An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Dr Natasa Thoudam (Nominated Fellow, 2025)
How to Set up a “Postcolonial Digital Archive” in India: My Journey from Jodhpur to Edinburgh and Back
The proposed project examines the cases of two existing repatriation projects on India's Northeast region (Manipur) associated with UK archives (both museums and libraries) and the attempts on the part of these archives to decolonise their exhibitions/collections. It raises questions that pertain not only to access but also selection of artefacts for collection, preservation, and exhibition in these archives, thus revealing the exclusionary practices associated with the UK “colonial archives” that house confiscated collections from the region. This project also attempts to read these two repatriation projects through the lens of gender.
Please join in-person, or click the link below to join the webinar:
https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/83015772676
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