people
Against Oblivion
Against Oblivion
We unite to preserve digital traces, protect the right to truth, and build infrastructures
of memory.
of memory.
8–9 Nov 2025
Berlin, NYC, Online
Berlin, NYC, Online
people
Against Oblivion
Against Oblivion
We unite to preserve digital traces,
protect the right to truth, and build infrastructures of memory.
protect the right to truth, and build infrastructures of memory.
8–9 Nov 2025
Berlin, NYC, Online
Berlin, NYC, Online
people
Against Oblivion
Against Oblivion
We unite to preserve digital traces,
protect the right to truth, and build infrastructures of memory.
protect the right to truth, and build infrastructures of memory.
8–9 Nov 2025
Berlin, NYC, Online
Berlin, NYC, Online
Manifesto
Memory has become a battlefield. The disappearance of materials
is a weapon. RIMA Fest is our response: we gather forces
to preserve digital traces, protect the right to truth, and turn fragmented efforts into a shared infrastructure of memory.
is a weapon. RIMA Fest is our response: we gather forces
to preserve digital traces, protect the right to truth, and turn fragmented efforts into a shared infrastructure of memory.
Manifesto
Memory has become a battlefield. The disappearance of materials
is a weapon. RIMA Fest is our response: we gather forces
to preserve digital traces, protect the right to truth, and turn fragmented efforts into a shared infrastructure of memory.
is a weapon. RIMA Fest is our response: we gather forces
to preserve digital traces, protect the right to truth, and turn fragmented efforts into a shared infrastructure of memory.
Manifesto
Memory has become a battlefield. The disappearance of materials
is a weapon. RIMA Fest is our response: we gather forces
to preserve digital traces, protect the right to truth, and turn fragmented efforts into a shared infrastructure of memory.
is a weapon. RIMA Fest is our response: we gather forces
to preserve digital traces, protect the right to truth, and turn fragmented efforts into a shared infrastructure of memory.
What to expect
november 22, New york
15 NYC
Preserving the Invisible
Host: Vera Shengeliya,
Ilia Venyavkin
Ilia Venyavkin
A world-café gathering to safeguard censored and threatened community memory.
november 9, 0nline
14 CET/07 CST/08 NYC
Online
Volunteer Survival Guide: Helping Others, Staying Human
Host: Anna Eliseeva
Bringing together organizations and volunteers to explore how volunteer work is organized, the challenges volunteers face, and the practices that support them.
16 CET/09 CST/10 NYC
20 CET/13 CST/14 NYC
Online
Online
RIMA Highlights and Tools: Tour for Researchers and Journalists
Stories You Can’t Erase: A Community Conversation
on CAIMA
on CAIMA
From Archive
to Insight: RIMA Fellows Showcase Their Work
to Insight: RIMA Fellows Showcase Their Work
As long as we remember, we resist: Stories on How Memory Defies Oppression
Host: Tamara Velikodneva
Hosts: Ramon Zamora,
Ilia Venyavkin
Ilia Venyavkin
Host: Ilia Venyavkin
Host: Vera Shengeliya
Opportunities for researchers and outline possible forms
of collaboration with RIMA.
of collaboration with RIMA.
Journalists, activists, students, and anyone curious will come together to share stories, ask questions, and talk about how archives can become tools
of resistance.
of resistance.
An invitation for students to imagine their own projects with RIMA.
The session spotlights creators
of digital archival projects from different parts of the world who
are preserving community memory under pressure. In a fast, focused lightning-talks format, each speaker has 10 minutes to share the story
of their project: the problem they faced, the preservation tactics they chose, the risks they navigated,
and the impact for their
communities.
of digital archival projects from different parts of the world who
are preserving community memory under pressure. In a fast, focused lightning-talks format, each speaker has 10 minutes to share the story
of their project: the problem they faced, the preservation tactics they chose, the risks they navigated,
and the impact for their
communities.
november 8, berlin
15:00 – 17:00 CET
Robot Thieves vs. Robot Investigators:
A Community
Talk on Scraping
A Community
Talk on Scraping
Host: Filipp Smirnov
Speakers: Max Donheiser, data journalist at the Tagesspiegel Innovation Lab; Friedrich Lindenberg, Founder
of OpenSanctions.
of OpenSanctions.
An open community talk exploring how the same bots that threaten independent media can also power investigative journalism and transparency.
18:00 – 20:00 CET
Das Werkhaus and live-stream
RIMA represents the digital archive of Afisha magazine
Hosts: Aleksandr Gorbachev,
Ilya Krasilshchik
Ilya Krasilshchik
A presentation unveiling the newly digitized Afisha archive, celebrating the magazine’s creative legacy and its influence on Russian urban culture
and media (The event will be held in Russian).
and media (The event will be held in Russian).
What to expect
november 9, online
november 22, new york
november 8, berlin
15 NYC
Preserving the Invisible
Host: Vera Shengeliya, Ilia Venyavkin
A world-café gathering to safeguard censored and threatened community memory.
20 CET/13 CST/14 NYC
Online
Stories You Can’t Erase:
A Community Conversation
on CAIMA
A Community Conversation
on CAIMA
Hosts: Ramon Zamora, Ilia Venyavkin
Journalists, activists, students, and anyone curious
will come together to share stories, ask questions,
and talk about how archives can become tools
of resistance.
will come together to share stories, ask questions,
and talk about how archives can become tools
of resistance.
16 CET/09 CST/10 NYC
Online
RIMA Highlights and Tools: Tour
for Researchers and Journalists
for Researchers and Journalists
Host: Tamara Velikodneva
Opportunities for researchers and outline possible forms of collaboration with RIMA.
