Dr. Gezae Haile Weldemichael is an associate professor of history and heritage management. He is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Mekelle, Ethiopia. Currently he is serving the university as library director. His research interest include: digital humanity, culture, information science, history, heritage and heritage value, ancient manuscript study, locally grown knowledge systems as reflected in the heritage values. He is working a research on 'reclaiming and propagating locally grown cultural heritage values as an impute for innovation and building a knowledge and democratic society' Phone: (+251) 911977887 Address: Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia
... Gezae, Haile; Smet, de, Egbert; Mulugeta, Yohannes - Challenges of traditional methods of pre... more ... Gezae, Haile; Smet, de, Egbert; Mulugeta, Yohannes - Challenges of traditional methods of preserving Ethiopian Ge'ez manuscripts and promises of digital preservation in Tigray, Ethiopia - In: International Conference on Preservation of Ancient African Manuscripts, Addis ...
his research aimed at locating, identifying and documenting graveyards and funeral rites for reco... more his research aimed at locating, identifying and documenting graveyards and funeral rites for reconstructing the life history and achievements of prominent personalities in Ethiopia’s past and theier social philosophy of death as depicted in grave markers and oral discourses of the society in the Regional State of Tigray. Accordingly, data was collected through in-depth informant interview about funeral rituals and rites, field observation for deciphering information from grave markers, and document analysis for reviewing historical records such as eyewitness accounts. The data was collected from Churches and Monasteries in Mekelle, Tembien, Adwa, Aksum, Maychewu and their environs. Hence, this paper traverses as far as the fourth century to examine the Christianization process in Ethiopia based on Abba Selama Kesate Berhane’s grave markswhich is found at Enda Abba Selama in Tembien. It also examined the achievement and lives of St. Frumentius, Abune Yohanis, Abba Merha Christos, Ch...
The aim of the article is to identify the limits of traditional methods of preserving ancient par... more The aim of the article is to identify the limits of traditional methods of preserving ancient parchment Ge’ez manuscripts found in churches and monasteries of Tigray, Ethiopia. The researcher used interview and observation methods to gather relevant data in regard to manuscript preservation practices in churches and monasteries of Tigray, Ethiopia. General Collection Condition Survey (GCCS) and an Item-by-Item Survey were also employed to assess the physical and preservation status of ancient Ge’ez manuscripts, while survey checklist was used to document preservation condition assessments. It was generally viewed that churches and monasteries in Tigray have been playing a pivotal role in the production as well as preservation of ancient Ge’ez parchment manuscripts, however, the assessment result shows most of the traditional techniques employed by these institutions to preserve manuscripts are neither functional nor strong enough to withstand the ever-growing human and natural impac...
... Gezae, Haile; Smet, de, Egbert; Mulugeta, Yohannes - Challenges of traditional methods of pre... more ... Gezae, Haile; Smet, de, Egbert; Mulugeta, Yohannes - Challenges of traditional methods of preserving Ethiopian Ge'ez manuscripts and promises of digital preservation in Tigray, Ethiopia - In: International Conference on Preservation of Ancient African Manuscripts, Addis ...
his research aimed at locating, identifying and documenting graveyards and funeral rites for reco... more his research aimed at locating, identifying and documenting graveyards and funeral rites for reconstructing the life history and achievements of prominent personalities in Ethiopia’s past and theier social philosophy of death as depicted in grave markers and oral discourses of the society in the Regional State of Tigray. Accordingly, data was collected through in-depth informant interview about funeral rituals and rites, field observation for deciphering information from grave markers, and document analysis for reviewing historical records such as eyewitness accounts. The data was collected from Churches and Monasteries in Mekelle, Tembien, Adwa, Aksum, Maychewu and their environs. Hence, this paper traverses as far as the fourth century to examine the Christianization process in Ethiopia based on Abba Selama Kesate Berhane’s grave markswhich is found at Enda Abba Selama in Tembien. It also examined the achievement and lives of St. Frumentius, Abune Yohanis, Abba Merha Christos, Ch...
The aim of the article is to identify the limits of traditional methods of preserving ancient par... more The aim of the article is to identify the limits of traditional methods of preserving ancient parchment Ge’ez manuscripts found in churches and monasteries of Tigray, Ethiopia. The researcher used interview and observation methods to gather relevant data in regard to manuscript preservation practices in churches and monasteries of Tigray, Ethiopia. General Collection Condition Survey (GCCS) and an Item-by-Item Survey were also employed to assess the physical and preservation status of ancient Ge’ez manuscripts, while survey checklist was used to document preservation condition assessments. It was generally viewed that churches and monasteries in Tigray have been playing a pivotal role in the production as well as preservation of ancient Ge’ez parchment manuscripts, however, the assessment result shows most of the traditional techniques employed by these institutions to preserve manuscripts are neither functional nor strong enough to withstand the ever-growing human and natural impac...
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