Can we engage in play as a method of intellectual inquiry & world-building?

In this article, our Research Associate, Mūthoni Mwangi, talks about expanding her view of the accessible & interactive ways available for organising & presenting research.

Read: shorturl.at/lnrMX

How do we move away from valuing rare archival knowledge more?

In our conversation with Nombuso Mathibela, she used a moving sonic presentation to show us the dynamics of working with archives and how to process encountering the unknown.

Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=Xfg4jN…

Exciting news! ORA has been featured in the latest edition of Reviews in Digital Humanities, April 2024 issue! Dive into the article for an in-depth look at our project, mission, and recent achievements. Click here to read more reviewsindh.pubpub.org/pub/open-resti…

Brighten your day⛅️

Try our 'Sounds of History' Playlist! This latest curation is titled 'Kumbukumbu' or 'archive'.

In it, we journey from South Africa to Senegal & everywhere in between to celebrate the power of collective memory.

And it bumps😀open.spotify.com/playlist/5MTaZ…

We've come to the end of another #CultureCatchUp !

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As we wrap up, expect the email roundup in your inbox first thing tomorrow.

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It's Today!📢📢

Join us at at 18:00 EAT on Zoom for the Culture Catch Up With Nombuso Mathibela.

Theme: Creatively engaging with archives and memory through sound.

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Happening Tomorrow!

Have you signed up for our upcoming #CultureCatchUp conversation?

Join us and Nombuso Mathibela as we discuss what it means to creatively engage with archives & memory through alternative mediums.

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A research project, funded by the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), has helped realise the long-held dream of South Africa’s ǂKhomani community to share their proud history with the rest of the world.

Full story: bit.ly/4aMkmFj

In this #CultureCatchUp , Nombuso Mathibela, will help unpack questions around intentional & liberatory archiving.

“We ought to produce a new literary code, system & culture that speaks creatively to our collective human predicament today.”

Join us: shorturl.at/crzFI

So thrilled to be at Newcastle University today to launch Museum of British Colonialism's visiting exhibition on Anti-Blackness and Colonial Detention. Thanks to Dr. Chloé Josse-Durand, Laura Routley and the Hatton Gallery for having us! Looking forward to this afternoon's launch event 📢

Wondering how #HistoriansInResidence is going?

Our first session kicked off with a fun collective activity. We got to explore our dreams & visions for our time together through songs, images, and text.

Look out for what we do in session two.
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Mutanu Kyany’a sheds light on the efforts of African Digital Heritage in re-imagining, re-defining, and restoring African pasts alongside communities and cultural heritage practitioners on the African continent. IFPH-FIHP
IFPH Student and Early Career Group Histories At Risk Network
Women Also Know History Memory Studies Association

African Digital Heritage is doing some of the most amazing work of ensuring African histories are digitized in a way we can understand, interpret, and share. I believe the organization can do some more amazing works using blockchains like #Algorand for securable and verifiable records.

We've been featured in boom saloon's April Edition!

Read our article 'We have always been sustainable', which details how cultural heritage holds the answers for sustainability.

Click to read before the limited viewing option lapses. 🏃: boomsaloon.com/we-have-always…

Meet Amarachi Nnoli,

A Nigerian photographer & photojournalist whose work centres cultural erasure & the need for proper documentation.

Her project, “Archiving Igbo Joy”, celebrates the beauty in the mundane lives of the Igbo people. #ADHHIR

Read more: shorturl.at/dgk12

Meet Evans Akanyijuka,

A digital artist who collages & manipulates photography with AI to create hyperrealist pieces. #ADHHIR

In this medium, his project will unravel the historical battle of Kagogo, where Rujumbura resisted Ankole rule.

Read more: shorturl.at/blyzE