March 25, 2020

Global Pandemic, It’s Time to Read Old Manuscripts from Home!

At present, the world is facing a global pandemic due to the spread of the Coronavirus (Covid-19). Herewith we express our deep concern and hope that […]
February 11, 2020

Thousands Southeast Asian Digital Manuscripts Now Available Online

Jakarta, DREAMSEA – At present, digitised pages of manuscripts from a variety of Southeast Asian cultures have been made available online. The public can read these […]
May 1, 2019

Owner: “Some manuscripts have been saved others were burned because they were ruined.” 

Magetan, DREAMSEA – DREAMSEA’s 11th mission was to Magetan, a city in East Java, Indonesia. Magetan is also called ‘City at the foot of the Mountain’ because […]
April 22, 2019

Caring for the Memories of the Past. Digitising 20,914 manuscript pages from a Muslim chapel in (surau) in Sijunjung, West Sumatra

Sijunjung, DREAMSEA – During one month, from 22 March – 19 April 2019, eight members of the West Sumatra branch of the Nusantara Manuscript Association (Manassa) […]
April 10, 2019

National Library: Protect Physical Manuscripts

Digitisation is the best way to protect the contents of manuscripts. Through DREAMSEA, digitised manuscripts can be accessed for general, non-commercial, purposes. The manuscript owners are […]
April 10, 2019

Preserving Diversity, DREAMSEA Digitising Islamic, Catholic and Chinese Manuscripts in East Indonesia

  Manuscripts diversity found in the house of Go Lan Ing in Makassar Makassar, DREAMSEA – “Digitising Manuscripts – Safeguarding Cultural Diversity” is DREAMSEA’s tagline for […]
March 20, 2019

A traditional manuscript reading, Mocoan kicked off the preservation of around 5000 manuscript pages in Banyuwangi

Banyuwangi, DREAMSEA – Monday night (18/3). Ten people dressed in black shirts and batik wrap aroundswearing a head cloth (udheng) gathered in the building of the […]
March 6, 2019

PRESERVING 12,743 PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS IN LUANG PRABANG

DREAMSEA, Luang Prabang – The mission to preserve and document endangered and affected collections of Southeast Asian manuscripts is continued on the Mainland. From January to […]
February 27, 2019

Digitalisation, a Strategic Step towards Maintaining Javanese Culture

Malang, DREAMSEA – “After the manuscripts have been digitised, I intend to set up a transliteration and translation program”, said Lulut Edi Santoso, the owner of […]
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