Advancing cultural sovereignty through the digital preservation of traditional texts at the National Library of Mongolia and Ganden Monastery in Ulaanbaatar. Third location at Erdene Zuu Monastery in Kharkhorin—the oldest surviving Buddhist monastery in Mongolia and the site of the ancient Mongol capital and home to Genghis Khan.
Digitizing cultural heritage helps secure national identity. Soft power flexed with Russia to the north and China to the south.
Project funded by a U.S. State Department grant.
Library Vault, Ganden Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Teaching ten year old monk how to digitize! He was the fastest adaptor of the technology, even on an Apple only in English.
Unpacking and setting the tech equipment we carried from New York to start digitizing in the freezing attic of Ereden Zuu Monastery.
