2021SG06: Ethnographic Material Culture Metadata

A metadata spreadsheet for assets uploaded in project 2021SG06, following the Material Culture Ethnography Metadata Schema (MCEMS). The schema was developed by the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme to preserve information from ethnographic research on material culture, living heritage, and cultural practices. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-27.

Use Cases

• Cataloging digital objects from ethnographic research based on the MCEMS schema.
• Enhancing the findability and accessibility of ethnographic data online.
• Facilitating the archiving and future re-use of material culture research records.
• Preserving ethnography-specific information for living heritage and cultural practices.

Strengths

• Uses a specialized metadata schema (MCEMS) designed for ethnographic material culture.
• File size is 572.8 KB, indicating a focused and manageable metadata collection.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 for non-commercial sharing.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description does not specify the temporal or geographic coverage of the underlying research.

Provenance

Source

KRISTEN PEARSON via figshare.

Collection Method

Metadata compiled for assets uploaded in project 2021SG06.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 11:40:24; freshness should be verified.