Vanishing Culture #1: What We Stand to Lose with Luca Messarra

Vanishing Culture #1: What We Stand to Lose with Luca Messarra

July 1, 2026 · 19 min · Episode 33

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The episode discusses the threat of cultural loss as more heritage moves online, featuring an interview with Luca Messarra.

As more of our cultural heritage moves online, a troubling question is emerging: what happens when the things we create, share, and cherish simply disappear? In the first episode of our special six-part series on Vanishing Culture , host Vida Vojić speaks with author and humanities scholar Luca Messarra , author of the Internet Archive’s Vanishing Culture , about the growing threat of cultural loss in the digital age. Read Vanishing Culture for free at the Internet Archive or purchase in print: https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026

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