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With March marking Women’s History Month, we are delighted to hear from the Women’s History Museum of Zambia, who reflect on use of the internet and digital frameworks as a decolonial tool, how their ‘Shared Histories’ project contributes to a reclamation of cultural heritage, and the impact of wider internet use in Africa.
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Screenshot of Mozilla hubs from Vietnamese Betel Nut Culture Built with Bits project. Permission given for Europeana reuse.
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Emma Duester
Date:
2023
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Created: 17 March 2023
Emma Duester
Georgia Evans
With March marking Women’s History Month, we hear from researchers at the RMIT University about their winning Built with Bits project, ‘Vietnamese Betel Nut Culture and Tradition,’ created in collaboration with the Vietnamese Women's Museum.
As 1 March marks the start of Women’s History Month, we ask expert organisations: what steps can cultural heritage institutions take to acknowledge, surface and highlight women’s history in their own collections?
Following our news posts marking Women’s History Month in March, we continue to speak to different projects and cultural heritage institutions to explore how they are showcasing women’s history. Today, Terri Bell-Halliwell tells us about the inVISIBLEwomen.org.uk initiative and its campaign for gender equality in civic statues in the UK.
This month, Europeana and the Heritage Lab are running the Digital Storytelling Festival, encouraging people to tell stories with digital cultural heritage. Today, we reflect on how digital storytelling can uncover new stories from women throughout history, looking back on Europeana’s activities for Women’s History Month.
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Detail from erses from the Poem of Myself by Jelena Dimitrijević, Collection of Recent Literary Manuscripts and Archival Material
Following our Pro news pieces marking Women’s History Month in March, we interview Beba Stankovic and Tamara Butigan from the National Library of Serbia about their ‘Being Woman in the Time of the Pandemic’ initiative.
