Dr Raul Romero, Catholic University of Peru
2005 award - major research project
£
41,829 for 12 months.
This project aims to build on a previous project to locate archives and collections of sound materials on expressive culture (music, dance, festivals and oral traditions).
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The previous project only aimed to locate sound materials. It was later learned that numerous folklore scholars maintained large collections of old photographs and super 8 films. No one else is trying to locate and preserve these audiovisual collections. If there is no speedy action, these materials will be lost for good.
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There are numerous collections of audio tapes, video tapes, Super 8 film and photographs in danger, deteriorating, getting lost, or just being thrown away by the uninformed heirs of these collectors. Research trips have confirmed this, and a project aiming at the preservation of these collections is urgently needed. They remain stored in family homes in several regions of Peru, mostly in the capital city, Lima. Some of them are deposited in small provincial institutional archives without adequate conservation facilities and environment.
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The work will be primarily in Lima. But there will be visits to other cities/regions of Peru: Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital; the Mantaro valley, probably the most “modernized” intermontane Andean valley inhabited by one million people; Huaraz, known as the callejón de Huaylas for being surrounded by two mountain chains, the north coast, and the region of Cajamarca, frontier to Ecuador.
The project will be based on some 20 years of experience in this field. Collections will be located, deposited in a central archive in Lima, and copied.
