Asia

Projects in Asia

MEAP UCLA

Elusive Voices: Preserving the Stories of Elderly Palestinian Refugees

Palestinian director, Muhammad Ibrahim, directed a series of interviews capturing the experiences of refugees from 180 villages. Documenting information that has been erased e…

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MEAP UCLA

The Kashmir Valley Archive

Kashmir's internal conflict led to the creation of a significant body of materials created by the local community. Although the region became fragmented, the APHC archive has …

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Digitization of Folklore Archive at Rudaki Institute of Lang. and Lit.

The Rudaki Institute of Language and Literature archive serves as one of very few existing repositories of Tajikistan's expressive culture. This project works to preserve and …

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Surprise!: Photo Jack Imaging Lebanon's Passers-by, Public and Private Life

Throughout the 1940’s to the 1980’s, the Photo Jack Studio captured the intricacies of urban life in northern Lebanon. Using local photography practices and methods, photograp…

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Playing Relative: Alliance-Making in Urban Malaysia

Throughout the 1980’s into the early 2000’s, Malaysian countercultures became connected through performative and visual art, which transcended differences in race, language, a…

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Conserving the Archives of Progressive Pakistan

In resistance to the centralizing government state, those of the Pakistan progressive movement left behind a rich archive of photographs, written works, recorded interviews, a…

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Visual Histories of Northeast India

Throughout the 1960’s onward, local tribe communities in Northeast India has remained isolated from other regions, and has in turn received little coverage in academia. Howeve…

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Survey and Digital Preservation of Upcountry Tamil Archival Records

The community of Malaiyaka Tamilar, also known as the Upcountry Tamil community, have been repressed historically, politically, and socially within Sri Lanka. However, their c…

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MEAP UCLA

Preserving Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis: The Role of Social Media

Through the power of social media, Syrians who have been tragically displaced from their homes come together online to share their experiences and nostalgic memories of the pa…

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