{"id":37975,"date":"2023-07-11T11:13:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=37975"},"modified":"2023-09-01T15:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:07:40","slug":"mit-libraries-contributes-to-the-digitization-of-libete-newspaper-published-in-haiti-in-kreyol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/mit-libraries-contributes-to-the-digitization-of-libete-newspaper-published-in-haiti-in-kreyol\/37975\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT Libraries contributes to the digitization of Lib\u00e8te newspaper published in Haiti in Krey\u00f2l"},"content":{"rendered":"

See below for a Krey\u00f2l translation of this story\u00a0by Prof. Paul Belony<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tout moun se moun, tout lang se lang<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Every person is equally human, every language is on a par as language<\/i><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"FrontFounded by Father Jean-Yves Urfi\u00e9 in November 1990, Haiti\u2019s weekly newspaper <\/span>Lib\u00e8te <\/span><\/i>aimed to fill a linguistic and cultural void in Haiti as it was published in <\/span>Krey\u00f2l, the national language of Haiti, as opposed to French, the primary written language at the nation\u2019s schools, courts, and administrative offices though it is fluently spoken by few<\/span>. Though it was founded by a priest, <\/span>Lib\u00e8te <\/span><\/i>was a not-for-profit, secular newspaper, respectful of all religious beliefs, independent of political parties. It covered politics, health, agriculture, as well as human rights and social movements. It was the only newspaper with a substantial (70%) distribution in the provinces, outside the capital Port-au-Prince. The importance of the newspaper increased between 1990-1995, during the years of military dictatorship, when it continued to operate semi-clandestinely, advocating for a return to democracy. The latter is one of the reasons for its popularity alongside its affordable price which suited the modest means of most Haitians. <\/span>Lib\u00e8te <\/span><\/i>stopped operating in 1998 due to lack of funds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lib\u00e8te <\/span><\/i>is <\/span>important to linguists, historians, anthropologists, and social justice activists as it is one of the important resources that played a key role in <\/span>advocating for Krey\u00f2l as the primary language in education, administration, and legislation in Haiti<\/span><\/a> (the term \u201cKrey\u00f2l\u201d distinguishes Haitian Creole from other Creole languages). <\/span>Lib\u00e8te <\/span><\/i>was not digitized or accessible until <\/span>Biblioth\u00e8que Ha\u00eftienne des Spiritains (BHS<\/span><\/a>), <\/span>Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>MIT Libraries<\/span><\/a> collaborated for the first time in 2022 to make it <\/span>available on the dLOC site<\/span><\/a> and soon on the MIT Libraries\u2019 catalog. This will be an invaluable resource for scholars interested in Haiti, especially those who design or study linguistic policy in support of universal access to quality education in Haiti.<\/span><\/p>\n

MIT Libraries provided partial funding for the digitization of archival content (held by <\/span>BHS)<\/span> in partnership with dLOC , as a model for supporting open digital access to unique materials not available otherwise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the partners, dLOC, was founded in 2004, and BHS has been a dLOC partner since 2008. Together with more than eighty dLOC partners in the Caribbean, U.S., Europe and Canada, BHS has shared know-how, expertise, and content on the dLOC website. dLOC is a <\/span>collection of collections<\/span><\/a> provided by its partner base. It serves an<\/span> international community of scholars by providing enhanced electronic access<\/span><\/a> to research resources about the Caribbean and Circum-Caribbean. Digitized materials are searchable, many are downloadable and thus available for all forms of research and\/or as teaching resources. <\/span>Lib\u00e8te Newspaper <\/span><\/i>is now part of the <\/span>largest collection of digitized Caribbean newspapers<\/span><\/a> and ready for anyone to use.<\/span>\u00a0(1)<\/span><\/p>\n

A key stakeholder in this collaboration has been MIT Linguistics professor <\/span>Michel DeGraff<\/span><\/a>, who is renowned for advocating for the use of Krey\u00f2l as the primary language of instruction in Haiti, for increasing access to quality education, including education in STEM and in foreign languages (French, English, Spanish, etc.). \u201c<\/span>Lib\u00e8te <\/span><\/i>contains unique language-related content that can be<\/span> used for research on orthographic practices for Krey\u00f2l,<\/span> as well as research on Haitian history and society, education policy and cultural\/linguistic revival materials\u2014all of which are, indeed, invaluable for my work,\u201d says DeGraff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

