De la cassette au fichier numérique : enjeux de l’archivage, du partage et de la restitution des archives orales enregistrées au Niger

This article, co-authored by a sociologist at the André Salifou University (Zinder, Niger) and an archivist at the Sound Archives Centre of the Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’homme (Aix-en-Provence, France), explores the many ways in which sound archives recorded in Niger by researchers fr...

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Main Authors: Véronique Ginouvès, Ibrahim Moussa
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Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2024-12-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/21763
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De la cassette au fichier numérique : enjeux de l’archivage, du partage et de la restitution des archives orales enregistrées au Niger
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
Niger
sound archives
Digital Humanities
recording in the field
research archives
repatriation of archives to their countries of origin
title De la cassette au fichier numérique : enjeux de l’archivage, du partage et de la restitution des archives orales enregistrées au Niger
title_full De la cassette au fichier numérique : enjeux de l’archivage, du partage et de la restitution des archives orales enregistrées au Niger
title_fullStr De la cassette au fichier numérique : enjeux de l’archivage, du partage et de la restitution des archives orales enregistrées au Niger
title_full_unstemmed De la cassette au fichier numérique : enjeux de l’archivage, du partage et de la restitution des archives orales enregistrées au Niger
title_short De la cassette au fichier numérique : enjeux de l’archivage, du partage et de la restitution des archives orales enregistrées au Niger
title_sort de la cassette au fichier numerique enjeux de l archivage du partage et de la restitution des archives orales enregistrees au niger
topic Niger
sound archives
Digital Humanities
recording in the field
research archives
repatriation of archives to their countries of origin
url https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/21763
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