Steve Borg (folklorist) - Revision history

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	[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]		[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]

	Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria where he studied cultural management and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. His doctorate provided new research on endangered musical genres and digital curation. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium. ~~He sits on the National Archives Council.~~		Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria where he studied cultural management and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. His doctorate provided new research on endangered musical genres and digital curation. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium.

	Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people. His passion is snorkelling and growing native trees and shrubs for eventual planting in public places. He is the chairperson of the Governance Board for the Inwadar National Park.		Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people. His passion is snorkelling and growing native trees and shrubs for eventual planting in public places. He is the chairperson of the Governance Board for the Inwadar National Park. He also sits on the National Archives Council.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Steve Borg: /* Author of Maltese social history and oral testimonies */

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Author of Maltese social history and oral testimonies

Steve Borg: Years of research undertaken

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Years of research undertaken

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	In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place, an original collection of short stories in 2021'' ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam'' that was also shortlsted for the National Book Prize.		In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place, an original collection of short stories in 2021'' ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam'' that was also shortlsted for the National Book Prize.

	Borg has also written ethnographic publications, based on a ~~fourteen~~-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. Borg is currently concluding the final volume of his trilogy, due to be published in 2024.		Borg has also written ethnographic publications, based on a twenty five-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. Borg is currently concluding the final volume of his trilogy, due to be published in 2024.

	[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]		[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]

Steve Borg: /* Author of Maltese social history and oral testimonies */

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Author of Maltese social history and oral testimonies

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	In April 2014, the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat launched J.J. Camilleri's autobiography ''Malta li Għext Fiha'', that was edited and annotated by Borg. During his work on this publication, Borg sifted through over five thousand pages of documents, that were held by the late Camilleri, and he identified the first Maltese alphabet as formulated by the [[Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti]] and presented to the Maltese Government in 1921. It had, since then, been misplaced. All the material was presented by Borg and Camilleri's sons to the National Archives in January 2014.		In April 2014, the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat launched J.J. Camilleri's autobiography ''Malta li Għext Fiha'', that was edited and annotated by Borg. During his work on this publication, Borg sifted through over five thousand pages of documents, that were held by the late Camilleri, and he identified the first Maltese alphabet as formulated by the [[Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti]] and presented to the Maltese Government in 1921. It had, since then, been misplaced. All the material was presented by Borg and Camilleri's sons to the National Archives in January 2014.

	In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place''~~. He is working on several other publications in Maltese, including a forthcoming book entitled~~ ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam''.		In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place, an original collection of short stories in 2021'' ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam'' that was also shortlsted for the National Book Prize.

	Borg has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. Borg is currently ~~researching and writing~~ the final volume of his trilogy.		Borg has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. Borg is currently concluding the final volume of his trilogy, due to be published in 2024.

	[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]		[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]
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	Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium. He sits on the National Archives Council.		Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium. He sits on the National Archives Council.

	Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people. His passion is snorkeling and growing native trees and shrubs for eventual planting in public places.		Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people. His passion is snorkeling and growing native trees and shrubs for eventual planting in public places.He is the chairperson of the Governance Board for the Inwadar National Park.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Steve Borg: /* External Links */

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External Links

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	* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3aFEVqoE8&feature=youtu.be Interview regarding Il-Moħba November 2014].		* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3aFEVqoE8&feature=youtu.be Interview regarding Il-Moħba November 2014].
	* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=852eoN0Bud0 Interview with Sergio Grech on Xi Qrajt dan l-Aħħar? Il-Maltin].		* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=852eoN0Bud0 Interview with Sergio Grech on Xi Qrajt dan l-Aħħar? Il-Maltin].
			* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-H9q9rXt8 Interview with Mario Xuereb on Ras Imb'Ras on TVM].