DeGraff is one of two co-directors of the <\/span>MIT-Haiti Initiative<\/span><\/a> with Prof. Haynes Miller (MIT Mathematics) and is a founding member of the <\/span>Akademi Krey\u00f2l Ayisyen<\/span><\/a> which, in his own words, \u201cis still struggling to decide what changes can\/should be brought to Krey\u00f2l\u2019s official orthography.\u201d These decisions about Krey\u00f2l orthography are relevant for language-in-education policies, which, in turn, are closely related to <\/span>Haiti\u2019s centuries-long struggle with colonial hierarchies<\/span><\/a> that shaped culture and expressions of political power in Haiti.\u00a0 More broadly, DeGraff is also a staunch <\/span>advocate<\/span><\/a> for the widespread use of Open Educational Resources, especially for the benefit of populations that have traditionally been deprived of access to educational resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

This BHS-dLOC-MIT Libraries partnership provides access to content not available through the existing subscription-based models and exemplifies MIT Libraries\u2019 commitment to social justice and open, accessible, and equitable scholarship. It also constitutes a promising alternative model to providing access to content, exemplifying the Libraries\u2019 <\/span>vision<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

(1) <\/span>For more context about the significance of digitizing Haitian archives see, <\/span>Findlay, Fiona (2023) <\/span>The practical and ethical considerations of digitising Haitian literary archives.<\/span> MPhil(R) thesis, University of Glasgow.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0What’s not mentioned in Findlay (2023) is the important contribution of private libraries such as <\/span>the\u00a0<\/i><\/span>Biblioth\u00e8que Ha\u00eftienne des Spiritains<\/i>\u00a0(BHS)<\/a> and\u00a0<\/span>the <\/span>Biblioth\u00e8que Ha\u00eftienne des Fr\u00e8res de l’Instruction Chr\u00e9tienne<\/i>\u00a0(BHFIC)<\/span><\/a> to the preservation of Haitian archives.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wholehearted thanks to:<\/span><\/p>\n

BHS Team
\n<\/b>Islande Elysee, <\/span>Manager
\n<\/span>Benjamin Osio, Administrator
\n<\/span>Patrick Tardieu, Curator<\/span><\/p>\n

Special thanks to Prof. Jean Casimir, historical sociologist at Haiti\u2019s State University, who first introduced Michel DeGraff to Patrick Tardieu and who suggested that MIT Libraries collaborate with BHS.<\/span><\/p>\n

dLOC Team
\n<\/b>Judith Russell, Dean, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
\n<\/span>Stephanie Chancy, dLOC Operational Lead, University of Florida
\nLaura Perry, dLOC Technological Director, University of Florida
\n<\/span>Laurie Taylor (former dLOC Operational Lead, University of Florida)<\/span><\/p>\n

MIT Team
\n<\/b>Martina Anderson, Acquisitions and Appraisal Librarian
\n<\/span>Michel DeGraff, Professor of Linguistics
\n<\/span>Laura Hanscom, Head of Scholarly Communications and Collections Strategy
\n<\/span>Deborah Lenares, Collections Analyst and Strategist
\n<\/span>Marcella Tam, <\/span>Collection Strategist for Tangible Collections and Humanities, Art, Social Sciences, and Architecture & Planning
\n<\/span>Ece Turnator, Humanities and Digital Scholarship Librarian
\n<\/span>Katie Zimmerman, Director of Copyright Strategy<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tout moun se moun, tout lang se lang: Nan lide pou MIT Libraries tabli patenarya, n ap kontribiye nan kreyasyon v\u00e8syon nimerik Jounal Lib\u00e8te ki te pibliye ann Ayiti, an krey\u00f2l, ant lane 1990 ak 1998.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Se Pwofes\u00e8 Paul Belony ki f\u00e8 tradiksyon krey\u00f2l sa a.<\/p>\n

