The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico City, Mexico, takes advantage of technological advances for the preservation and dissemination of material heritage, and explores new avenues of preservation and representation of intangible heritage. One example is the prototype Digital Archive of Ritual Poetry (DARP) digital tool that […]
2014 • cultural heritage • culture | preservation • DARP • digital humanities • INAH • intangible • oral tradition • orality • ritual poetryUsing GIS Technology to Reach Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Populations
Colombian GIS Expert Carlos Julio Neisa is always looking for innovative ways to use maps and geographic data. To him, GPS coordinates can open up a world of possibilities that allow ACDI/VOCA’s Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program (ACIP) team to design better programs. Ethnic minority populations are among the most marginalized […]
2014 • ACIP • Afro-Colombian • capacity building • Colombia • community mapping • GIS • GPS • ICTworksPreservation of African Culture in the Information Age
The purpose of this paper is to appraise the importance of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in preserving African cultural heritage in the information age. It examined the nature of African culture and established that the main commonality among Africans is the oral nature of the culture. It also discussed the […]
2014 • Africa • cultural heritage • culture | preservation • ICTs • oral tradition