Abstract
The Cuban Theater Digital Archive (http://cubantheater. org) is a unique digital collection of Cuban theater resources established by Dr. Lillian Manzor at the University of Miami. Working at the intersection of humanities and digital media, its purpose is threefold: it is a resource for teaching, learning, and research; a digital repository for important Cuban theatrical materials little known outside the island; and a forum to foster scholarly communication in this field. This paper presents a theoretical overview of CTDA’s design and development, its technical infrastructure, and its role in research, teaching and learning.
This work is in part supported by an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant C1200432 and a Goizueta Foundation Grant.
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Manzor, L., Rimkus, K., Ogihara, M. (2013). Cuban Theater Digital Archive: A Multimodal Platform for Theater Documentation and Research. In: Nesi, P., Santucci, R. (eds) Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access, and Entertainment. ECLAP 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7990. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40050-6_13
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