From Archive to Insight: RIMA Fellows Showcase Their Work
Host: Ilia Venyavkin
An invitation for students to imagine their own projects with RIMA.
As long as we remember,
we resist: Stories on How Memory Defies Oppression
we resist: Stories on How Memory Defies Oppression
Host: Vera Shengeliya
The session spotlights creators of digital archival projects from different parts of the world who
are preserving community memory under pressure. In a fast, focused lightning-talks format, each
speaker has 10 minutes to share the story of their project: the problem they faced, the preservation tactics they chose, the risks they navigated,
and the impact for their communities.
are preserving community memory under pressure. In a fast, focused lightning-talks format, each
speaker has 10 minutes to share the story of their project: the problem they faced, the preservation tactics they chose, the risks they navigated,
and the impact for their communities.
14 CET/07 CST/08 NYC
Online
Volunteer Survival Guide: Helping Others, Staying Human
Host: Anna Eliseeva
Bringing together organizations and volunteers
to explore how volunteer work is organized,
the challenges volunteers face, and the practices that support them.
to explore how volunteer work is organized,
the challenges volunteers face, and the practices that support them.
18:00 – 20:00 CET
Das Werkhaus
and live-stream
and live-stream
RIMA represents the digital archive of Afisha magazine
Hosts: Aleksandr Gorbachev, Ilya Krasilshchik
A presentation unveiling the newly digitized Afisha archive, celebrating the magazine’s creative legacy and its influence on Russian urban culture
and media (The event will be held in Russian).
and media (The event will be held in Russian).
15:00 – 17:00 CET
Das Werkhaus
Robot Thieves vs. Robot Investigators: A Community
Talk on Scraping
Talk on Scraping
Host: Filipp Smirnov
Speakers: Max Donheiser, data journalist at the Tagesspiegel Innovation Lab; Friedrich Lindenberg, Founder of OpenSanctions.
An open community talk exploring how the same bots that threaten independent media can also power investigative journalism and transparency.
What to expect
november 9, online
november 22, new york
november 8, berlin
15 NYC
Preserving the Invisible
Host: Vera Shengeliya, Ilia Venyavkin
A world-café gathering to safeguard censored and threatened community memory.
20 CET/13 CST/14 NYC
Online
Stories You Can’t Erase:
A Community Conversation
on CAIMA
A Community Conversation
on CAIMA
Hosts: Ramon Zamora, Ilia Venyavkin
Journalists, activists, students, and anyone curious
will come together to share stories, ask questions,
and talk about how archives can become tools
of resistance.
will come together to share stories, ask questions,
and talk about how archives can become tools
of resistance.
16 CET/09 CST/10 NYC
Online
RIMA Highlights and Tools: Tour
for Researchers and Journalists
for Researchers and Journalists
Host: Tamara Velikodneva
Opportunities for researchers and outline possible forms of collaboration with RIMA.
From Archive to Insight: RIMA Fellows Showcase Their Work
Host: Ilia Venyavkin
An invitation for students to imagine their own projects with RIMA.
As long as we remember,
we resist: Stories on How Memory Defies Oppression
we resist: Stories on How Memory Defies Oppression
Host: Vera Shengeliya
The session spotlights creators of digital archival projects from different parts of the world who
are preserving community memory under pressure. In a fast, focused lightning-talks format, each
speaker has 10 minutes to share the story of their project: the problem they faced, the preservation tactics they chose, the risks they navigated,
and the impact for their communities.
are preserving community memory under pressure. In a fast, focused lightning-talks format, each
speaker has 10 minutes to share the story of their project: the problem they faced, the preservation tactics they chose, the risks they navigated,
and the impact for their communities.
14 CET/07 CST/08 NYC
Online
Volunteer Survival Guide: Helping Others, Staying Human
Host: Anna Eliseeva
Bringing together organizations and volunteers
to explore how volunteer work is organized,
the challenges volunteers face, and the practices that support them.
to explore how volunteer work is organized,
the challenges volunteers face, and the practices that support them.
18:00 – 20:00 CET
RIMA represents the digital archive of Afisha magazine
Hosts: Aleksandr Gorbachev, Ilya Krasilshchik
A presentation unveiling the newly digitized Afisha archive, celebrating the magazine’s creative legacy and its influence on Russian urban culture
and media (The event will be held in Russian).
and media (The event will be held in Russian).
15:00 – 17:00 CET
Robot Thieves vs. Robot Investigators: A Community
Talk on Scraping
Talk on Scraping
Host: Filipp Smirnov
Speakers: Max Donheiser, data journalist at the Tagesspiegel Innovation Lab; Friedrich Lindenberg, Founder of OpenSanctions.
An open community talk exploring how the same bots that threaten independent media can also power investigative journalism and transparency.
ABOUT RIMA
RIMA stands for Russian Independent Media Archive.
We want to preserve the work that independent Russian journalists have been doing for more than 20 years. This is historical evidence. RIMA is a part of Kronika project …
We want to preserve the work that independent Russian journalists have been doing for more than 20 years. This is historical evidence. RIMA is a part of Kronika project …
about rima
RIMA stands for Russian Independent Media Archive.
We want to preserve the work that independent Russian
journalists have been doing for more than 20 years.
This is historical evidence. RIMA is a part of Kronika project …
We want to preserve the work that independent Russian
journalists have been doing for more than 20 years.
This is historical evidence. RIMA is a part of Kronika project …
about rima
RIMA stands for Russian Independent Media Archive.
We want to preserve the work that independent Russian
journalists have been doing for more than 20 years.
This is historical evidence. RIMA is a part of Kronika project.
We want to preserve the work that independent Russian
journalists have been doing for more than 20 years.
This is historical evidence. RIMA is a part of Kronika project.
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