Abstracts
Abstract
A great many Central and Eastern Europeans were among the laborers who immigrated to work in Cape Breton mines and steel mills in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Despite their continuing contribution to the region, Cape Bretoners of Eastern and Central European descent have been overshadowed in public memory and scholarship by the island’s more familiar Scottish and Acadian communities. This article addresses a project through which an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars living locally in Cape Breton and abroad, as well as numerous local community partners, aimed address this lacuna. The participants’ concrete objective was the production of a web portal – diversitycapebreton.ca – that opens up onto reams of curated digital material. These digital media complement the project’s program of public outreach. This article focuses on ways in which this digital curation project served (and continues to serve) as a space for the continual collaborative re-creation of communities and histories.
Résumé
Bon nombre d’immigrants venus travailler dans les mines et les aciéries de l’île du Cap-Breton au XIXe et au début du XXe siècles venaient de l’Europe Centrale et de l’Est. Cependant, malgré leur contribution continue à la région, les habitants du Cap-Breton d’ascendance européenne centrale et orientale ont été éclipsés, dans la mémoire et le savoir officiels de l’île, par les communautés écossaises et acadiennes plus familières. Cet article porte sur un projet ayant rassemblé un groupe international et interdisciplinaire de chercheurs vivant au Cap-Breton et à l’étranger, ainsi que de nombreux partenaires des communautés locales, dans le but de combler cette lacune. Les participants avaient pour objectif concret la création d’un portail Internet – diversitycapebreton.ca – ouvrant sur des sphères de matériel muséal numérique, celles-ci venant s’ajouter à un programme de diffusion auprès du grand public. Cet article aborde la façon dont ce projet de conservation numérique a servi (et continue de servir) d’espace collaboratif de re-création continue de communautés et d’histoires.
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