No. 10 (2010): Archives as Empowering Resource Centres for Communities The Digital Community Archives of the National Folklore Support Centre, Chennai - By Anupama Sekhar

This article is reproduced from Mapping Cultural Diversity—Good Practices from Around the Globe published by the German Commission for UNESCO and the Asia-Europe Foundation in November 2010. The publication is a project of the U40-programme “Cultural Diversity 2030”. The electronic version of the publication is available for download from http://www.unesco.de. Based on the DCA projects of National Folklore Support Centre, Chennai , this paper explores Digital community Archive initiatives as suitable models for preserving intangible heritages.