to traditional written records. This unveils a singular documentary approach in order to perpetuate and assure circulation and upgrading the African audiovisual cultural heritage in the context of the globalization of audiovisual documentary information. The proper use of African audiovisual archives must comply with these conditions needed to be a counterweight that hangs in the globalized exchange of audiovisual information.