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An audio digitisation workstation at Dikan.
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Awo Institute

Awo Institute conserves and digitises historical materials. Its work safeguards sources and their context so that people can continue to study, interpret and draw on them.

Conservation

Historical materials carry people’s work, experiences and memories. Conservation helps sustain these sources so they can continue to support study and interpretation.

Digitisation

Digitisation creates digital representations of historical materials. Their usefulness depends on the information that accompanies them: what they are, where they come from and how they may be accessed or used.

A historical photograph from the Dikan image archive.
From Dikan’s image archive

Care for knowledge

Preserving context

Caring for a source includes preserving its context and recognising the people and communities whose lives it represents. What is known, who contributed and where uncertainty remains all matter to its interpretation.

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Participants gathered around a table during a HerPress class session.
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Education

Learning at Dikan

Develop skills and learn alongside others.