The Józef Burszta Digital Archive—Open Ethnography Cover Image

Cyfrowe Archiwum im. Józefa Burszty, czyli otwarta etnografia
The Józef Burszta Digital Archive—Open Ethnography

Author(s): Agata Stanisz
Subject(s): Anthropology, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
Keywords: social archive; archiwum społeczne; archival anthropology; antropologia archiwalna; Creative Commons license; licencja creative commons; digitalization; cyfryzacja; visual ethnography; etnografia wizu

Summary/Abstract: The Józef Burszta Digital Archive [Cyfrowe Archiwum im. Józefa Burszty; http://cyfrowearchiwum.amu.edu.pl] is an online platform established in 2014 for publication of audiovisual materials collected since the 1950s by the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. The Józef Burszta Digital Archive functions on the basis of Creative Commons licenses and has the status of a social archive. There are broad applications for its resources both in academe and beyond. The author discusses the bases for founding the archive, the specifics of its accessible materials, and plans for its future activities.

  • Issue Year: 63/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 133-141
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish