Saving Haiti's heritage
Subtitle: cultural recovery after the earthquake
By: [by Richard Kurin ; foreword by G. Wayne Clough ; with contributions by Mark Aronson [et al.]]
Contributors: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780615551531
Subjects: American Economic assistance; Earthquake relief; Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010; American Humanitarian assistance
Description: "The aim of the Haiti Cultural Recovery Project was to rescue, recover, safeguard, and help restore Haitian cultural materials damaged and endangered by the January 12, 2010 earthquake and its aftermath, and train Haitians in conservation skills so they could carry on that work into the future. By October 2011, the project had treated more than 30,000 items and trained more than 100 Haitians. The Haiti Cultural Recovery Project was organized by the Smithsonian Institution with the Government of Haiti, Ministry of Culture and Communication, and the Presidential Commission for the Emergency and Reconstruction, in partnership with the U.S. President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. ... " -- P. [5]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-243.)