Shaping immigrant and ethnic heritage in North America: ethnic organizations and the documentary heritage

Daniel, Dominique

doi:10.4000/ideas.1089

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“…Finally, this case study revealed the importance of cultural societies as an organised structure for documenting, collecting and preserving the community's tangible or intangible history and heritage, which is in accord with Zavala et al (2017) and Daniel (2015).…”

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confidence: 82%

Cultural societies and information needs: Croats in New Zealand

Krtalić

Grgić

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper was to explore how small immigrant communities in host countries collect, disseminate and present information about their home country and their community, and the role of formal societies and clubs in it. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents the results of a case study of the Croatian community in New Zealand. To illustrate how cultural and technological changes affected information dissemination and communication within the community, the case study presents both historical and current situations. Methods used in this case study included a content analysis of historical newspapers published in New Zealand by the Croatian community, content analysis of current webpages and social networking sites, and interviews with participants who have management roles in Croatian societies and communities in New Zealand. Data were collected from December 2018 to February 2019. Findings Formally established clubs and societies, but also informal groups of immigrants and their descendants can play a significant role in providing their members with information about the culture, social life and events of the home country. They also play a significant role in preserving part of the history and heritage which is relevant, not only for a specific community but also for the history and culture of a home country. Originality/value The methodology used in the research is based on data from community archives and can be used for studying other small immigrant communities in New Zealand or abroad. The case study presented in the paper illustrates how the information environment of small immigrant communities develops and changes over the years under the influence of diverse political, social and technological changes.

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Cultural societies and information needs: Croats in New Zealand

Krtalić

Grgić

2019

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“…Rodrigues (2013) mentions that South African mainstream institutions of preservation, such as archives, have often focused their collecting efforts on records of national significance and documenting the perspectives of the more dominant communities that represent power and government at the expense of the minority. Such glaring historical and cultural omissions by the mainstream archives has led such archival scholars such as Tait et al (2013), Newman (2012), Rodrigues (2013), Klopfer (2001), Archival Platform (2015), Saidi (2019), Setumu (2015), Cook (1997), Harris (2015), Sheffield (2017), Flinn (2007), Daniel (2015) and Caswell, Cifor and Ramirez (2016) to declare and support community archiving discourse as an alternative to the "shortfalls" of mainstream archiving.…”

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Proposed independent organisational structure for memory institutions in Zimbabwe and South Africa

Bhebhe

2021

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Purpose The idea of convergence of cultural institutions, especially the libraries, archives and museums (LAMS) to operate as one, has a long theoretical history which unfortunately has not been translated into practice. This subject has been discussed by a number of scholars but the implementation has just remained theoretical with only a few countries practically adopting such an organisational structure. In Africa, this concept of LAMS is yet to gain traction. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is aimed at proposing such LAMS structures for African nations, especially in Zimbabwe and South Africa considering the emergence of community “archives” which have blurred further the distinction between museology, archiving and librarianship. The motivation in advocating for the adoption of LAMS is also driven by the theory behind participatory archives which thrive on the advanced use of internet including social media platforms that can make it possible to have one-stop virtual archive on the cloud that also incorporates museums and libraries. Design/methodology/approach This is a concept paper which reviewed the literature on national and community archives in Zimbabwe and South Africa which were purposively selected because of their long history in archiving. This was done to come up with a proposed “independent” national heritage organisational structure. “Independent” structure because this paper was based on the assumption that the independence of decision-making in national archival structures in Zimbabwe and South Africa is compromised and biased towards the ethos of political parties’ ruling governments. Findings Proposed integrated framework for community archives into the sustainable national archival system which also incorporates the role that can be played by universities. The framework is likely to be feasible and of benefit in the countries that are struggling to have national mainstream independent archives which are just not paying allegiance to those who are in power. Originality/value This study is unique in the sense that it mixes LAMS and the concept of independent archival structure in a regional comparative nature that involves Zimbabwe and South Africa.

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“…A detailed exploration of the information behaviour of immigrants on social media has received minimal scholarly attention in the literature, apart from a few exceptions (Aricat, 2015; Borkert et al, 2018; Daniel, 2015; Deak, 2013; Dekker et al, 2016). Some of these have focused on refugees and the important role social media play in the process of migration.…”

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Moving with the media: An exploration of how migrant communities in New Zealand use social media

Ihejirika

Krtalić

2020

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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This paper explores why and how migrants use social media in different phases of the migration process, how they manage personal information on social media during migration, and whether they use libraries’ social media in any of the migration phases. An anonymous questionnaire was used to collect opinions and investigate the activities of migrant communities in New Zealand in the three above mentioned areas. The paper presents the results of a descriptive statistical analysis performed on the data. These results were categorized and presented under the following themes: demographic data, use of social media during migration, personal information management practices on social media, use of library social media during migration, issues arising from the use of social media during migration and positive impact of social media during migration. The main findings of our research showed that in the transitioning phase migrants use social media mostly for making the decision to move. In the settling phase, social media help them to cushion the anxieties associated with a move and also help them to make an informed decision in the new country. In the settled phase, participants used social media to stay connected with family and friends in the home country. Language barriers can restrict the use of social media during the moving process. Personal information on social media is not recognized as important and is not managed in any particular way. Libraries are present in the life of migrants but more as physical spaces and services than through their social media presence. Findings from this study can be of interest to libraries and other information providers developing services for migrants in physical and digital environments.

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Shaping immigrant and ethnic heritage in North America: ethnic organizations and the documentary heritage

Cited by 4 publications

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Cultural societies and information needs: Croats in New Zealand

Cultural societies and information needs: Croats in New Zealand

Proposed independent organisational structure for memory institutions in Zimbabwe and South Africa

Moving with the media: An exploration of how migrant communities in New Zealand use social media

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