Furer-Haimendorf archive digitisation
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Title:
Furer-Haimendorf archive digitisation Project plan
Series Title:
JISC project plan
Creator:
Rayner, Susannah
Place of Publication:
London
Publisher:
SOAS University of London
Publication Date:
Copyright Date:
2008
Language:
English
Physical Description:
20 p.

Zoological Taxonomic Information

Kingdom:
JISC
Phylum:
Enhancing digital resources

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( LCNA )
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India -- Nagaland -- Naga Hills
Asia -- Burma -- Sagaing -- Naga Hills
Coordinates:
26 x 95
51.52205 x -0.129

Notes

Abstract:
The archive collection of Professor Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf (1909-1995), which includes photographs, cine film and written materials, is widely recognised as the world's most comprehensive study of tribal cultures in South Asia and the Himalayas. This project will enable people across the world to see and learn from a unique and valuable archive, which is currently inaccessible (except to a limited number of scholars who come to London and gain special permission to view the collection). The project aims to digitise, research and produce metadata for approximately 20,000 photographs and an unpublished field diary from the Furer-Haimendorf archive, all of which are held in the Special Collections at SOAS Library. This pilot project is part of a longer-term plan to digitise, catalogue and mount online the entire Furer-Haimendorf collection, as well as other special collections at SOAS.
Biographical:
Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf was born and educated in Vienna, gaining a PhD in anthropology from the University of Vienna in 1931. A grant from the Rockefeller Foundation enabled him to study at the London School of Economics, under the eminent anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. In 1936, he went to the Naga Hills in northeast India for his first fieldwork; over the next four decades, he worked extensively in south & central India, northeast India, and Nepal. In 1950 he was appointed Professor of Anthropology at SOAS and established the Department of Anthropology there. During his career he published seventeen books, most of them ethnographies of tribal cultures.
General Note:
"Last updated: November 2008"

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
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