	==See also==		==See also==

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	In 2006 he edited [[Ruben Zahra]]'s ''A guide to Maltese folk music'', that was awarded Best Production for a non-Maltese language Book in 2007 by the National Book Council. In November 2010 Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''L-Alkemista'', his translation into Maltese of Paulo Coelho's masterwork O Alquimista, which was shortlisted for Best Translation in Maltese. His translation was read by Manuel Cauchi for Radio 101 in summer of 2013.		In 2006 he edited [[Ruben Zahra]]'s ''A guide to Maltese folk music'', that was awarded Best Production for a non-Maltese language Book in 2007 by the National Book Council. In November 2010 Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''L-Alkemista'', his translation into Maltese of Paulo Coelho's masterwork O Alquimista, which was shortlisted for Best Translation in Maltese. His translation was read by Manuel Cauchi for Radio 101 in summer of 2013.

	In April 2014, the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat launched J.J. Camilleri's autobiography ''Malta li Għext Fiha'', that was edited and annotated by Borg. During his work on this publication, Borg sifted through over five thousand pages of documents, that were held by the late Camilleri, and he identified the first Maltese alphabet as formulated by the [[Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti]] and presented to the Maltese Government in 1921. It had, since then, been misplaced. All the material was presented by Borg and Camilleri's sons to the National Archives in January 2014.

	In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place''. He is working on several other publications in Maltese, including a forthcoming book entitled ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam''.

	[[File:Taqbila 23.jpg\|270px\|thumb\|left\|Dominic Galea, Simone Attard, Steve Borg and Kor Mirabitur, December 2012.]] Borg managed Malta's acclaimed singer-songwriter [[Walter Micallef]] and his modern folk sextet Walter Micallef u l-Ħbieb, and produced ''M'Jien Xejn'' (I am Nothing) in 2003 and ''Ħamsin'' (Fifty) in 2007, and organized numerous gigs and concerts around Malta.		[[File:Taqbila 23.jpg\|270px\|thumb\|left\|Dominic Galea, Simone Attard, Steve Borg and Kor Mirabitur, December 2012.]] Borg managed Malta's acclaimed singer-songwriter [[Walter Micallef]] and his modern folk sextet Walter Micallef u l-Ħbieb, and produced ''M'Jien Xejn'' (I am Nothing) in 2003 and ''Ħamsin'' (Fifty) in 2007, and organized numerous gigs and concerts around Malta.
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	In the summer of 2013 he interviewed most of the active folksingers and opened nearly one hundred and fifty pages on the M3P site, making it the largest online database of Maltese ''għana''.		In the summer of 2013 he interviewed most of the active folksingers and opened nearly one hundred and fifty pages on the M3P site, making it the largest online database of Maltese ''għana''.

	He has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. He is currently researching and writing the final volume of his trilogy.		== Author of Maltese social history and oral testimonies ==

			In April 2014, the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat launched J.J. Camilleri's autobiography ''Malta li Għext Fiha'', that was edited and annotated by Borg. During his work on this publication, Borg sifted through over five thousand pages of documents, that were held by the late Camilleri, and he identified the first Maltese alphabet as formulated by the [[Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti]] and presented to the Maltese Government in 1921. It had, since then, been misplaced. All the material was presented by Borg and Camilleri's sons to the National Archives in January 2014.

			In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place''. He is working on several other publications in Maltese, including a forthcoming book entitled ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam''.

			Borg has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. Borg is currently researching and writing the final volume of his trilogy.

	[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]		[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]
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	Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium. He sits on the National Archives Council.		Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium. He sits on the National Archives Council.

	Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people.		Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people. His passion is snorkeling and growing native trees and shrubs for eventual planting in public places.

	==External Links==		==External Links==

Steve Borg: Tibdil żgħir

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Tibdil żgħir

SteveBorg: Minor changes

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	In the summer of 2013 he interviewed most of the active folksingers and opened nearly one hundred and fifty pages on the M3P site, making it the largest online database of Maltese ''għana''.		In the summer of 2013 he interviewed most of the active folksingers and opened nearly one hundred and fifty pages on the M3P site, making it the largest online database of Maltese ''għana''.

