http://mg.co.za/article/2013-01-30-00-mpho-moshe-matheolane/ What’s in a name? A whole lot or very little, depending on how you look at it. In the same light one could ask: what’s in the changing of a name, and the answer would more or less the same. Usually the idea behind changing a name is closely associated with the intention of […]
Archivo mensual: enero 2013
“The Secret Life of the Counterarchive: Queer Artists and their Archives”
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/humanitiesinstitute/news/6127 “The Secret Life of the Counterarchive: Queer Artists and their Archives” January 30, 2013, 7:00 pm, in Avaya Auditorium The Humanities Institute continues its lecture series on the theme “Public and Private” with a talk by cultural studies scholar Ann Cvetkovich. Dr. Cvetkovich’s talk addresses the current state of LGBTQ archives and the creative […]
Recovering Archive Cultures Materials. Bulletin 2. Masonic and Theosophical Photographs from the Archivo General de la Guerra Civil Española (AGGCE – General Archive of the Spanish Civil War)
This text was originally published as an introduction to the inventory of the collection from the General Archive of the Spanish Civil War, Salamanca. Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. Blanca Desantes Fernández The series of Masonic photographs collected within the AGGCE, though not very large in number, is extremely interesting and significant from a […]
Recovering Archive Cultures Materials. Bulletin 2. The National Museum of Anthropology and Archive Cultures project
Mª Dolores Adellac Museo Nacional de Antropología In the last third of the 19th century, photography aroused a great deal of interest among the general public as the only means to satisfy its growing interest in other cultures and peoples. However, the value of photography was most appreciated within scientific circles, since it offered insights […]
Recuperando materiales de Culturas de archivo. Bolletín 2
Fotografías de origen másonico y teosófico en el Archivo General de la Guerra Civil Española Texto publicado originalmente como introducción al inventario de la colección ubicada en el Archivo General de la Guerra Civil Española, Salamanca. Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Blanca Desantes Fernández La serie de fotografías masónicas conservadas en el AGGCE […]
Recuperando Materiales de Culturas de archivo. Bolletín 2
El Museo Nacional de Antropología en Culturas de archivo Mª Dolores Adellac Museo Nacional de Antropología En el último tercio del siglo XIX la fotografía comienza a despertar el interés de un público general como único medio de satisfacer una curiosidad creciente ante otros pueblos y culturas. Ahora bien, donde realmente se aprecia su […]
Islamist rebels torch SA-funded Timbuktu manuscript library: mayor – Times LIVE
http://www.timeslive.co.za/africa/2013/01/28/islamist-rebels-torch-sa-funded-timbuktu-manuscript-library-mayor Islamist fighters fleeing Mali’s ancient Saharan city of Timbuktu as French and Malian troops closed in set fire to a South African-funded library there containing thousands of priceless manuscripts, the city’s mayor said on Monday. «The rebels sit fire to the newly-constructed Ahmed Baba Institute built by the South Africans … this happened four […]
Museo Oteiza. Archivo
El Museo Oteiza abre al publico su archivo y su almacén http://t.co/JEHg8u5I #recbib
On the liberation movements archive at Fort hare
RT @MziwamadodaKond: On the liberation movements archive at Fort hare – Opinions – Archival Platform http://t.co/5kK0SFOA via @the_archive In 1992, the Centre for Cultural Studies which started as a Centre for Xhosa Literature, attached to the faculty of Arts at University of Fort Hare, took the initiative through the office of the Vice Chancellor of […]
Artículo: DNA: a future preservation format for audio?
DNA: a future preservation format for audio? http://playback.ning.com/profiles/blogs/dna-a-future-preservation-format-for-audio It’s easy to get excited about the idea of encoding information in single molecules, which seems to be the ultimate end of the miniaturization that has been driving the electronics industry. But it’s also easy to forget that we’ve been beaten there—by a few billion years. The […]