August
15-17, 2003; University of California, Los Angeles
What is
our Latino legacy that can be passed on to future generations? What
are we preserving, what stories do they tell, and how are we using
technology to archive Latino history, identity and spirit. Ethnic
and Latino archives as repositories and a professional field have
yet to be fully developed. The financial and human resources, and
to some extent interest, have been lacking. The technology, expertise
and community support now exist to ensure that Latino history is
not subjugated nor overlooked. Latino history is U.S. history and
its archives should be available for students, creators, artists,
scholars and community members to trace its past. The road to the
future is paved by the footprints of the struggles, triumphs and
ingenuity of the Latino community. Nuestro patrimonio
es nuestra memoria, voz y comunidad.
Purpose:
Memoria,
voz, y patrimonio: The First Conference on Latino/Hispanic
Film, Print and Sound Archives to be hosted at UCLA on
August 15-17, 2003 will highlight the importance of archives
and record keeping which are essential for the Latino community
to document and protect its rights, to capture its collective
memory, and to ensure access to its cultural past, achievements
and legacy.
Goals:
- Understand
the process of creation and archiving Latino culture, art and
life: creation, acquisition, organization, management, access
and conservation
- Discover
the private and public collections/repositories of Latino history
- Determine
what has been archived that represents Latino memory and voice,
and what remains to be recorded
- Examine
who holds/owns the records/artifacts
- Consider
best practices and models for archiving Latino materials, and
traditional forms of cultural heritage preservation and oral
archives
- Review
access to Latino heritage materials and whether the points
of access accurately reflect the Latino culture
Why
UCLA?
UCLA
is internationally recognized for its outstanding academic research
and resources. It offers a rich collection of library and multimedia
resources. IS students can take advantage of UCLA's many departmental
and extra-departmental courses, programs and expertise on Latino,
Latin American and ethnic issues, archives and preservation.
For example:
Los
Angeles City & County Resources
Southern
California is a gateway to the Pacific Rim and a dynamic region
enriched by world cultures. This coexistence of diverse traditions
makes the city and county of Los Angeles an excellent laboratory
for the study and understanding of Latino culture and race relations
and cultural diversity. In Los Angeles live people from more
than one hundred forty countries; children in the Los Angeles
school system speak more than one hundred different languages;
and more than fifty foreign language newspapers are published
in the county. There is a wealth of cultural institutions, museums,
archives, ethnic
resource centers
, and ethnic communities,
and the film industry.
Who
Should Attend?
Any
individuals wanting to expand their knowledge of managing Latino
film, print and sound materials or creating a Latino cultural
heritage system or repository. These include: archivists, archival
students, community organizers, performing artists, creative
artists, writers, journalists, historians, teachers, among others
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