Template:Survey and Digital Preservation of Upcountry Tamil Archival Records (Modern Endangered Archives Program Malaiyakam)
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Project Number | NF/PG/2021/0004 | Grant Agency / Donors | UCLA | Project Owner | Thamilini Jothilingam | |
Project Mentor | Thamilini Jothilingam | Project Locations | Upcountry | Project Period | 2021 | |
Stakeholders | Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation |
This project will survey existing archival records, commemorative publications, and historical photographs created by Sri Lanka’s Upcountry Tamils since 1948. The Upcountry (HillCountry) Tamils, are the descendants of nineteenth-century Indian laborers brought to work on the country’s British-owned tea, coffee, and rubber plantations who continue to face political disenfranchisement and state-sponsored discrimination in Sri Lanka.