Volume 52, Issue 2

The archival bond is the embodiment of the relationships shared amongst records generated in the course of the same activity, by the same creator. It has been one of the key governing principles of the archival profession since its inception. At the heart of this concept is the notion that records only acquire meaning and identity in the context of the aggregation they originally belong to. This interpretation has been guided by an analog worldview of archives in which creators, activities, and fonds are easily delimited constructs. With the digitalization of recordkeeping, these boundaries are meshed in favor of more fluid processes that prioritize the flow and recombination of information across several systems and classification schemes. This article attempts to revisit the concept of archival bond under the light of the current information paradigm with the goals of examining its fundamental notions, discussing its application and limitations. The methodology is qualitative and relies on documentary research. A literature review on the archival bond is conducted through the consultation of Web of Science and Scopus databases. As an expansion of the archival bond, a novel concept of informational bond is suggested as an attempt to more accurately capture the context of digital information and to reinforce the trustworthiness of archival representations.

The relevance of the subject is conditioned by the rapid technical development and active digitalisation of the creative space. Video mapping technologies have become one of the manifestations of art modernisation, a kind of change in the form of the demonstration of visual images. The purpose of the study is to determine ways to involve video mapping technologies in the progressive evolution of the artistic process into new forms of spatial augmented reality. Identifying the potential capabilities of video mapping will allow the expansion of the range of creative expression tools at the level of advanced technical capabilities. Among the scientific methods for this study, some general scientific methods were used: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, modelling, abstraction, reductionism and methods of comparison and analogy. The main result of the study is a statement of a radical change in the approach to art in the modern world, based on the visualisation of subjects and images using new expressive means. Thus, augmented reality as an entertaining element of artistic performance is the embodiment of the iconic characteristics of the postmodern era, where the role of a person in the creative process remains key, but the means of one’s self-expression have become different. During the study, conclusions were drawn about the emergence of art to a new level, where the empathic perception of reality is complicated by modern opportunities in the context of technological advances, which, in turn, sets new standards and requirements for the results of the creative process.

The global outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced governments around the world to launch various digital information campaigns in an attempt to boost public awareness about the virus and increase public information on effective measures to prevent its diffusion in local communities. Different public relations and data preservation, data retention, and data distribution strategies have been applied by healthcare policymakers to initiate, implement, and promote a wide range of public information campaigns, unique open data-driven platforms, and related digital solutions and tools to achieve the goal. Likewise, they were driven by different motivations and priorities as well as demands and political signals that they received from both top government leadership and civil society. In this regard, it is interesting to analyze how these different public relations and data management strategies were manifested in real administrative and technological practices, what priorities policymakers put in promoting such digital platforms, what communication and data management tools they used, and how effective they were in raising public awareness about the pandemic via such digital information platforms and related data-driven projects, startups, and initiatives.