	He has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It ~~has been~~ shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume ~~shall be~~ launched in November 2018.		He has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume was launched in November 2018 and has also been submitted for the Book of the Year Award. He is currently researching the final volume of his trilogy.

	[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]		[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]

	Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and ~~is currently pursing~~ his ~~academic studies~~ with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium.		Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium.

	Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people.		Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people.

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	* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXZ8PoW1BXk Demo of ''Hawn Jien'' album 2014].		* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXZ8PoW1BXk Demo of ''Hawn Jien'' album 2014].
	* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3aFEVqoE8&feature=youtu.be Interview regarding Il-Moħba November 2014].		* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3aFEVqoE8&feature=youtu.be Interview regarding Il-Moħba November 2014].
			* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=852eoN0Bud0 Interview with Sergio Grech on Xi Qrajt dan l-Aħħar? Il-Maltin].

	==See also==		==See also==

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	In the summer of 2013 he interviewed most of the active folksingers and opened nearly one hundred and fifty pages on the M3P site, making it the largest online database of Maltese ''għana''.		In the summer of 2013 he interviewed most of the active folksingers and opened nearly one hundred and fifty pages on the M3P site, making it the largest online database of Maltese ''għana''.

	He has also ~~completed two forthcoming~~ ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume ~~due~~ in ~~2016~~.		He has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It has been shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume shall be launched in November 2018.

	[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]		[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]

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	Borg is well known for active stances in defence of the natural environment and our built heritage, the promotion of the Maltese language and the releases of Maltese music albums.		Borg is well known for active stances in defence of the natural environment and our built heritage, the promotion of the Maltese language and the releases of Maltese music albums.

	He served as secretary of the ngo Malta Heritage Trust, Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna, especially at Fort Rinella, the Vittoriosa underground shelters and Notre Dame Gate in the 1990s, and takes pride in having saved many historic sites from architectural degradation or demolition, especially in Kalkara, ~~Marsascala~~ and Sliema but also in Valletta, Birgu and Mdina, prior to the establishment of urban conservation areas. He contributed to the drafting of the Heritage Act and the Archives Act, of the Laws of Malta. He then assisted Greenpeace Mediterranean as a volunteer and activist, in issues relative to urban pollution, drag net and driftnet fishing in the Mediterranean, waste recycling and separation at source.		He served as secretary of the ngo Malta Heritage Trust, Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna, especially at Fort Rinella, the Vittoriosa underground shelters and Notre Dame Gate in the 1990s, and takes pride in having saved many historic sites from architectural degradation or demolition, especially in Kalkara, Marsaskala and Sliema but also in Valletta, Birgu and Mdina, prior to the establishment of urban conservation areas. He contributed to the drafting of the Heritage Act and the Archives Act, of the Laws of Malta. He then assisted Greenpeace Mediterranean as a volunteer and activist, in issues relative to urban pollution, drag net and driftnet fishing in the Mediterranean, waste recycling and separation at source.

	[[File:Edward Jones melodies.jpg\|230px\|thumb\|left\|Borg identified these Maltese melodies within the Marsden collection, at King's College London, in 1999.]]		[[File:Edward Jones melodies.jpg\|230px\|thumb\|left\|Borg identified these Maltese melodies within the Marsden collection, at King's College London, in 1999.]]
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	Appointed secretary of the Friends of the National Archives, where he helped very substantially increase the Reference section in the main reading room by obtaining donations, and the Anthony Valletta ''lepideptora'' bequest to the same institution.		Appointed secretary of the Friends of the National Archives, where he helped very substantially increase the Reference section in the main reading room by obtaining donations, and the Anthony Valletta ''lepideptora'' bequest to the same institution.

