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Who, What, When, Where, and Why. Help us to describe the images of Italian colonialism preserved in the IsIAO Photographic Archive.

Photographic Collections of Italian Colonialism (1861–1960)

Choose one of the following groups of images, observe the photographs, and answer the questions! 
In this project, you can dive into two different photo groups (workflows) both regarding the Eritrea.

1) The Italian Trusteeship of Somalia (AFIS): here you can contribute by telling us more about the places, people, and buildings pictured, or by adding your own descriptions.

2) Eritrean schools, transcriptions: in this workflow, you can help us by transcribing the words and numbers found on the back of the photos, and sometimes even on the front.

3) Sports and Leisure in Libya: the photographs displayed in this workflow traces the management, occupation, and representation of the body in the Libyan colony during leisure activities. It includes images of the architectural environment and the sports facilities where bodies move, as well as photographs of athletes captured in action and depicted as powerful figures reshaped by fascism.

Photographic Collections of Italian Colonialism (1861–1960)

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Workflows

1. Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration (1950-1960): images of a transition

2. Eritrean schools, transcriptions

3. Sports, O.N.D., and leisure in Libya during Italian colonial empire (Hertziana Library - IsIAO Library)

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