The UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies, Department of English, will be the Archival Partner for the Endangered Archives Project (EAP) of the Culture at Risk Unit, the Digital Humanities Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. The EAP aims to inventory and digitally document endangered Armenian inscriptions in India, specifically in Madras, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. As an Archival Partner, the Chair will receive for free the digital database of approximately 300 high-resolution photographs of inscriptions and their metadata. The Chair will host the archive on its site as a free resource.
http://herald.uohyd.ac.in/unesco-chair-to-be-part-of-swiss-endangered-archives-project/
This collaboration between the UNESCO Chair and École Polytechnique is impressive and vital for preserving endangered Armenian inscriptions in India. I wonder how researchers and the public can access and use this digital archive. Are there plans to expand the project to include inscriptions from other regions or communities in the future?