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Digital Himalaya
Title
Digital Himalaya [electronic resource] / designed by Alan Macfarlane and Mark Turin.
Published
[Cambridge] : University of Cambridge Dept. of Social Anthropology ; [New Haven] : Yale University.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Extent
Began in Dec. 2000.
Notes
Title from opening screen (viewed on July 24, 2012).
"A project to develop digital collection, storage and distribution strategies for multimedia anthropological information from the Himalayan region."
Summary
The Digital Himalaya project was conceived of as a strategy for archiving and making available valuable ethnographic materials such as films in various formats, still photographs, sound recordings, field notes and rare journals from the Himalayan region. Based at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, the project was established in December 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the project moved to the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University and began its collaboration with the University of Virginia. From August 2011, Digital Himalaya is colocated at Cambridge and Yale Universities.
Format
Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 24, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Birds of Nepal (unpublished Nepal bird reports in Tim and Carol Inskipp's reference collection)
Nepal census 2001
Fürer-Haimendorf Film Collection
Film and video from the Himalayas
Journals of Himalayan Studies
Maps
Music and audio from the Himalayas
Naga Videodisc
Rare Books & Manuscripts
Thak Archive
Thangmi Archive
Frederick Williamson Collection
Wutu Collection.
Subjects
Also listed under
Digital Himalaya Project.
University of Cambridge. Department of Social Anthropology.
Yale University.
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