Liina Espenberg

Elu esiküljel ja tagahoovis

Introduction

Elu esiküljel ja tagahoovis. Avasta näitus "Elu esiküljel" ja selle kataloog, mis toob esile Eesti ajalehtede 200-aastase ajaloo (1821-2021) ja meedia arengu esikülgede kaudu.

Abstract

Life on the Front Page and in the Back YardImpressions about the exhibition and its catalogueIn October 2021, the exhibition „Life on the Front Page” was opened at the UT Library, which brought to its viewers Estonian-language newspapers published over the past 200 years, showing 231 front pages of 77 different newspapers published in Estonia, America, Russia, Sweden and Australia. Based on the materials of the exhibition, Roosmarii Kurvits prepared a 174-page catalogue Life on the front page. Front pages of Estonian newspapers 1821–2021, published at the beginning of 2022. This large-format collection, edited byTiit Hennoste, gives a comprehensive overview of the development of our newspapers, illustrated by their front pages; the catalogue is divided into four periods and accompanied by texts written by Krista Aru and Roosmarii Kurvits. While browsing the exhibition catalogue, the author of the article recalls her childhood encounters with newspapers, their availability and reading of them.

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