Se P\u00e8 Jean-Yves Urfi\u00e9 ki te fonde jounal Lib\u00e8te<\/em> an novanm 1990. Jounal sa a te pibliye chak sem\u00e8n an krey\u00f2l nan objektif pou l konble yon vid lengwistik e kiltir\u00e8l ann Ayiti. Wi, krey\u00f2l se lang nasyonal peyi d\u00a0Ayiti a. \u00a0Men, se franse ki s\u00e8vi pi plis nan dokiman pou lek\u00f2l, tribinal ak biwo administratif nan tout peyi a menm si pa gen anpil moun ki pale l byen. Menm si se te yon p\u00e8 katolik ki te fonde Lib\u00e8te,<\/em> se te yon jounal layik ki pa te kreye pou f\u00e8 lajan e ki te respekte tout kwayans relijye, epi li te endepandan de pati politik yo. Jounal la te bay nouv\u00e8l sou politik, sante, agrikilti ansanm av\u00e8k mouvman dwa moun ak mouvman sosyal. Se te s\u00e8l jounal ki te gen yon distribisyon ki ase elve (70%) nan pwovens yo, an dey\u00f2 kapital la, P\u00f2toprens. Enp\u00f2tans jounal la te ogmante soti 1990 rive 1995, pandan pery\u00f2d diktati milit\u00e8 a, l\u00e8 li te kontinye fonksyone nan mawonaj pandan li t ap f\u00e8 kanpay pou demokrasi tounen nan peyi\u00a0a. Kanpay sa a, mete sou pri bon mache ki te ab\u00f2dab pou majorite popilasyon an, te lakoz popilarite jounal Lib\u00e8te<\/em>. \u00a0Se mank finansman ki te f\u00e8 jounal Lib\u00e8te<\/em> f\u00e8men an 1998.<\/p>\n

Jounal Lib\u00e8te <\/em>se yon resous ki enp\u00f2tan anpil pou lengwis, istoryen, antwopol\u00f2g ak aktivis k ap feraye pou jistis sosyal paske se te youn nan piblikasyon ki te jwe yon w\u00f2l enp\u00f2tan nan goumen pou krey\u00f2l s\u00e8vi k\u00f2m lang prensipal nan edikasyon, administrasyon ak lejislasyon ann Ayiti<\/a>. \u00a0Jounal Lib\u00e8te <\/em>pa te ko nimerize ni tou li pa\u00a0te ko aksesib anvan Biblioth\u00e8que Ha\u00eftienne des Spiritains (BHS<\/a>), Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)<\/a> ak MIT Libraries<\/a> te vin kolabore pou premye fwa an 2022 nan mete tout nimewo jounal la disponib sou sit dLOC<\/a> epi yon ti tan apre sa sou katal\u00f2g MIT Libraries<\/em>. Sa se yon resous ki endispansab pou ch\u00e8ch\u00e8 iniv\u00e8site ki enterese nan zaf\u00e8 Ayiti, sitou sila yo k ap k ap devlope politik lengwistik oswa k\u00a0ap f\u00e8 rech\u00e8ch sou sa pou kore aktivite k ap kreye aks\u00e8 iniv\u00e8s\u00e8l pou edikasyon bon kalite ann Ayiti.<\/p>\n

MIT Libraries<\/em> te bay yon pati nan finansman pou nimerize kontni achiv jounal Lib\u00e8te<\/em> BHS yo. Pwoj\u00e8 nimerizasyon\u00a0sa\u00a0a se an patenarya av\u00e8k dLoc epi sa tou kreye yon mod\u00e8l pou kore aks\u00e8 nimerik san bary\u00e8 pou matery\u00e8l ki ra e ki pa t ap disponib nan okenn l\u00f2t fason.<\/p>\n

