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The Jewish Digital Archive Project (JDAP) is a community project that connects people by creating an online home for old movies, photographs and oral history interviews.

About

The Jewish Digital Archive is a social history, community project that is collecting photography, film and oral history interviews for their archives for educational purposes such as academic research and for public genealogical interest. [1] By uploading material on to the website precious film and photographs has less of a risk of being lost or damaged.

This JDAP can be compared to other broader archival initiatives at UCT for example: The Center for Popular Memory[2], The Michaelis Photographic Archives, and The University of Cape Town’s Library Manuscripts and Archives . However, The Jewish Digital Archive Project’s fundamental purpose is to connect members of the Jewish Community in Southern Africa.

Aims

JDAP aims to ensure that future generations benefit from stories of the past and keep up with the present. Taking place in South Africa in a Post- Apartheid era with new digital technology like Adobe Photoshop Lightroom websites and scanners the project aims to create innovative ways of understanding and preserving legacies from the past. [3]. One of the ways JDAP plans to do this is through a website [4]. On the website, people will be able to view and share their histories and memories with others. The website will be interactive and constantly updated and co-created by the user. There will be a space for comments, insights and identifications which are essential when it comes to helping find people, form links and identify areas and themes of interest.

History

The Jewish Digital Archive Project (JDAP) began in 2011. The project is based at The Isaac and Jessie Kaplan Centre at The University of Cape Town. [5]

This period is often referred to as “The Time of The Archive” as new ways of preserving history are being explored. [6]

Themes

The photograph and film collection in the archive traces the history of Jewish people in Southern Africa. Many of these people came from places such as: Zimbabwe, Potchefstroom, Cuba and Lithuania. The archive explores the story of the Jewish Immigrants’ early arrival in Southern Africa and the various financial, social and religious circumstances behind these stories of migration. [7] [8]



Type of Material

Old Film is brought to the archive, often in the form of 8mm reels. The domestic home video (i.e the Batmitzvah or wedding film) can illuminate an important period of social history or contain previously unseen footage. [9] The photography offers visual evidence of a particular time in history. Oral History Interviews can examine different generations of people through first-hand accounts. The lives of ordinary and prolific people are reflected. Quotidian historical data such as diet, lifestyle, dress, and behavioural codes can shed light on a specific time and place in the past.


The JDAP has the rights for education, research, documentary and marketing use. All donors will be noted alongside their material. The project will make use of digital watermarking on photographs so they can’t be plagiarised. A copy of the material can be put on DVD[10] for the donor and the original material can be given back or stored.




References

  1. ^ "Jewish Digital Archive Project in Toronto". Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |University of Cape Town website=, |So=, and |8 May 2013= (help)|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  2. ^ "What is the Centre for Popular Memory?". Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |So=, |8 May 2013=, and |The Centre for Popular Memory= (help)|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  3. ^ { http://www.uctcanada.ca/index.php/articles/jewish-digital-archive-project-presented-in-Toronto1/%7Ctitle= Jewish Digital Archive in Toronto 8 May 2013= |UCT Website = | So= |accessdate=8 May 2013}}|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  4. ^ { http://www.uctcanada.ca/index.php/articles/jewish-digital-archive-project-presented-in-Toronto1/%7Ctitle= Jewish Digital Archive in Toronto 8 May 2013= |UCT Website = | So= |accessdate=8 May 2013}}|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  5. ^ / "Kaplan Centre Project overview". Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |Kaplan Centre website=, |8 May 2013=, and |So= (help)|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  6. ^ / "Time of the archive". Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |google books=, |So=, and |8 May 2013= (help)|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  7. ^ / "Kaplan Centre Project overview". Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |Kaplan Centre website=, |8 May 2013=, and |So= (help)|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  8. ^ / / "Pale Jews Symposium". Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |So=, |8 May 2013=, and |Huma website= (help)|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  9. ^ / / "Kaplan Centre Family Albums". Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |Kaplan Centre website=, |8 May 2013=, and |So= (help)|accessdate=2013-05-07}}
  10. ^ [http:// http://www.kaplancentre.uct.ac.za/digitalarchive/donate_material/ / / / "Kaplan Centre Donation procedure"]. Retrieved 8 May 2013. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |Kaplan Centre website=, |8 May 2013=, and |So= (help)|accessdate=2013-05-07}}




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