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The Importance of Preserving Data within

the Humanities and Social Sciences

in a Digital Repository?

Ria Olivier

Principal Investigator

Project Manager

Digital Archivist

Antarctic legacy of South Africa

Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University.

 

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One Human Life’s influence on Science, Environment & People

Scientist

Friend

Cat Hunter

Mentor

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DOCUMENTS v VALUE

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IMAGES v VALUE

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HUMAN - MATERIAL - PRESERVE - VALUE - LEGACY

 Humanities material need to be preserved, their personal character and their activities and the rople they played in the involvement of South Africa in the Antarctic Region.

CONCLUSION

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THANK YOU

Marthán Bester

Nico de Bruyn

Chris Oosthuizen

Ryan Reisinger

John Dickens

Their contribution to the Antarctic Legacy of South Africa by preserving human data, that can have an influence on science and on other humans