	In 2009 he contested the European Parliament elections on behalf of the ''Partit Laburista'' and lobbied in favour of the reduction of air pollution, the protection of biodiversity, inclusive education, improved literacy levels and social housing.		In 2009 he contested the European Parliament elections on behalf of the ''Partit Laburista'' and lobbied in favour of the reduction of air pollution especially with the coal-fired power stations, the protection of biodiversity, inclusive education, improved literacy levels and social housing. During the campaign he had proposed the creation of cultural routes in Malta, to facilitate the production and access to the performing arts, and the inherent cultural mapping of the country. Despite not being elected, most of his proposals are being addressed and adopted decades later.

	During the campaign he had proposed the creation of cultural routes in Malta, to facilitate the production and access to the performing arts, and the inherent cultural mapping of the country.

	== Music Production & Other Publications ==		== Music Production & Other Publications ==
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	In 2013 he co-produced the album ''Taqbila'' with composer Dominic Galea, which included seventeen children's songs from the pre-war period, some recovered from his fieldwork. The songs were sung by [[Kor Mirabitur]], under the direction of [[Simone Attard]] to the arrangements made by Dominic Galea.		In 2013 he co-produced the album ''Taqbila'' with composer Dominic Galea, which included seventeen children's songs from the pre-war period, some recovered from his fieldwork. The songs were sung by [[Kor Mirabitur]], under the direction of [[Simone Attard]] to the arrangements made by Dominic Galea.

	[[File:1555329 646764415386985 31350206 n.jpg\|270px\|thumb\|left\|Addressing the guests during the launch of Corazon Mizzi's ''Hawn Jien'', University of Malta, January 2014.]] In January 2014 leading vocalist [[Corazon Mizzi]] launched her eleven-track release ''Hawn Jien'' (Here I Am) at Temi Zammit Hall, University of Malta, an album that was also produced by Borg. He also announced that ~~he shall only~~ produce two other albums, one ~~entitled ''Diwja''~~ together ~~with [[Dominic Galea]]~~ and [[Walter Micallef]]'s third album.		[[File:1555329 646764415386985 31350206 n.jpg\|270px\|thumb\|left\|Addressing the guests during the launch of Corazon Mizzi's ''Hawn Jien'', University of Malta, January 2014.]] In January 2014 leading vocalist [[Corazon Mizzi]] launched her eleven-track release ''Hawn Jien'' (Here I Am) at Temi Zammit Hall, University of Malta, an album that was also produced by Borg. He also announced that his intention is to produce two other albums, one featuring old Maltese music together and [[Walter Micallef]]'s third album.

	== Recovering and Preserving Maltese Folk Music ==		== Recovering and Preserving Maltese Folk Music ==
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	In April 2014, the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat launched J.J. Camilleri's autobiography ''Malta li Għext Fiha'', that was edited and annotated by Borg. During his work on this publication, Borg sifted through over five thousand pages of documents, that were held by the late Camilleri, and he identified the first Maltese alphabet as formulated by the [[Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti]] and presented to the Maltese Government in 1921. It had, since then, been misplaced. All the material was presented by Borg and Camilleri's sons to the National Archives in January 2014.		In April 2014, the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat launched J.J. Camilleri's autobiography ''Malta li Għext Fiha'', that was edited and annotated by Borg. During his work on this publication, Borg sifted through over five thousand pages of documents, that were held by the late Camilleri, and he identified the first Maltese alphabet as formulated by the [[Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti]] and presented to the Maltese Government in 1921. It had, since then, been misplaced. All the material was presented by Borg and Camilleri's sons to the National Archives in January 2014.

	In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place, an original collection of short stories in 2021'' ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam'' that was also shortlsted for the National Book Prize.		In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place, an original collection of short stories in 2021'' ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam'' that was also shortlsted for the National Book Prize.

	Borg has also written ethnographic publications, based on a twenty ~~five~~-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people~~, with~~ the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. Borg is currently ~~concluding~~ the final volume of ~~his trilogy, due to be published in 2024~~.		Borg has also written ethnographic publications, based on a twenty six-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people and research at the National Archives. The first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, was published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. Borg's third volume is currently at the publishers and shall be out in November 2025. Meanwhile he is working steadily on the fourth and final volume of the series.

