La phonothèque de la MMSH  participe au programme européen soutenu par l’UNESCO “Safeguarding, Preservation and Promotion of the Heritage Archives of Tanzania: the African Liberation Heritage Archives”. Dans ce cadre, une formation à la collecte, l’archivage et la valorisation des archives sonores aura lieu à Dar-es-Salaam du 25 août au 5 septembre 2014.

Les archives sonores ne sont pas les seules en jeu dans ce programme dont l’objectif général  est de favoriser l’appropriation nationale de la mémoire historique de la Tanzanie en valorisant son patrimoine archivistique pour les génération présentes et futures. Les actions portent la conservation, la collecte, la valorisation de tous les types d’archives – sonores, photographiques, audiovisuelles, imprimées et manuscrites – et dans toutes les langues des peuples et des cultures de la Tanzanie. Au-delà des nécessités de préservation des archives  du pays, la volonté est de renforcer et de développer la capacité des institutions tanzaniennes pour leur permettre de mieux préserver les archives patrimoniales sur la longue durée et pour les valoriser au sein de l’ensemble de la société.

Le projet est financé par l’union européenne, mené par le bureau de l’UNESCO à Dar-el-Salam et soutenu par la COPEIA (Arles) en coopération avec différents experts.

Présentation générale du projet en langue anglaise :

The overall objective of this action is to foster national ownership of Tanzania’s historical memory and to strengthen Tanzania’s social cohesion and human development by preserving and promoting its heritage archives for present and future generations. In order to contribute to the attainment of this overall objective, this action addresses two mutually reinforcing dimensions of heritage archives: preservation and awareness/dissemination. Preservation of the heritage archives for the present and future generations is crucial as this heritage is fragile. Every day irreplaceable parts of this memory disappear forever. Archives deteriorate due to chemical, biological or physical factors contingent to the very material on which they are recorded and/or are at risk due to lack of attention, mismanagement, and man-made or natural disasters. In Tanzania, invaluable archives are endangered due to one or more of these factors. However, this heritage archive reflects the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures of Tanzania. To this effect, the action not only will address the preservation and protection needs of the most endangered documents (sound, photo, audiovisual, printed and handwritten) of Tanzanian archives and the damaged facilities of TBC repositories, but will also strengthen and build the capacity of these institutions to enable them to better preserve the heritage archives over time. Awareness and knowledge about the existence and content of the heritage archive is not only a precondition to the preservation of this heritage, but also an important aiding factor for the Tanzanian society to construct its history, identity and culture. Increased knowledge and awareness about heritage archive will enable the people of Tanzania to own its historical memory and further develop its cultural identity, which is the foundation for social cohesion, and stability. A culturally empowered society is better positioned to derive economic benefits from its heritage. However, the content of the Tanzanian heritage archives is still not fully accessible and hence, little known. Therefore, this action will address this gap through an awareness campaign and cooperation and exchanges activities. This project is funded by the European Union

Crédits photographiques : réunion de préparation de la formation sur la numérisation, le traitement et la valorisation des archives sonores, 4 juillet 2014, phonothèque de la MMSH, Aix-en-Provence, photographie de Marine Soubrié.