TY - JOUR
T1 - Tsunamis, earthquakes, and music
T2 - Archives as guardians of cultural continuity in Indonesia
AU - Kornhauser, Bronia
AU - Skinner, Anthea
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper is written with assistance from a Linkage Grant from the Australian Research Council (LP190100419).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper reflects on the Music Archive of Monash University's (MAMU) experiences working in Aceh and Lampung, Indonesia and the ways they inform our practices when closely liaising with communities at risk of disaster. To support local cultural continuity and revitalization, and especially in the wake of the 2004 tsunami and the 2018 volcanic eruption respectively, MAMU became an early proponent of making digital repositories freely available online. As technology has progressed, so too have MAMU's efforts to engage with and support the cultural preservation of its collections' source communities. One of the archive's latest projects includes the creation of detailed 3D scans of historical musical instruments in the collection, potentially enabling instrument makers to discover previously lost construction techniques. This paper will explore some of the many ways that archives such as MAMU can be used to support cultural continuity in areas experiencing trauma and upheaval.
AB - This paper reflects on the Music Archive of Monash University's (MAMU) experiences working in Aceh and Lampung, Indonesia and the ways they inform our practices when closely liaising with communities at risk of disaster. To support local cultural continuity and revitalization, and especially in the wake of the 2004 tsunami and the 2018 volcanic eruption respectively, MAMU became an early proponent of making digital repositories freely available online. As technology has progressed, so too have MAMU's efforts to engage with and support the cultural preservation of its collections' source communities. One of the archive's latest projects includes the creation of detailed 3D scans of historical musical instruments in the collection, potentially enabling instrument makers to discover previously lost construction techniques. This paper will explore some of the many ways that archives such as MAMU can be used to support cultural continuity in areas experiencing trauma and upheaval.
KW - cultural preservation
KW - disaster recovery
KW - Indonesia
KW - music
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85132039254
U2 - 10.1515/pdtc-2021-0019
DO - 10.1515/pdtc-2021-0019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132039254
SN - 2195-2965
VL - 50
SP - 139
EP - 149
JO - Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture
JF - Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture
IS - 3-4
ER -