	[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]		[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]

	Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium. He sits on the National Archives Council.		Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria where he studied cultural management and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. His doctorate provided new research on endangered musical genres and digital curation. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium. He sits on the National Archives Council.

	Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people. His passion is ~~snorkeling~~ and growing native trees and shrubs for eventual planting in public places.He is the chairperson of the Governance Board for the Inwadar National Park.		Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people. His passion is snorkelling and growing native trees and shrubs for eventual planting in public places. He is the chairperson of the Governance Board for the Inwadar National Park.

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	Borg is well known for active stances in defence of the natural environment and our built heritage, the promotion of the Maltese language and the releases of Maltese music albums.		Borg is well known for active stances in defence of the natural environment and our built heritage, the promotion of the Maltese language and the releases of Maltese music albums.

	He served as secretary of the ngo Malta Heritage Trust, Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna, especially at Fort Rinella, the Vittoriosa underground shelters and Notre Dame Gate in the 1990s, and takes pride in having saved many historic sites from architectural degradation or demolition, especially in Kalkara, Marsascala and Sliema but also in Valletta, Birgu and Mdina, prior to the establishment of urban conservation areas. He contributed to the drafting of the Heritage Act and the Archives Act, of the Laws of Malta.		He served as secretary of the ngo Malta Heritage Trust, Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna, especially at Fort Rinella, the Vittoriosa underground shelters and Notre Dame Gate in the 1990s, and takes pride in having saved many historic sites from architectural degradation or demolition, especially in Kalkara, Marsascala and Sliema but also in Valletta, Birgu and Mdina, prior to the establishment of urban conservation areas. He contributed to the drafting of the Heritage Act and the Archives Act, of the Laws of Malta. He then assisted Greenpeace Mediterranean as a volunteer and activist, in issues relative to urban pollution, drag net and driftnet fishing in the Mediterranean, waste recycling and separation at source.

	He then assisted Greenpeace Mediterranean as a volunteer and activist, in issues relative to urban pollution, drag net and driftnet fishing in the Mediterranean, waste recycling and separation at source.

	[[File:Edward Jones melodies.jpg\|230px\|thumb\|left\|Borg identified these Maltese melodies within the Marsden collection, at King's College London, in 1999.]]		[[File:Edward Jones melodies.jpg\|230px\|thumb\|left\|Borg identified these Maltese melodies within the Marsden collection, at King's College London, in 1999.]]
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	In April 2014, the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat launched J.J. Camilleri's autobiography ''Malta li Għext Fiha'', that was edited and annotated by Borg. During his work on this publication, Borg sifted through over five thousand pages of documents, that were held by the late Camilleri, and he identified the first Maltese alphabet as formulated by the [[Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti]] and presented to the Maltese Government in 1921. It had, since then, been misplaced. All the material was presented by Borg and Camilleri's sons to the National Archives in January 2014.		In April 2014, the Prime Minister Dr. Joseph Muscat launched J.J. Camilleri's autobiography ''Malta li Għext Fiha'', that was edited and annotated by Borg. During his work on this publication, Borg sifted through over five thousand pages of documents, that were held by the late Camilleri, and he identified the first Maltese alphabet as formulated by the [[Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti]] and presented to the Maltese Government in 1921. It had, since then, been misplaced. All the material was presented by Borg and Camilleri's sons to the National Archives in January 2014.

	In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place''. He is working on several other publications in Maltese, including a forthcoming book entitled ''It-~~Tfal tal~~-~~Eroj~~''.		In November 2014, Klabb Kotba Maltin published ''Il-Moħba'', Borg's translation in Maltese of Trezza Azzopardi's Booker Prize's shortlisted book ''The Hiding Place''. He is working on several other publications in Maltese, including a forthcoming book entitled ''Tad-Demm u l-Laħam''.

