Theme: Phase I Funding

Lebanese Yawmiyat (diaries): Archiving unfinished stories of spatial violence

This essay is part of the research project ‘Imagining Futures through Un/Archived Pasts’ led by the University of Exeter, UK and focused on ungrounding multiple forms of violence and their imbrications in the urban space of Beirut in Lebanon. Specifically, examining the aftermath of the port’s explosion in 2020 and the ongoing political and socio-economic crises, we chased individual narratives and spatial trajectories of everyday life struggles. We aimed to foreground an alternative representation of living archives, where an assemblage of stories, memories, perceptions, everyday practices, and their relations continuously shape the urban space.

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Salvaging Remnants of Ghana’s Osofo Dadzie Television Drama Series

Salvaging Remnants of Ghana's Osofa Dadzie Television Drama Series © Rebecca Ohene-Asah 2021 LOCATION Ghana Broadcasting Corporation-Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi (Ghana) ... Read moreRead more

Multivocality and Egalitarian Representation of Slavery Heritage in Mikindani and Pangani Towns in Tanzania

Mikindani Town & Focus Group Discussion with a women's group in Mikindani LOCATION Mikindani and Pangani Historic Towns in Tanzania ... Read moreRead more

Tanzanian Dressing Traditions: Documentation and Digitization of disappearing legacies and emerging patterns

This research project aims at addressing the lack of knowledge and appreciation of the dressing cultures and lifestyles in Tanzania. Researching into traditional costume design practice and the accompanying cultural industries will open a glimpse into a hitherto untapped and unappreciated knowledge base.

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Iraqi Protest Art and Alternative Visions of the Past

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

Chagga Traditional Songs as Archives of African Traditional Knowledge

From left to right: Assistant PI (Valence Silayo), PI (Nicholaus Kavishe) and participants from MMEKU Arts Group (Peter Mushi and ... Read moreRead more

The Role of Tanzanian Myths in Conservation of Natural Resources

Focus group discussion on the Sanga ya nzelu dam after the disappearance of a mythical snake at kimagai village Mpwapwa ... Read moreRead more

The un-archived horrors of slavery at Fort Patiko: Rethinking the historical narratives of slavery and slave trade in post-conflict northern Uganda

Aerial view of Fort Patiko showing the architectural structures that included the grain and ammunition stores LOCATION Fort Patiko, Gulu, ... Read moreRead more

Archiving the endangered traditional herbal medicinal knowledge and practices among multi-ethnic groups in Songea district, southern Tanzania

LOCATION Songea District, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania OUR TEAM Dr. Thomas Biginagwa (PI) Ms. Sinyati Robinson Mark (CoI) Mr. Richard Chale ... Read moreRead more

Traditional storytelling as an archive under threat

LOCATION Dar Es Salaam, Kinondoni District, Tanzania SYNOPSIS AND POSITION The contextual and historical influences on storytelling and story taking ... Read moreRead more

Mental Map: A way to access information from the Maji Maji war victims in southern Tanzania

Maji Maji War zone in Tanzania LOCATION Kilwa, Ndanda and Sonega, Tanzania SYNOPSIS AND POSITION The study will add mental ... Read moreRead more

Tracing Nubian Archives through time in Kenya & in the U.K.

Tracing Nubian Archives through time in Kenya & the UK: Research Team LOCATION Kibos, Nairobi, Salaita - Kenya London - ... Read moreRead more

Digitalising Turkey’s Botanical Heritage

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

Survival and Legacy of Trans-generational Memories of Colonialism In Mgao, Mtwara-Tanzania

The project was about advancing a recent encounter with transgenerational memories of colonialism at Mgao village in the Mtwara region to the young generation particularly those within the school environment aged 7-18 years old to archive their understanding of colonialism.

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