Youn nan patn\u00e8 yo, dLOC, te fonde an 2004, epi BHS se yon patn\u00e8 dLOC depi 2008. Ansanm av\u00e8k plis pase 8 patn\u00e8 dLOC nan Karayib la, oz Etazini, ann Ew\u00f2p ak Kanada, BHS pataje konesans, konpetans, esp\u00e8tiz ak kontni sou platf\u00f2m dLOC. dLOC se yon koleksyon plizy\u00e8 koleksyon <\/a>ke baz patn\u00e8 li yo pataje. dLOC se yon resous pou yon kominote ent\u00e8nasyonal ki gen ch\u00e8ch\u00e8 iniv\u00e8site ladan l k ap pataje aks\u00e8 nimerik wo nivo<\/a> pou bon jan rech\u00e8ch kapab f\u00e8t sou Karayib la ak z\u00f2n ki antoure Karayib la. Nou ka f\u00e8 rech\u00e8ch sou matery\u00e8l nimerik sa yo. \u00a0Nou ka telechaje anpil ladan yo.\u00a0 Se kon sa tou yo disponib k\u00f2m matery\u00e8l pou tout kalite rech\u00e8ch ak ans\u00e8yman. Jounal Lib\u00e8te <\/em>a antre kounye a nan pi gwo koleksyon jounal karayibeyen ki nimerize<\/a> epi achiv sa yo tou pare pou nenp\u00f2t moun ka s\u00e8vi ak yo. (1)<\/p>\n

Youn nan grenadye nan kolaborasyon sila a se pwofes\u00e8 lengwistik nan MIT, Michel DeGraff<\/a>, ki gen gwo renome pou batay l\u00a0ap mennen pou itilizasyon krey\u00f2l k\u00f2m premye lang ans\u00e8yman ann Ayiti, pou fasilite aks\u00e8 pou edikasyon bon kalite. \u00a0Syans, Teknoloji, Enjeniri ak Matematik (S.T.En.M) ak lang etranje (franse, angle, pany\u00f2l e latriye) ladan tou. DeGraff di kon sa\u00a0: \u00ab Jounal Lib\u00e8te <\/em>gen ladan l anpil kontni ki gen rap\u00f2 ak lang. Sa se kontni ke moun ka itilize pou f\u00e8 rech\u00e8ch sou pratik ekriti an krey\u00f2l epi, tou, pou rech\u00e8ch sou istwa ak sosyete peyi d\u00a0Ayiti ansanm ak politik edikasyon ak matery\u00e8l pou valorizasyon kiltir\u00e8l ak lengwistik. Vreman vre, tout bagay sa yo enp\u00f2tan anpil pou travay mwen. \u00bb<\/p>\n

DeGraff se youn nan ko-direkt\u00e8 Inisyativ MIT-Ayiti<\/a> ansanm av\u00e8k Pw\u00f2f Haynes Miller (Depatman Matematik MIT) epi li se yon manm fondat\u00e8 Akademi Krey\u00f2l Ayisyen <\/a>ki, dapre li, \u00ab toujou an difikilte pou yo deside ki chanjman yo kapab oubyen yo ta dwe pote nan \u00f2tograf ofisy\u00e8l krey\u00f2l la. \u00bb Desizyon sila yo sou \u00f2tograf krey\u00f2l la enp\u00f2tan anpil nan dosye politik lengwistik nan edikasyon. Dosye sa yo, yo menm, gen rap\u00f2 sere sere av\u00e8k konfli nan yerachi kolonyal depi sy\u00e8k<\/a> ann Ayiti. Se konfli sa yo ki f\u00f2mate kilti ansanm ak espresyon puisans politik ann Ayiti. Yon l\u00f2t kote, DeGraff se yon gran defans\u00e8<\/a> k\u00a0ap travay pou Resous Edikatif san Bary\u00e8 rive blayi tout kote, espesyalman pou benefisye popilasyon sa yo ke yo toujou mete sou kote e ki pa ko ka jwenn resous sa yo.<\/p>\n

Patenarya BHS-dLOC-MIT Libraries sila a louvri bary\u00e8 pou moun jwenn kontni ki pa disponib sou platf\u00f2m ki mande ab\u00f2nman ; epi, tou, patenarya sila a se egzanp angajman MIT Libraries<\/em> nan konba pou jistis sosyal ak edikasyon ki aksesib e ekitab. Patenarya sa a se yon l\u00f2t mod\u00e8l pou pataje kontni dapre vizyon<\/a> Bibliyot\u00e8k MIT.<\/p>\n

