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[Digital Archive] Academia Sinica's Institute of Ethnology Web Archive Portal and Digital Ceremonial Song and Dance Archive Launched

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[Digital Archive] Academia Sinica's Institute of Ethnology Web Archive Portal and Digital Ceremonial Song and Dance Archive Launched (Chinese Version)

Academia Sinica Newsletter (2009/08/13) To celebrate the completion of the second stage of Academia Sinica - Institute of Ethnology's Digital Archive Project, the Institute of Ethnology will hold the 2009 Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology Digital Archive Exhibition on 18th-August, 2009. Members of the media and public are welcome to attend.

The exhibition is being jointly organized by the Institute's "Formosan Aborigines Digital Archive Project" and "Taiwan Ethnography Video and Audio Archive", both of which are part of the Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program.

The main goal of this stage of the "Formosan Aborigines Digital Archive Project" was to complete a web portal for the Institute of Ethnology's digital archive (http://ianthro.tw). This web portal, designed based on the Web 2.0 concept, not only displays the Institute's collection of artifacts and photographs, but is also especially designed to facilitate discussion and other interaction by visitors to the site. The intention of the portal is to create a knowledge platform in cyberspace for Taiwanese anthropological knowledge and the ethnology research community.

The website currently displays more than 6,000 cultural relics from the Formosan Aborigines and the Han people of Taiwan, as well as more than 18,000 valuable black and white photographs, and more than 7,000 books, articles and papers related to Aboriginal research. Users can directly access and download files that are in the public domain, and apply online for their use in publications and so on. The director of the project is Dr. Shu-ming HUANG, Distinguished Research Fellow and Director of the Institute of Ethnology, and the assistant director is Assistant Research Specialist Yi-Hong CHANG.

In addition to the web portal, an important part of the Taiwan Ethnography Video and Audio Archive's digitalization project, the Formosan Aboriginal Ceremonial Song and Dance Project will also be presented at the exhibition. This video and audio digitalization project, due to be completed this year, is comprised of 327 video and audio recordings which can be browsed on the internet. After digitalization is completed, the research report for this project will also be made available to read or download.

The video and audio recordings for the Formosan Aboriginal Ceremonial Song and Dance Project (http://www.ethno.sinica.edu.tw) were collected under the direction of Institute of Ethnology Research Fellow Tai-li HU, and include video recordings made between 1986 and 1989 of seven groups of Aboriginal peoples, the Amis, Rukai, Saisiat, Puyuma, Paiwan, Bunun, and Tsou. Each recording is shot in three-quarter inch video format,the highest picture quality available at the time of recording. This set of video recordings is the earliest and most systematically produced group of recordings of Formosan Aboriginal ceremonial songs and dances. The most notable is a set of seven edited live recording of Formosan Aboriginal ceremonial songs and dances, including recording from the Amis harvest festival in Iwan, the Rukai millet harvest festival in Haocha, the Saisiat Pasta'ay festival in Xiangtian, the Puyuma hunting festival (Maygayau) in Nanwang, the Bunun Malaqtainga festival in Wulu, the Tsou war festival (Mayasvi) in Tefuye, the Paiwan five year festival (Maruvok) in Tuban and a Paiwan wedding in Dashe. This digitalization project is being directed by Institute of Ethnology Research Fellow Tai-li HU. When completed the project will allow the public be able to browse the recordings for free on the Internet and also view Formosan Aborigine exhibitions from Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology Museum.

The Institute of Ethnology hopes to take the opportunity provided by this launch to solicit opinions from organizations that collect and preserve cultural relics, and to help the public appreciate the richness of Taiwan's multiethnic culture.

Schedule for the Launch of the 2009 Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology Digital Archive Exhibition

Time: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Launch Location: Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology New Building
3rd Fl. 3rd Conference Hall (2319)
Exhibition Location: Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology New Building
3rd Fl. 3rd Conference Hall Main Foyer
Sponsor: Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology
Organizers: Formosan Aborigines Digital Archive Project
Taiwan Ethnography Video and Audio Archive
Co-organizers: Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program (TELDAP)
Digital Archive Core Platform Project
Digital Archive Promotion Service Office
Schedule:
13:30 ~ 14:00 Registration
14:00 ~ 14:30 Opening Remarks
Academia Sinica Vice-president Ts'ui-jung LIU
Institute of Ethnology Director Shu-ming HUANG
14:30 ~ 15:00 Introduction to Exhibition 1: Institute of Ethnology Web Archive Portal
(Lecturer: Institute of Ethnology Research Specialist Yi-Hong CHANG)
15:00 ~ 15:30 Introduction to Exhibition 2: Taiwan Ethnography Video and Audio Archive Part One -
The Formosan Aboriginal Ceremonial Song and Dance Project
(Lecturer: Institute of Ethnology Research Fellow Tai-li HU)
15:30 ~ 17:00 Guided Tour and Reception

Media Contacts:
Mr. Ching CHANG, Formosan Aborigines Digital Archive Project, dapioe@gate.sinica.edu.tw
(O) +886-2-2652-3483
Ms. Mei-Hui LIN, Public Relations Office, Central Office of Administration, Academia Sinica, mhlin313@gate.sinica.edu.tw, (O) +886-2-2789-8821, (Fax) +886-2-2782-1551, (M) 0921-845-234


Reference:
Academia Sinica Newsletter 2009/08/13