Digital Archive of
African Indian Relations
Towards a Digital History of the African/Native Experience
For years, I have wanted to do a digital archive of text, sound recordings, images, and visual recordings of stories from blacks, indians, and black indians about their collective experience. I have carried a camera around with me to pow-wows and such and have taken pictures. However, I have an even more expansive vision of what this could be. I will float these ideas out to see what you think.
The goal of this project is to build an online digital archive available for release in conjunction with the "Shifting Borders" conference at the
Anyhow, the purpose of this website is to explore the mission, technology, ethics, logistics, sponsorship, responsibilities et. al. for such a project...where to begin...where to go...how to do it. It is basically an online brainstorming session and if the brains don't storm...then we blame the weatherman. If they do storm, we could be in for a pretty interesting ride.
Right now, this is a pipe dream [pun intended]. However, to move it from a pipe dream to a dream realized -- we have to begin to put these ideas down on paper in a manner that is structured, practical and most of all feasible. The ultimate goal is a grant proposal for the Ford Foundation who funds the "Shifting Borders" project. I think a proposal for something like this begins with an instructional design which focuses on mission, model, methodology, implementation, and evaluation. From there, persons whose expertise is grant writing can put together the proposal.