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
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NYU: New York University · 2010 English
Centre for Equity Studies undertook a study to investigate the lived experiences of internal migrants to vulnerable occupations to Delhi, one of the most powerful magnets for such migration in …
NYU: New York University · 2010
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes the right of every person to life, privacy, health and equality before the law, as well as the right to freedom of expression …
NYU: New York University · 2010 English
This case study looks at one of the more famous instances of transnational involvement in stakeholder struggles over large dams: the long-running contention over dam construction on the Narmada River …
NYU: New York University · 2010
This report on Surrogate ―Motherhood: Ethical or Commercial‖ has six chapters including an Introduction, a Literature Review and the Conclusion. Chapter II discusses the literature available on surrogacy, both national …
NYU: New York University · 2010 English
The paper will discuss three things – the differing perceptions of women’s organizations and the government over the design of the NCW, the impact of the composition, power, autonomy and …
NYU: New York University · 2010
This report on Surrogate ―Motherhood: Ethical or Commercial‖ has six chapters including an introduction, a Literature Review and the Conclusion. Chapter II discusses the literature available on surrogacy both national …
NYU: New York University · 2010 English
This paper seeks to make out a case for subsidised meal programmes for the urban poor, firstly by attempting to interrogate some of these assumptions. The next section of the …
NYU: New York University · 2010
This report is the result of CAMP's mission to serve the people of FATA and Pakistan in general. Part of the mission has been to foster and facilitate the understanding …
NYU: New York University · 1 July 2009
Last year we finally found a nest of our own and inaugurated it quietly for we knew that finding stability in terms of space did not mean our struggles had …
NYU: New York University · 1 February 2009 English
This report is submitted by the Sexual Rights Initiative (a coalition including Mulabi – Latin American Space for Sexualities and Rights; Action Canada for Population and Development and Creating Resources …