project audience

Since I have in mind two projects I will try to convey a general idea about the audiences of both projects. In the case of a website for The Moldovan National Archives, I guess the main audience would be researchers from all around the world, interested in browsing through numerous collections of the Archives and finding their way through them without making a journey to the Archives. Of course, it is impossible to provide all the content in the digital form, but at least, this web site will provide general guidelines, such as: available collections, hours of operation, archival policies in the area of document reproduction, telephone numbers and physical address of The National Archives and of other archives from the area. Since Archives are open not only for researchers but also to the local communities, the web site will also try to reach to the local population in terms of genealogical research or other services, such as, for example, the restoration of property rights after the fall of USSR.

Concerning the second project, the one concerning the analysis of the two localities in the first half of the 20th century, there is a chance that this project will have as its audience the local population. I am referring to "a chance" because as any new media project this one has got a lot of unexpected elements. Taking into consideration the fact that, nowadays, the two localities Ribnita and Rezina, which can be located in the upper right corner of this map, are divided not only by the Nistru river but also by the legacy of the Transnistrian conflict, then the web site can be not only a historical project but also a site of shared memories, where each community could share its moments of pain and hope. This being said, I am waiting for your comments and criticism.