Submitted by Harriet Deacon (not verified) on Wed, 20/01/2010 - 15:01.
We're running a social network for professionals, academics, government officials and the public who are interested in heritage and archive issues in southern Africa, and what's interesting is the extent to which simply posting information relating across disciplines and professional boundaries has led to people thinking in new ways, and challenged older information barriers. Our project is inspired by the notion that there is a link between different forms of archive.
social technologies move people beyond existing institutions
We're running a social network for professionals, academics, government officials and the public who are interested in heritage and archive issues in southern Africa, and what's interesting is the extent to which simply posting information relating across disciplines and professional boundaries has led to people thinking in new ways, and challenged older information barriers. Our project is inspired by the notion that there is a link between different forms of archive.