The Smallbean Archivist
The Smallbean Citizen Archivist Project curriculum provides computer and technology skills training which empowers local communities to document, preserve, and showcase their cultures and languages. At the core of this process, are the Smallbean Citizen Archivists from countries all around the world who are using their new skills within the communities where they live.
Please click on the links below to learn more about Esther Ajambo from Busia, Kenya (pictured above) and some of the other amazing Smallbean Citizen Archivists using technology and the computer skills they learned from the Smallbean teaching curriculum to document, preserve, and showcase endangered cultures and languages from their communities.
Who is a Smallbean Citizen Archivist?
Smallbean Citizen Archivists come in all shapes and sizes. In Kwala, Tanzania, our Citizen Archivists were high school students, many of whom were using a computer for the first time in their lives. At the other extreme, Smallbean taught the Citizen Archivist project in Lamu, Kenya. The Citizen Archivists in Lamu were university-educated museum employees seeking to master photography and interviewing skills so that they could document and showcase the rich Swahili culture present along the east coast of Kenya and Tanzania. In all cases Smallbean seeks to provide Citizen Archivist project training to individuals such as teachers, librarians, and students, who can, in turn, use their new skills to teach others within the community, thereby magnifying the impact of the Citizen Archivist Project exponentially.
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