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Europeana 2025

Preserve, Protect, Reuse

Saving billions of things on social media: Data Lifeboat to the Rescue?
Flickr turned 21 years old in February 2025. It’s a grandma of the web, and has grown into a collection of tens of billions of images; a unique representation of our shared histories over the last 20+ years. The Flickr Foundation was established in 2022 to keep Flickr pictures visible for 100 years (whether they’re on Flickr or not). It is working on a decentralization solution called Data Lifeboat, a self-contained, well-designed archival unit containing a selected sliver of Flickr pictures and their metadata. Join this session to see an overview of the prototyping and user research to date!

Here’s George and The Boss of Europeana, the delightful and esteemed Harry Verwayen.

Harry Verwayen and George Oates at Europeana 2025 - Preserve, Protect, Reuse

Here are George’s slides from the day:

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Letters spelling out TO SEE WORLD resting on a wall outside in front of a brick wall

Anil Dash - using community to build power

"The common theme was that belief that the web was about giving people power and a voice to hold the powerful accountable. It really did happen! We didn’t imagine it! And it got fully subverted."

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New Report: Death Is Not an Edge Case

On recommendations for improved digital legacy features for Flickr members.

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‘Threading Ephemeral’: Oreoluwa’s closing reflections on the Fellowship

As Oreoluwa's Fellowship project draws to a close, they share their concluding artistic output and critical reflections on image-making

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