South Asian Born-Digital NGO Reports Collection Project
New York University
An NYU project to identify, prioritize, archive, preserve and make discoverable and accessible to scholars curated elements of documentation from and about South Asia produced by government agencies, NGOs, think tanks, community organizations, research centers, underground groups, religious sects, political parties, women’s groups, social activists, human rights organizations, LGBTQ advocacy groups, and other content creators. These web pamphlets, online reports and documents, field notes, statistical documentation, think pieces, meeting proceedings, manifestos, party platforms, election campaign materials, activist materials, propaganda leaflets, posters and banners, etc. in the past would have been produced in print form, and could be selectively acquired by libraries to add to their research collections. But now, they are typically produced only on the web, where they are disseminated as ephemera. This kind of content is critical for historical and social science research, and to document the rise and evolution of social movements, but because the organizations themselves are often grassroots communities with little support, they devote their meager resources to their community work and creating the documentation, rather than archiving it or making it permanently accessible themselves. As a result, this is ephemeral content whose presence (and discoverability) on the web is often very unstable, unless collected and archived by the library community. If not captured and preserved now, this material will disappear for current and future scholars. As an extension to the South Asian Studies collections at NYU Libraries, this born-digital documentation preservation project is presented as growing open-access resource for scholars everywhere. For more information or to recommend contents for this collection, contact Aruna Magier, South Asia Librarian, NYU
Flag this collection
NYU Libraries is providing access to these materials as a service to our scholarly community. We do not claim the copyright in these materials, nor can we give permission for their re-use. If you would like to request that we take down any of this material, please write to archive.help@nyu.edu with the following information: Provide the URL of the material that is the basis of your inquiry; Identify the material you have rights to; Provide your contact information, including name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address; Provide a statement of your good-faith belief that the material you identified is infringing of the material you have rights to.
Publication Type
- 269
Organization
- 269
Language
- 198
Year
- 20
- 29
- 22
- 26
- 22
- 23
Topics
- 104
- 51
- 10
- 10
- 9
- 9
NYU: New York University · 1 January 2014 English
Within each issue, marginalized women and girls are given a platform to tell their stories and raise their voices against the cycles of exploitation and discrimination they face daily. With …
NYU: New York University · 2014
The storyline focuses on Priya, a human woman and ardent devotee of the Goddess Parvati who has experienced a brutal rape and the social stigma and isolation resulting from it. …
NYU: New York University · 2014 English
This survey seeks "to assess the representation of women in local governance at the grassroots in the state of Assam, the North East Network (NEN) undertook a study of government …
NYU: New York University · 2014
In many cities where the public transport system still operates to some degree, private contractors have been engaged by the state to operate the buses. The state’s withdrawal from public …
NYU: New York University · 2014 English
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan has been at the center of attention since the US led war on terror in late 2001.The fierce fighting between Pakistan military …
NYU: New York University · 2014 English
‘Being LGBT in Asia’ has a number of objectives. It encourages networking between LGBT people across the region, building a knowledge baseline and developing an understanding of the capacity of …
NYU: New York University · 2014
The Ministry of Home Affairs set up a committee under the Chairmanship of Shri M.P. Bezbaruah, IAS (Retd), Member North East Council to look into various kinds of concerns of …
NYU: New York University · 2014 English
The report aims at assessing the performance of the government to get a real picture of the change the people have been experiencing under PTI. It is a sincere effort …
NYU: New York University · 2014 English
With funding from the Packard Foundation, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) conducted a study in Bihar, where contraceptive use is low and women’s unmet fertility needs are …
NYU: New York University · 11 November 2013
A landmark decision made by the government of Bangladesh acknowledging the Hijras as third gender and this recognition secures their rights, enabling them to identify their gender as ‘Hijra' in …