(2019) Research: Massive Digital Community Archives in Colombia: An International Partnership Toward Peace
This three year project highlights the role of community-based archives and community memory as a powerful tool toward imagining and working toward peace.
This book chapter explores the Comparte Tu Rollo project, a partnership between the National Library of Colombia, with its national network of public libraries, and Historypin.org, a global non-profit that seeks to strengthen communities through local history and story-sharing. This project highlights: the potential role of cultural heritage organizations to make lasting social impact through civic engagement, methods for designing digital content creation and community engagement along with technical infrastructure, the democratizing potential of placing the power of cultural narrative in the hands of many, and how a digital cultural project allowed us to reach an entire nation during an essential time of peace-building.
This three year project highlights the role of community-based archives and community memory as a powerful tool toward imagining and working toward peace.
This book chapter explores the Comparte Tu Rollo project, a partnership between the National Library of Colombia, with its national network of public libraries, and Historypin.org, a global non-profit that seeks to strengthen communities through local history and story-sharing. This project highlights: the potential role of cultural heritage organizations to make lasting social impact through civic engagement, methods for designing digital content creation and community engagement along with technical infrastructure, the democratizing potential of placing the power of cultural narrative in the hands of many, and how a digital cultural project allowed us to reach an entire nation during an essential time of peace-building.
This three year project highlights the role of community-based archives and community memory as a powerful tool toward imagining and working toward peace.
This book chapter explores the Comparte Tu Rollo project, a partnership between the National Library of Colombia, with its national network of public libraries, and Historypin.org, a global non-profit that seeks to strengthen communities through local history and story-sharing. This project highlights: the potential role of cultural heritage organizations to make lasting social impact through civic engagement, methods for designing digital content creation and community engagement along with technical infrastructure, the democratizing potential of placing the power of cultural narrative in the hands of many, and how a digital cultural project allowed us to reach an entire nation during an essential time of peace-building.