Welcome to the Cornish Audio Visual Archive!
CAVA was created by the Institute of Cornish Studies, University of Exeter in partnership with the Cornwall Centre, Cornwall Record Office, College of St Mark & St John and the Rescorla Centre. Its activities are based on the core aims of:- Preserving audio-visual collections relating to Cornwall in a safe and secure environment.
- Developing CAVA as a leading research and learning centre for oral history, film studies & performing arts.
- Promoting the archive as a cultural resource for Cornwall and the Cornish overseas.
Audio and visual recordings provide a
powerful yet fragile expression of cultural identity.
Yet many of these valuable resources have remained
disparate and have not been catalogued or made
accessible to the wider public. CAVA seeks to harness
the multimedia power of oral history, cultural memory,
film studies, music and photography in order to create
a greater understanding of Cornwall in the past and
present. Central to its vision is the development of a
‘Living Archive’ linked to ongoing research and
education programmes.
The archive also seeks to engage with
other forms of cultural and historical work being
conducted in Cornwall. This includes providing a
platform for Cornish History, an online multimedia
journal focusing on the study of the past and its
relationship with the present, and the educational
work and annual festival programme of the Rescorla
Centre in mid-Cornwall. CAVA is also working with
international scholars through the Celtic Education
& Research Network.
For further details please contact:
Cornish Audio Visual Archive,
Institute of Cornish Studies,
School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
University of Exeter,
Cornwall Campus,
Penryn,
Cornwall TR10 9EZ
Email: cava@exeter.ac.uk
Telephone: 01326 371 888