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27 October: what is celebrated today
27 October is a date that pays tribute to knowledge, memory and humanity. On this day, the voice of cinema, healing hands, minds that correct, and ideas that seek a fairer and less violent world come together. Among screens, books, laboratories and offices, the day invites us to reflect on what we preserve, how we care and why we still believe in the word as a form of resistance.
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
The sound of an old voice, a news bulletin from another era, a forgotten film: all of this is part of our collective memory. Since 2005, UNESCO has marked World Day for Audiovisual Heritage to remind us that images and sounds also tell the history of humankind.
Millions of audiovisual documents disappear every year, erased by time or technological negligence. Preserving them is not merely an act of nostalgia: it is defending memory, safeguarding identity and keeping open the windows through which the past still looks at us.
World Occupational Therapy Day
Health has its art too. On this day, occupational therapists around the world celebrate a profession that restores autonomy, confidence and meaning to everyday life. Thanks to them, thousands of people recover simple actions — getting dressed, writing, cooking — that reconnect body and dignity.
This year's theme, “Occupational Therapy for All”, sums up a profound truth: well-being is measured not only by the absence of illness, but by the possibility of participating fully in life.
International Proofreading Day or Proofreaders' Day
Among the letters, someone watches over the invisible order of words. Every 27 October, on the birthday of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Proofreaders' Day is celebrated: discreet guardians of clarity and meaning.
Their painstaking, silent work ensures that communication remains a bridge, not a trap. At a time when writing has become as quick as forgetting, they remind us that precision is also a form of respect.
Disarmament Week
From 24 to 30 October, the UN devotes Disarmament Week to one of its most urgent missions: reducing violence on a planet saturated with weapons.
In a world where fear seems more profitable than peace, this week proposes a pause: to reflect on the value of life, on the need to turn distrust into dialogue. To disarm is a verb that begins within each of us.
Global Media and Information Literacy Week
We live among screens, but not always among truths. From 24 to 31 October, UNESCO promotes this week to encourage critical thinking about the media. In 2024, the theme “The New Digital Frontiers of Information” focuses on the challenges of artificial intelligence and disinformation.
Learning to read the world has become as important as learning to read a book. Media literacy is now the language of freedom.
27 October is a day of respect: respect for the written word, for the preserved image, for rehabilitated life and for possible peace. Among archives, hospitals and newsrooms, the same intention pulses: to care for what we are so that the future has a memory.
Because, after all, all heritage — whether cultural, human or digital — is born from the desire not to disappear.