Projects

Digitalising Turkey’s Botanical Heritage

Phase I Funding
Ilgın Deniz Can (middle) & Barış Uğurman (left) working on specimens cleaning and mounting. Cleaned specimen before & after (top ... Read more

Digitization of Herbarium Collections from the College of African Wildlife Management to Enhance Learning and Research

Phase 2 Funding
Specimen boards at Mweka Herbarium (left) and mounted specimens on acidic paper (right) Copyright © Mweka College Location Moshi, Kilimanjaro ... Read more

Embracing the past: Professionals and Indigenous People Dialogue on Historical Sites in Southern Tanzania

Tanzanian professional historians and heritage experts have taken an active position in explaining the wealth and importance of historical and heritage sites.

Este Lugar Tiene Muchas Historias / Lajtre Yuduxh Rextiixni

Phase 2 Funding
El Calvario, one of Mitla’s heritage sites with ‘muchas historias’ (many histories) Hilary Morgan V. Leathem © 2018 Location San ... Read more

Food, Hospitality, and the Micro-cultures of Syria

This is a pilot project for a much bigger one on the everyday micro-cultures of Syria, and the importance of studying and archiving them for any post-war reconciliation and society rebuilding efforts.

Futures Through Underwater Pasts: the Search for Mongalo

The Futures Through Underwater Pasts: the Search for Mongalo is a project funded by a grant from the AHRC Network Plus Rising from the Depth Sites. This project aims to combine two Network Plus groups, the maritime archaeology of Rising from the Depths with the memory research of Imagining Futures.

Ghana’s Analogue Video Film Digitization, Archiving and Repository Project.

Phase 2 Funding
Location Kumasi, Accra, Takoradi Synopsis and Position Pioneer video filmmakers in Ghana have their cultural products on analogue formats such ... Read more

History Closer to the Ngoni People

Phase 2 Funding
History Closer to the People Location Peramiho, Songea-Ruvuma Region in Tanzania Synopsis and Position The Ngoni people are one of ... Read more

In Search of LA

LOCATION Los Angeles, California, United States OURTEAM Tawny Paul Douglas Barrera Katherine Kapsidelis SYNOPSIS AND POSITION In Search of LA ... Read more

Iraqi Protest Art and Alternative Visions of the Past

Phase I Funding
A mural in Tahrir Square in Baghdad depicting two Assyrian lamassus protecting the ‘Turkish Restaurant’ building that had been taken ... Read more