{"id":3139,"date":"2022-09-23T18:14:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T18:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2022-09-23T20:17:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:17:56","slug":"help-preserve-our-history-the-south-asian-canadian-digital-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2022\/09\/23\/help-preserve-our-history-the-south-asian-canadian-digital-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Preserve Our History: The South Asian Canadian Digital Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3142 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0016_001-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0016_001-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0016_001-768x610.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0016_001.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The South Asian Studies Institute is currently developing a digital archive known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacda.ca\">South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA)<\/a>. SACDA is intended to provide online access to heritage materials created by, or relevant to, the South Asian diaspora in Canada. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3140 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0001_001-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0001_001-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0001_001-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0001_001-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2019_0032_0001_001.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this year, we launched the first phase of the project with 15 collections, <a href=\"https:\/\/sacda.ca\/exhibits\/index\">including 3 exhibits<\/a>. These can be accessed on our dedicated archival portal, sacda.ca.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the next phase of the project, we are planning to develop an additional 60 collections through partnerships across Canada. This phase of the project is financially supported by the Museum Assistance Program of the Government of Canada. <\/span>This summer, we have partnered with the following institutions and families to preserve and provide access to unique and diverse South Asian heritage materials that speak to the rich socio-cultural histories of migration, including those related to classical arts, agriculture, lumber industry, and labour and political activism.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harinder Jit Sunga Family<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mit Singh Pandori Family\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mohinder Singh Atwal Family\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Piara Singh Bains Family\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burnaby Village Museum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City of Delta Archives<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kabir Cultural Centre<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vancouver Maritime Museum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reach Gallery Museum <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help preserve our history. We welcome all South Asian Canadian community members to build this archive with SASI. <\/span>By sharing your family and institutional histories, you can add to the thousands of digital archival materials that contribute to the Canadian historical record.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To share your archival materials and for further inquiries, please contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:sasi@ufv.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sasi@ufv.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. All images courtesy of Harinder Jit Sunga Family, City of Delta Archives and Burnaby Village Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3143\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2022_02_01_004-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2022_02_01_004-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2022_02_01_004-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2022_02_01_004-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2022_02_01_004-1536x1218.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/2022_02_01_004.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3145\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/1989-056-024-300x211.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/1989-056-024-300x211.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/1989-056-024-768x539.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2022\/09\/1989-056-024.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>-Thamilini Jothilingam, Digital Asset Archivist, South Asian Studies Institute, UFV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Asian Studies Institute is currently developing a digital archive known as the South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA). SACDA is intended to provide online access to heritage materials created by, or relevant to, the South Asian diaspora in Canada. Earlier this year, we launched the first phase of the project with 15 collections, &#8230; <a title=\"Help Preserve Our History: The South Asian Canadian Digital Archive\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2022\/09\/23\/help-preserve-our-history-the-south-asian-canadian-digital-archive\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":3140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3153,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions\/3153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}