[ResourceShelf] Newsletter 447
Gary Price
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Number 447 March 18, 2010
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It's Spring Break here in west central Florida. If you're not
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No time/money/whatever for a getaway? Then take a virtual trip to the
Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and enjoy a fascinating online
exhibit introduced by Adrian Janes, our UK contributing editor --
Designing Democracy: Posters and the Political Transformation of
Europe 1989-1991. 1989, you might remember, is the year the Berlin
Wall came down; this exhibit commemorates an intense, vibrant period
in modern history.
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Resource of the Week - Designing Democracy
By Adrian Janes, Contributing Editor
Direct link to this post online: <http://digbig.com/5bbfxm>
1989 was the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
This was but one of the most dramatic of a whole series of
breakthroughs by political movements across Central and Eastern Europe
which brought down the reigning totalitarian regimes. The Victoria and
Albert Museum in London, a focus for design of all kinds, has placed
online Designing Democracy, an excellent international collection of
political posters produced by various opposition groups and
organisations.
The posters come from several countries including Germany, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia (as it was then), Poland and Romania; the period
covered is from 1980 (when the trade union Solidarity was born in
Poland) to the early 1990s, by which time Western-style elections had
been held throughout the region. These changes can now also be seen as
precursors to a more general reunion of Europe, not least in the shape
of the European Union.
Each poster is carefully catalogued, noting the publishing
organisation, artist, country and year of publication and media used.
They are all complemented by a concise description which both places
the poster in its political context and tries to convey something of
the intended meaning. For even after a mere two decades, such
commentary is vitally necessary to remind the older viewer, and teach
the younger, of a state of affairs which already seems hard to
imagine.
The posters on the initial page are only a taster of the whole
collection. To see the rest, type 'pro-democracy' into the search box
here. There are three settings that can be chosen: All records; Only
records with images; Best quality records including image and detailed
description. The greatest quantity of images is generated by the first
setting, and the least by the third. It appears that the main
difference in quality between the two is the extent of the commentary
given, as the standard of cataloguing is consistently high throughout.
Incidentally, when the collection is accessed in this way it is
usually necessary to click on the 'Download PDF version' link to see
the commentary.
One of the problems to which the Internet has arguably contributed is
a tendency towards the ephemeral and a disregard for history. But
collections such as Designing Democracy constitute a powerful response
to such criticisms.
Full post online with live links: <http://digbig.com/5bbfxm>
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