National Taiwan Museum, Taipei City
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder

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About the Project

Through iShare, a collaborative online application, indigenous peoples gain remote access to museum collections, document intangible aspects of their culture for tribal use and disseminate information about their cultural heritage to each other and to a broader public. Online visitors will be able to explore stories, oral histories, material culture and audiovisual materials that illustrate indigeneity as it is experienced and practiced in the East and in the West by the Navajo Nation in the U.S. and the Paiwan people of Taiwan. The project provides opportunities for networking among distant indigenous peoples, expanding on collaborations between Native communities and local museums that care for tribal objects, and sharing traditional knowledge with a wider public.

News and Resources

Museum project puts Paiwan culture online,Taiwan Times, December 15, 2010