Abstract
14 –Diaries of the Great War is a transmedial project consisting of a documentary TV-series, a website, a radio programme, a photo book and a museum exhibition, produced for the centenary of World War One in 2014. The project was created by a transnational collaboration and aimed for a transnational audience. The TV-series aspired to create a new kind of historical documentary, showing history as it was experienced by ordinary people. This article compares how 14 – Diaries of the Great War was realised and received in Great Britain, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. We argue that the TV-series, in spite of its transnational origin and ambitions was in effect being localized and re-nationalized, as it was adapted to the presumed preferences of national audiences.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Image [&] Narrative |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 63-79 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| ISSN | 1780-678X |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2017 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities
- Transnational memory
- World War One Centenary
- Commemoration
- TV documentary
- 14 diaries of the Great War
- Transmediality