Archiving Egypt's revolution: The "University on the Square" project, documenting January 25, 2011 and beyond
dc.audience | Audience::Social Science Libraries Section | |
dc.conference.sessionType | Social Science Libraries | |
dc.contributor.author | Urgola, Stephen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-24T07:51:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-09-24T07:51:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.description.abstract | During the 18 days in early 2011 that came to be known as Egypt’s January 25 Revolution, a group of archivists, faculty, administrators, and students at the American University in Cairo met to devise ways to document those historic events. The resulting project, University on the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution, addressed the challenge of collecting the tangible remains of the protests like banners and tear gas canisters and the many digital photographs and videos taken by observers and participants. It also launched an oral history effort to record the experiences of a wide range of participants in the uprising and the subsequent protest and political activity in Egypt. Throughout the course of its activities the involvement of the community played an important role in the initiative. This paper describes the project’s methods and what it has collected, as well as challenges faced. Other projects to document Egypt’s revolution, and a comparison of their goals with that of AUC’s efforts, will also be covered. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Durante los 18 días de principios de 2011 que pasaron a la historia como Revolución de Egipto del 25 de enero, un grupo de archivistas, personal docente, administradores y estudiantes de la American University in Cairo (Universidad Americana del Cairo - AUC) se reunió con el fin de diseñar formas de documentar dichos hechos históricos. El proyecto resultante, “University of the Square: Documenting Egypt’s 21st Century Revolution” (Universidad en la Plaza: Documentación de la revolución egipcia del siglo XXI) tuvo por objetivo resolver el desafío de recolectar los restos tangibles de las protestas - como estandartes y botes de gases lacrimógenos así como numerosas fotografías digitales y videos tomados por observadores y participantes. También dio origen a un esfuerzo histórico oral que procuró registrar las experiencias de una gran variedad de participantes tanto durante el levantamiento como en las subsiguientes protestas y actividades políticas de Egipto. Durante el curso de sus actividades, la participación de la comunidad jugó un rol importante en la iniciativa. Este trabajo describe los métodos del proyecto y los objetos recolectados, así como los desafíos enfrentados. También se incluirán otros proyectos destinados a registrar la revolución egipcia, y una comparación de sus objetivos con los de la Universidad Americana del Cairo. | es |
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dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/5033 | |
dc.language.iso | es | |
dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 Unported | |
dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | |
dc.subject.jita | Information use and sociology of information::Information in society | |
dc.subject.jita | Information sources, supports, channels::None of these, but in this section | |
dc.subject.keyword | Egypt | |
dc.subject.keyword | January 25 Revolution | |
dc.subject.keyword | Archives | |
dc.subject.keyword | Crowdsourcing | |
dc.title | Archiving Egypt's revolution: The "University on the Square" project, documenting January 25, 2011 and beyond | en |
dc.title | El Archivo de la Revolución de Egipto: Proyecto “University on the Square” (La Universidad en la Plaza) que documenta los hechos a partir del 25 de enero de 2011 | es |
dc.type | Article | |
ifla.Unit | Section:Social Science Libraries Section | |
ifla.oPubId | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/55/ |