P.O.Box 2115, Ramallah, Palestine
Ramallah
Palestinian Territories
- Heritage
- International/Cultural relations
Birzriet University launched the Archive project in 2010 in Ibrahim Abu-Loughod Institute of International Studies at Birzeit Univertsity to collect documents, photos, vidoes and oral records and stories to preserve them and restore them from being lost or damaged.
The main mission is to preserve and restore the Palestinians history and to enable researchers and Palestinians to use these documents . Furtheremore, to provide researchers with primary sources for their studies. Moreover, the Archive digitize documents at the website of its own and make it free and enable access for all documents freely.
Major activities are the following: -Conduct field visits -Collect oral, audio and visual documents. -Analyze content of materilas, clasify them and then upload them onto the website. -Build network with external and internal partners -Conduct field visits to individuals and NGO's for coordination and coordination -Held meetings, workshops and conferences related to Archiving and digitization of materials. - Arrange public media to raise awareness about the importance of archives
Birzeit University is the center of diversity and the academic center for all Palestinians. The BZU has a great connection iside and outside Palestine and very well know institution so it has the ability to enhance the konowledge about archive through its departments, academics and centers. BZU has BZU museum and Palestine Museum and our archive which focus on heritage, history and documents. They launch exhibitions about certain subjects with cooperation with others centers.
We want to participate in order to share our experience and to learn from others experience in the field of culture, heritage and documentation. In addition, we want to allow others to become familiar with the idea of archiving and its importance, and to have their feedback and recommendation in this field. Furthermore, we want to raise knowledge and awareness for individauls about archiving.