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SUMMARY:A Museum for Heritage and Culture at Aba Island\, Sudan - Ahmed Hu
 ssein Abdelrahman Adam\, Department of Archaeology\, Khartoum University
DTSTART:20121119T170000Z
DTEND:20121119T180000Z
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CONTACT:Judith Weik
DESCRIPTION:A Project for a Museum of Heritage and Culture on Aba Island\,
  Sudan \n\nThe researcher proposes to develop a plan to establish a museum
  on  Aba Island based on  systematic scientific principles\, through theor
 etical and applied museology. The researcher considers that the University
  of Cambridge and the variety of the content within its museums which spec
 ialize in diverse fields of study will help him gain experience in the way
 s of presenting the different displays from the University museums.\nThe a
 rea of Aba Island was chosen for the location of this museum because it re
 presents one of the most important historical sites in the modern history 
 of Sudan. It was the base of the Imam Mahdi\, who led the revolution again
 st the Turkish regime in Sudan\, and so established the first Independent 
 state of Sudan in modern times: the Mahdiya.\n\nThis emphasizes the import
 ance of the proposed  project for the museum in the area\, due to the sign
 ificance of this region during the Mahdiya period. The collection of herit
 age material has not yet been fully undertaken\, however\, this region inc
 ludes a number tribes and ethnic groups from the different parts of Sudan\
 , hence the available material culture comprises ethnographic materials fr
 om different cultural patterns of the Sudan.  \n\nThe main objectives of t
 he museum are to aid researchers to access the materials\, to  educate stu
 dents in Sudanese Universities about Imam Mahdi\, as well as enable Post-g
 raduate Students and University staff to conduct research\, and to provide
  tourists with the opportunity to learn about the cultural heritage of the
  region.\nThe idea to accomplish this project has driven the author for so
 me time. He has become aware of the richness of archeological and ethnogra
 phic material\, which could compile a significant museum collection. Furth
 ermore\, the researcher has been approached by a  group of families about 
 preserving the region’s cultural material. The author now seeks means of
  developing the project and for its implementation\, and strongly consider
 s that the opportunities offered by Cambridge/Africa Collaborative Researc
 h Program will enable him to bring this about.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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