Digital heritage and global realities: responses from Africa and the Arab World
Organizers:
Cinzia Perlingieri
Senior Researcher
Department of African and Oriental Studies (DSRAPA)
Centro Interdipartimentale di Servizio di Archeologia (CISA)
Università degli Studi di Napoli “l’Orientale”, Italy
Elisam Magara
Director
East African School of Library and Information Science, Makerere University
Chairman
Uganda Library and Information Association, Uganda
ABSTRACT
This session will present the emerging digital documentation of heritage and archaeological sites in the developing world. Focusing on the role the ‘global north’ play in the provision of expertise and appropriate training in the digital documentation of cultural heritage, as well as the role governments, international scholarly networks, and individual researchers are playing in the digitization of African and Arab cultural heritage and archaeological sites. A number of initiatives will be shared and evaluated for their impact on the communities they seek to serve. These initiatives will also be examined as potential models for future collaboration, involvement, and innovation.