	[[File:Taqbila 23.jpg\|270px\|thumb\|left\|Dominic Galea, Simone Attard, Steve Borg and Kor Mirabitur, December 2012.]] Borg managed Malta's acclaimed singer-songwriter [[Walter Micallef]] and his modern folk sextet Walter Micallef u l-Ħbieb, and produced ''M'Jien Xejn'' (I am Nothing) in 2003 and ''Ħamsin'' (Fifty) in 2007, and organized numerous gigs and concerts around Malta.		[[File:Taqbila 23.jpg\|270px\|thumb\|left\|Dominic Galea, Simone Attard, Steve Borg and Kor Mirabitur, December 2012.]] Borg managed Malta's acclaimed singer-songwriter [[Walter Micallef]] and his modern folk sextet Walter Micallef u l-Ħbieb, and produced ''M'Jien Xejn'' (I am Nothing) in 2003 and ''Ħamsin'' (Fifty) in 2007, and organized numerous gigs and concerts around Malta.
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	== Recovering and Preserving Maltese Folk Music ==		== Recovering and Preserving Maltese Folk Music ==
	In 2013 he brokered a very important and unique bequest made by Dr. [[Karl Partridge]] and Professor [[Frank Jeal]] concerning traditional Maltese folk instruments, including the żaqq, photographs and field material to the National Archives of Malta. This included audio recordings with the last nine żaqq folk musicians, made between 1971-1973 and the acquisition of two żaqq chanters, possible the oldest in existence.
			In 2013 he brokered a very important and unique bequest made by Dr. [[Karl Partridge]] and Professor [[Frank Jeal]] concerning traditional Maltese folk instruments, including the żaqq, photographs and field material to the National Archives of Malta. This included audio recordings with the last nine żaqq folk musicians, made between 1971-1973 and the acquisition of two żaqq chanters, possible the oldest in existence.

	[[File:SBP 4726.jpg\|340px\|thumb\|right\|Addressing the invitees during the bequest of Maltese folk instruments at the National Archives, May 2013.]] Borg is currently recovering other folk music material, in his quest to enhance Malta's collective memory and its dispersed intangible heritage.		[[File:SBP 4726.jpg\|340px\|thumb\|right\|Addressing the invitees during the bequest of Maltese folk instruments at the National Archives, May 2013.]] Borg is currently recovering other folk music material, in his quest to enhance Malta's collective memory and its dispersed intangible heritage.
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	In the summer of 2013 he interviewed most of the active folksingers and opened nearly one hundred and fifty pages on the M3P site, making it the largest online database of Maltese ''għana''.		In the summer of 2013 he interviewed most of the active folksingers and opened nearly one hundred and fifty pages on the M3P site, making it the largest online database of Maltese ''għana''.

	He has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume ~~was launched~~ in November 2018 ~~and has also been submitted for~~ the Book of the Year Award. He is currently researching the final volume of his trilogy.		He has also written ethnographic publications, based on a fourteen-year research conducted through oral testimonies on the Maltese people, with the first volume entitled Il-Maltin: għemilhom, drawwiethom, ġrajjiethom: l-ewwel volum, published in 2017 by Klabb Kotba Maltin. It was shortlisted for the Book of the Year Award by the National Book Council. The second volume, published in November 2018 won the Book of the Year Award. He is currently researching and writing the final volume of his trilogy.

	[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]		[[File:Steve Borg interviewing Joe Vella l-Bokser August 2013.jpg\|220px\|thumb\|left\|Interviewing folksinger Joe Vella l-Bokser in Żejtun, August 2013.]]

	Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium.		Borg is a graduate of the University of Malta, the University of Northumbria and has acquired his PhD with the University of Hull. He was the addressee of a written message sent to the People of Malta, by Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet, on the eve of a new millennium. He sits on the National Archives Council.

	Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people.		Borg remains committed in his quest to protect, recover and curate the threatened or dispersed heritage of the Maltese people.