Aims and objectives
This project digitises court documents in Istmina, Colombia. These were piled into sacks for years, although our team has organised them in acid-free boxes and is pursuing a relocation plan. Many have deteriorated, but most remain legible, despite exposure to humidity, insects, and vermin. The records are relevant for histories of Black communities in Colombia. In partnership with the University of Michigan, which provided initial funds for the rescue and organisation of the archive, with Fundación Neogranadina, which has developed an open archive oriented toward a participatory history of Colombia, and with Fundación Muntú Bantú, a museum of the African Diaspora located in Chocó, our project allows a regional black community to better value its own history.
Outcomes
This project has been catalogued as:
- EAP1477/1: Archivo Histórico del Juzgado del Circuito de Istmina (1860-1930)
Due to the cyber-attack on the British Library in October 2023, the archives and manuscripts database is currently inaccessible and we are unable to provide links to the catalogue records for this project.
The following methodology report was submitted as part of the project outputs:
The following e-book was created as part of the project's outreach activities:
