From Abstraction to Action: Safeguarding Oral Traditions Using Digital Libraries

Digital technologies are evolving and new ways of managing, accessing and disseminating information are continuously emerging. Ethnocultural communities with rich intangible cultural heritage need not be threatened by these developments. Although the rules governing the access of sacred traditions a...

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Main Author: Tharani, Karim (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2011
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2011, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 33-46
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