Safeguarding Documentary Heritage

Photograph, 19th century, ‘Amerapoora. Basement of Pyathat of Kyoung No.’ by Linnaeus Tripe, salted paper print, Burma, 1855. image source: V&A Museum. The UNESCO Memory of the World Committee for Asia-Pacific (MOWCAP) is pleased to announce the results of...

At the age of 66, Japanese coal miner Sakubei Yamamoto started to paint the life of a northern Kyushu mine starting in the Meiji era. He produced more than 500 artworks, some of the most valuable ethnological source material from Japan, with the intention...

Audiovisual materials, such as film, video, audio and digital files, are important carriers for recording people’s collective memories and also precious resources for future generations to understand historical facts. Over the past few decades, we...

5-8 November, 2019, Republic of Korea: To support the preservation and access to the rich documentary heritage, including digital heritage, held in libraries, archives, museums and private collections from across the Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America...