| PY-263641-19 | Preservation and Access: Common Heritage | Rhode Island Latino Arts | Nuestras Raíces: Community Pláticas & Story Gatherings | 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2020 | $12,000.00 | Marta | V. | Martinez | | | | Rhode Island Latino Arts | Providence | RI | 02907-1353 | USA | 2018 | Immigration History | Common Heritage | Preservation and Access | 12000 | 0 | 12000 | 0 | Three digitization events to collect local
history materials and a series of complementary public programs (pláticas or
talks) focused on the Latino community in Rhode Island. The events would be managed by Rhode Island Latino
Arts (RILA), a community-based organization that has been collecting oral
histories in the state since 1991, many of which are available online through
support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The proposed project would support a collaboration
between RILA and the Providence Preservation Society, faculty and students at
Roger Williams University, two public libraries, and one social services agency
to document the history, language, and heritage of Rhode Island Latinos through
the digitization of documents, such as photographs, personal papers, business
documents (menus, business cards, and brochures), and objects, such as woven
spools of yarn. With donor permission,
the digitized materials would be used to create a visual complement to RILA’s
oral histories through, among other projects, an expansion of a photo mural
project featuring Rhode Island Latino history on bus shelters in Providence.
To collect, document and preserve RI Latino history through community conversations and the arts. The first Community Archive on Latino History will be created, indexed and made accessible to the public. |