September 9, 2018
Fajarnews, KUNINGAN- Misi digitalisasi manuskrip mulai dilakukan di Kuningan. Upaya itu dilakukan Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara wilayah Kuningan yang bekerjasama tim DREAMSEA. Dalam waktu sepekan, 7-14 September, tim tersebut akan mendigitalkan koleksi manuskrip di lima pemilik di Kuningan. Click here to read further
September 9, 2018
Seputarkuningan.com – Misi digitalisasi manuskrip yang dilakukan oleh tim DREAMSEA terus dilakukan. Saat ini, tim DREAMSEA sedang mendigitalkan lima koleksi manuskrip di Kabupaten Kuningan, Jawa Barat, Indonesia. Misi yang dimulai pada tanggal 7 September 2018 ini dilaksanakan oleh sejumlah anggota Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara (Manassa) dan telah menargetkan akan mendigitalkan sekitar 7000 halaman dari 30 bundel manuskrip. Click here to read further
August 27, 2018
Bau-bau, DREAMSEA – Preservation of approximately 6,000 pages of the La Ode Zainu collections in Buton island of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia is currently being carried out through digitisation mission of the DREAMSEA Program. This initiative took place between 24-31 August 2018 and was led by Mr. Hasaruddin, M.Hum, whom is a lecturer in history education at Dayanu Ikhsanudin University. La Ode Zainu was priest of the Buton Palace mosque in 1985. The manuscripts were a legacy from his mother, Wa Ode Alhifa. Since La Ode Zainu’s passing in 2010, the manuscripts have been stored by his son, Wa Ode Zulifah. […]
August 15, 2018
Ogan Komering Ilir, DREAMSEA – The first mission of digitising the Southeast Asian manuscripts has officially been implemented. The DREAMSEA team digitised more than 60 manuscript bundles in Ogan Komering Ilir (South Sumatra, Indonesia) over the course of 4 days from the 13th to the 17th of August 2018. It is estimated that from this mission more than 2500 manuscript images will be produced. The manuscripts were obtained from four owners, namely Ibrahim bin Abdul Qodir, Abu Hasan bin Muhammad Ali, Mukhtar bin Akib Syafei, and Ismail bin H. Ja’far. They claimed they had been keeping the manuscripts because they […]
August 1, 2018
Jakarta, DREAMSEA- In July and August 2018, the Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia (DREAMSEA) is conducting preliminary assessments in various regions in Southeast Asia. This activity aims to determine the readiness of the manuscripts to be digitised in 2018. In the first phase, the readiness for digitising of manuscript owners in several cities in Indonesia and Laos will be monitored. According to Nida, it is estimated that in both countries more than 24,000 manuscript pages in private collections are in need of help to be preserved. “No less than 15 cities in Indonesia and Laos are being […]
July 10, 2018
Jakarta, DREAMSEA – Workshop on Preservation of Manuscripts in Southeast Asia was also attended by Walid Mourad and Dr. Salam Rassi. Both come from the Hill Museum and Manuscripts Library (HMML), an institution that is very experienced in preservation activities and manufacture of digital manuscript libraries. DREAMSEA will work with HMML to build a digital repository that will store digital manuscripts. For HMML, this is their first experience building a manuscript database in Southeast Asia. “We are happy and proud to be partnering with DREAMSEA to do this project in Southeast Asia”, said Walid Mourad, Director of Field Operations HMML. DREAMSEA […]
July 10, 2018
Jakarta, DREAMSEA – Workshop on Preservation of Manuscripts in Southeast Asia was attended by Prof. Dr. Oman Fathurahman as Principal Investagors of DREAMSEA. He appreciates the role of Arcadia who has been committed in supporting cultural wealth in Southeast Asia. “Arcadia is very concerned about this program. They have for decades contributed to saving and promoting cultural wealth around the world “, said Oman. In this workshop, Oman present as Principal Investigator of DREAMSEA to share his experiences in preserving the manuscripts. He also explained that the output of DREAMSEA is to produce an Open Access Database of Souteast […]
July 10, 2018
Jakarta, DREAMSEA – A total of 45 preservation experts and manuscript researchers from several countries from Southeast Asian participated the “Workshop on Preservation of Manuscripts in Southeast Asia” at Santika Premiere Hotel Bintaro, Indonesia, on July 4-7, 2018. The workshop aims to provide enrichment to the team that will implement the manuscript digitisation program in Southeast Asia. “So far, the manuscript experts in each Southeast Asian country have preserved the manuscripts with various techniques. Through this workshop, we want to see the various ways of view so that we can understand the best way to save the manuscripts”, said Ismatu […]
May 17, 2018
Mehr als 1.000 Sprachen gibt es in Südostasien, rund 400 von ihnen haben eine Manuskript-Kultur. Diese alten Schriften zu bewahren, zu katalogisieren und zentral zugänglich zu machen ist das Ziel des Forschungsprojektes „Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia“. Ein Interview mit Prof. Dr. Jan van der Putten, Professor für Austronesistik an der Universität Hamburg, über die Schwierigkeiten der Rettung bedrohter Manuskripte aus Südostasien. Herr Prof. van der Putten, Sie und Ihr Team sind seit diesem Jahr in ganz Indonesien unterwegs, um alte Manuskripte zu digitalisieren. Wie läuft das vor Ort ab? Click here to read further