Project Overview
editThe University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century Revolution is a documentation project spearheaded by the American University in Cairo (AUC) to collect web content, videos, photographs, personal accounts, oral histories and memorabilia related to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. The project's objective is to increase public awareness of the Egyptian Revolution and preserve the events of January 25th.[1][2] The memorablia, oral history, photograph, and video collections are comprised of AUC community submitted media that are attributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Students and faculty may also record testimonials and share their experiences in the revolution. The University on the Square: Documenting Egypt's 21st Century Revolution project is supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Memorabilia
editOral Histories
editAUC professor Kim Fox who is in charge of collecting the oral history comments saying: "Historically, oral histories have been important in adding texture to events and issues. We hope to do the same by adding to AUC's oral history archives with AUCians experiences with the Egyptian revolution".[3]
Photographs
editVideo Recordings
editWeb Archive
editReferences
edit- ^ "Educational initiatives based on Egyptian revolution". Al Bawaba. March 2, 2011. Retrieved 16-03-2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Yara Enany (March 8, 2011). "AUC president: Campus illegally used by security forces on Jan. 28". Retrieved 16-03-2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "University on the Square Initiative Documents AUC's Revolution Experiences". American University in Cairo. Retrieved 16-03-2010.
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