2003 Campus-Community Partnerships

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Archiving Filipino-American Music in LA (AFAMILA)

Awardee: John Vallier, Assistant Librarian
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive
Partner: Kayamanan Ng Lahi Philippine Folk Arts

Abstract:

"Archiving Filipino-American Music in Los Angeles" (AFAMILA) has four main objectives:

  1. Expanding the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive's limited number of local Filipino-American collections.
  2. Preserving and increasing access to recordings already held by UCLA and the community.
  3. Producing and distributing a list of those Filipino resources that are currently a part of the Archive's holding.
  4. Hosting an end-of-the-project symposium at UCLA.

It is our expectation that scholars and community members will use the collection for research and as tools to promote Filipino-American heritage. We see AFAMILA as a model for future collaborations between the Archive and other LA music non-profits. Eventually, after working with a number of organizations, we envision a network of archive related partnerships, not only between our Archive and these organizations, but also between the community organizations themselves.