(1)\u00a0N ap jwenn pi plis enf\u00f2masyon sou enp\u00f2tans nimerizasyon achiv ayisyen yo nan t\u00e8z sa a : Findlay, Fiona (2023) The practical and ethical considerations of digitising Haitian literary archives. MPhil(R) thesis, University of Glasgow<\/a>. Men, gen yon done fondamantal ki pa antre nan t\u00e8z Findlay a : \u00a0se bibliyot\u00e8k kongreganis tankou Biblioth\u00e8que Ha\u00eftienne des Spiritains (BHS)<\/a> ak Biblioth\u00e8que Ha\u00eftienne des Fr\u00e8res de l’Instruction Chr\u00e9tienne (BHFIC)<\/a> ki f\u00e8 pi gwo jef\u00f2 nan prez\u00e8vasyon achiv ayisyen yo.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yon gwo rem\u00e8siman pou :<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ekip BHS la
\n<\/strong>Islande Elysee, Manadj\u00e8
\nBenjamin Osio, Administrat\u00e8
\nPatrick Tardieu, Achivis<\/p>\n

Yon rem\u00e8siman byen espesyal pou Pw\u00f2f. Jean Casimir (\u00ab\u00a0Ti Jan Bosal\u00a0\u00bb), sosyol\u00f2g istoryen nan Iniv\u00e8site Leta Ayiti, ki te premye entwodui Michel DeGraff bay Patrick Tardieu epi se Ti Jan Bosal tou ki te sijere pou MIT Libraries<\/em> kolabore av\u00e8k BHS.<\/p>\n

Ekip dLOC la
\n<\/strong>Judith Russell, Dwayen, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
\nStephanie Chancy, Responsab Operasyon dLOC, University of Florida
\nLaura Perry, Direkt\u00e8 Teknik dLOC, University of Florida
\nLaurie Taylor (ansyen Responsab Operasyon dLOC, University of Florida)<\/p>\n

Ekip MIT a
\n<\/strong>Martina Anderson, Dokimantalis pou Akizisyon ak Evalyasyon
\nMichel DeGraff, Pwofes\u00e8 Lengwistik
\nLaura Hanscom, Ch\u00e8f Kominikasyon Akademik ak Estrateji Koleksyon
\nDeborah Lenares, Analis ak Estratejis pou Koleksyon yo
\nMarcella Tam, Estratejis pou Koleksyon Matery\u00e8l Konkr\u00e8 epi pou Depatman Syans Moun, Atizay, Syans Sosyal ak Achitekti epi Planifikasyon
\nEce Turnator, Dokimantalis Iniv\u00e8sit\u00e8 nan Depatman Syans Moun ak Etid sou Baz Nimerik
\nKatie Zimmerman, Direkt\u00e8 Estrateji Kons\u00e8nan Dwa d Ot\u00e8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

See below for a Krey\u00f2l translation of this story\u00a0by Prof. Paul Belony   Tout moun se moun, tout lang se lang\u00a0 Every person is equally human, every language is on a par as language Founded by Father Jean-Yves Urfi\u00e9 in November 1990, Haiti\u2019s weekly newspaper Lib\u00e8te aimed to fill a linguistic and cultural void in Haiti as it was published in Krey\u00f2l, the national language of Haiti, as opposed to French, the primary written language at the nation\u2019s schools, courts, and administrative offices though it is fluently spoken by few. Though it was founded by a priest, Lib\u00e8te was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"subtitle":"","is_event":false,"calendar_url":"","calendar_id":"","calendar_image":"","pauthor":"MIT Libraries","urgent":false,"notes":"","featuredListImg":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Libete-11-29-1990_657x256_acf_cropped.png","homeImg":false,"listImg":false,"homepage_post_title":"MIT Libraries contributes to the digitization of Haiti newspaper Lib\u00e8te ","featuredArticle":"false"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37975"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38105,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37975\/revisions\/38105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}