Survey and Digital Preservation of Upcountry Tamil Archival Records
Resource type
Author/contributor
- Modern Endangered Archives Program (Author)
Title
Survey and Digital Preservation of Upcountry Tamil Archival Records
Abstract
The Upcountry (Hill Country) Tamils, are the descendants of nineteenth-century Indian laborers brought to Sri Lanka to work on the country's British-owned tea, coffee, and rubber plantations.The project aimed at demonstrating how a community that is built on indentured labour, colonial political economy, and exploitation remember, narrate, and archive itself
Website Title
UCLA Library
Date
2024-02-00
Accessed
02/02/2024, 21:32
Language
English
Rights
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Extra
Sri Lanka
Citation
Modern Endangered Archives Program. (2024, February). Survey and Digital Preservation of Upcountry Tamil Archival Records. UCLA Library. https://meap.library.ucla.edu/projects/upcountry-tamil-archival-records
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