Mesa Redonda Seleccionada / Selected Roundable
Preserving Indigenous Culture: Repositories, Archives, Conserving Indigenous Languages
Abstract (English)
The fires to the National Museum in Brazil and to other collections brings out the importance of digitizing and archiving data, documents, and artifacts to preserve for the future. Currently indigenous languages are disappearing at a rapid rate. When an indigenous language disappears, so does the respective culture. This roundtable explores different methods to preserve indigenous knowledge and language. It is key to preserve indigenous knowledge/local language to maintain cultural diversity and to pass on to future generations.Keywords (Ingles)
Indigenous Language/Knowledge, Archives, Preserving Indigenous Cultureparticipants
Soheila Shahshahani
Nationality: Iran, Islamic Rep.
Residence: Iran, Islamic Rep.
Shahid Beheshti University
Presence:Online
Ricardo A. Fagoaga Hernández
Nationality: Mexico
Residence: Mexico
Presence:Face to Face/ On Site
Paul Nchoji Nkwi
Presence:Face to Face/ On Site
Manuel Ferreira Lima Filho
Nationality: Brazil
Residence: Brazil
Presence:Online
Sarah Shulist
Nationality: Canada
Residence: Canada
Queen's University
Presence:Online
Fabio Fichera
Nationality: Italy
Residence: Italy
Ministero della cultura
Presence:Face to Face/ On Site
moderators
Mary Hallin
Nationality: United States
Residence: United States
University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Presence:Online
Francesca Declich
Nationality: Italy
Residence: Italy
University of Urbino
Presence:Face to Face/ On Site
commenters
H Russell Bernard
Nationality: United States
Residence: United States
Arizona State University
Presence:Online