A new collection of assets is live on the repository! Bula Wayessa's project has produced audiovisual and photographic records to ensure a #heritage resource for #indigenous pottery-making practices of people from Gimbi Oromo, #Ethiopia .

Browse here: ow.ly/JR1Y50Rzp0I

Something is cooking… it’s Emilia Ferraro’s project on Ecuadorian #silversmithing ! Emilia and her team, Gabriela Pallares, Sandra Wilson, and Juan Serrano have been documenting the #construction , finishing, and #decorating of metal objects in #Ecuador .

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A big thank you to MEG for an incredible annual conference, and the opportunity for Chrisyl Wong-Hang-Sun (EMKP Project Curator) to present about her #research with native Chagossians in Mauritius, and their endangered #materialculture . See you next year!

Exploring the rich tradition of Coptic Palm Sunday palm fronds weaving. Our Endangered Material Knowledge Programme project documents this craft, preserving techniques and celebrating cultural heritage. 🌿 #CopticCulture #TraditionalCrafts

Today's #projectspotlight features Ana Carolina Brugnera’s project that documents women from the Oleiras do Candel Community of #Brazil who produce #ancient #ceramic pots and maintain #sustainable architectural techniques.

Learn more: ow.ly/9Fi050Rk5r4

Interested in documentary heritage preservation and cultural heritage protection? Join us for a conference marking twenty years of the Endangered Archives Programme:

📅 31 October - 1 November 2024
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We are gracing your feed today with lots of luscious plants for #InternationalPlantsDay ! Quite a few of our #EMKP projects involve #plants , #trees , and what #people around the world produce with them.

Projects of Catherine Scanlon, Alice Rudge, Bruna Rocha, and Lawrence Barham.

Happy Thursday! We are livening up your feed with these vibrant #textiles from Yunci Cai's project documenting the #traditional hand needle-weaving of Linangkit, by #women of Sabah, #Malaysia .

Learn more here: emkp.org/rediscovering-…

Project Spotlight! 🌟 Today’s feature is Miriem Naji’s #EMKP project that documents the textile production and uses in Souss-Massa, southern #Morocco . Displayed is the 'taska', a beating comb used in the #weaving process to tamp a row down before adding the next.

Today's #DocumentationInProgress features Tahura Navile's on the #Rohingya recipes and food practices to understand how the traditional and cultural boundaries overlap, shift, and change through the long-term marginalisation in Myanmar and within the refugee camps in #Bangladesh .

Today's Project Spotlight 🌟 features Ann Stahl’s #EMKP project (with Enoch Mensah, Sampson Attach, & Zonke Guddah) which documents the earthen and organic materials technologies of Banda, #Ghana . These images display the #harvesting and #weaving of raffia palm to form mats.

Today's #DocumentationInProgress features Palak Babel's project, which is documenting the social and geographical dimensions of the endangered #art and #practice of making #wells in the Thar desert, #India . Click the link to learn more: ow.ly/SSYA50QWSbI

📢📢Last call for #applications !

The deadline to join our #EMKP team as a #DigitalCurator is Monday 25th March, at 12pm.

If you have a background in #CulturalHeritage APIs and #web development, we would love to hear from you!

Apply here: ow.ly/Gzuj50QZvwc

It's #InternationalDayofForests ! To celebrate, we are higklighting Patrick Maundu’s project on the #endangered foodway heritage of the baobab #tree among the Mijikenda of coastal #Kenya .
What do you think of the magnificent #baobab ?

#EMKP #MaterialCulture

Do you have a background in #DigitalHeritage ? Are you interested in the preservation of #materialknowledge ? If so, we would love to hear from you! We are looking for an experienced #DigitalCurator to join the team.

Apply here - Deadline 25th March bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/CIP…

Project Spotlight! 🌟

Check out these images from @curiousadil 's project, which documents the making of Chitrali Shu, a #handwoven woollen textile from Chitral, Northwest #Pakistan .

Click here for more: ow.ly/IwiG50QRk7i

#MaterialCulture #Anthropology #Weaving #EMKP

📢 We are #hiring !
EMKP is seeking a #DigitalCurator with experience in #CulturalHeritage APIs and web development to help us review our data workflows and improve access to our online repository.
The deadline is 12pm, 25th of March 2024.
Apply here: ow.ly/OHot50QSoFU

Vacancy Alert📢! Interested in joining the Africa, Oceania and Americas Department at the #BritishMuseum ?
There is currently a vacancy for a #ProjectCurator to work on the documentation of the Americas collections.
Apply here by the 14th of March! : ow.ly/hm8M50QKGwz

Calling all #ethnoarchaeological #researchers interested in agricultural systems, pastoral traditions, and foraging strategies! The deadline to submit an abstract for the 'Ethnoarchaeology of Livelihoods' #conference is March 15th. Apply now!

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