Abstract
Through the subject of the 1947 Partition of the Indian subcontinent, the paper highlights how the use of the digital medium has created space for collective remembrance for a history that is traumatic and one that is shared amongst four nations: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the UK. The study puts into perspective how the many nationalist narratives surrounding this history are broken when this history is curated outside the borders of the nation and the museum. It takes into focus a digital immersive exhibition curated by ReReeti foundation in partnership with the British Council and the Glasgow Life Museums. The exhibition serves as an educational tool in classrooms throughout South Asia and as training resources for teachers in the UK. The exhibition merges the ‘national’ with the ‘personal’ and through that brings to fore questions of identity, grief, displacement and belonging. The digital nature of the exhibition and its associated workshops creates room for students from the four nations to meet and discuss the above mentioned themes. Inclusivity and representation lie at the heart of the exhibition’s curation and content, aiming to present a balanced narrative that encompasses the experiences of women, various communities, and different regions. The exhibition’s team, comprising eight young South Asians, equally divided between the sub-continent and the UK, also embodies the principles of inclusivity and representation. The workshops consistently address these aspects, providing students with an opportunity to deeply contemplate such themes, particularly in the context of a historically divided history - https://undivided-identities.rereeti.org/
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
KEYWORDS
PARTITION, DIGITAL, IMMERSIVE, MIGRATION, WORKSHOPS, STUDENTS, EXHIBITION
