Memories of Partition Project Archive
Manchester Museum2017-2018
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Oral history and video interviews with participants
Exhibition text and photographs of the exhibition space
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Artistic interpretation created in conjunction with the Royal Exchange
Title:
Memories of Partition Project Archive
Creator:
Date of work:
2017-2018
Reference number:
GB3228.77
Level of description:
Collection
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Custodial history:
Material in GB3228.77/1-2 transfer was directly from Manchester Museum to AIURRRC.Material in GB3228.77/3 the Royal Exchange Theatre was the conduit for contacting each writer and then providing digital copies of the material to AIURRRC.
Arrangement:
GB3228.77/1: Oral HistoriesGB3228.77/2: Memories of Partition ExhibitionGB3228.77/3: Come Closer monologues
Source:
This material principally came from Manchester Museum. The Royal Exchange Theatre was instrumental in facilitating the collection of the Come Closer material GB3228.77/3 directly from the writers.
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted24 hours notice is required to view this collection. Material will then be accessible through Manchester Central Library Search Room, Manchester Central Library, St. Peters Square, Manchester, M2 5PD. Any enquiries relating to this collection please contact: rrarchive@manchester.ac.uk
Use restrictions:
Restricted
General notes:
‘Memories of Partition’ was an 18-month project, run by Manchester Museum, which aimed to capture the collective memory of those affected by the 1947 Partition of India into independent nations of India and Pakistan (and subsequently Bangladesh in 1971).At the heart of Memories of Partition was a community-based oral history programme, designed to capture, record and interpret some of the many hidden, personal experiences relating to Partition. The project assumed a primarily faith-based approach to community engagement, with the aim that balanced representation was afforded to Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities at all times.Selected oral histories (and personal effects loaned by the interviewees) formed the inspiration for a series of documentary films, a temporary exhibition at Manchester Museum, public programmes, and a season of newly-created dramatic performance (‘Come Closer’) developed in a unique collaboration with the Royal Exchange Theatre.Timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of Independence and Partition in August 2017, the project hoped to encourage greater public understanding of the historic and contemporary significance of Partition on Manchester and its diverse South Asian communities. It was part of a Manchester-wide cultural commemoration of the 70th anniversary.Users are advised that this collection contains testimonies that recount instances of violence by or towards certain religious groups which may be upsetting.
Location of originals:
Final exhibition films available via YouTube - see individual item entries for relevant web addresses.Hard drive used for initial donation in storage.
Related material note:
See also Kashmiri Lives collection (GB3228.79) for other material and memories relating to Partition.See also Commemorating the Partition of India material (GB3228.81).The archives of the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre also contains the institutional project papers associated with the Memories of Partition project.Books held in the Race Relations Resource Centre:Violent belongings partition, gender, and national culture in postcolonial IndiaDaiya Kavita, 2008. Reference: AR.2.01/DAIMidnight's descendants : South Asia from Partition to the present day / John Keay, 2015. Reference: HI.5/KEAAdvanced history of India, Majumdar R.C., 1973. Reference: HI.5.02/MAJDwelling in the archive women writing house, home, and history in late colonial IndiaBurton Antoinette, 2003. Reference: AR.2.01/BURFreedom, trauma, continuities Northern India and independence, Low, D. A, 1998. Reference: HI.5.03/LOWIndian migrations / Rachel Warner, 1994. Reference: IM.6.03/WARBooks held in Central Library Manchester:Partition in Ireland, India and Palestine : theory and practice / T.G. Fraser, 1984. Ref: 320.54FR1Midnight's furies : the deadly legacy of India's partition / Nisid Hajari, 2015. Reference: 954.042HAJAt the time of partition / Moniza Alvi, 2013. Reference: 821.92ALYMidnight's descendants : South Asia and its peoples from Partition to the present dayKeay, John, 2014. Reference: 954.04keaKeeping the jewel in the crown : the British betrayal of India / Walter Reid, 2016. Reference: 954.035Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India / Stanley Wolpert, 2009. Reference: 954.0359India: a portrait / Patrick French, 2012. Reference: 954.04India remembered / Pamela Mountbatten, 2007. Reference: 954.0359MOUWhere the river parts [electronic resource] / Radhika Swarup, 2016. Reference: See catalogueThe bloodstone papers / Glen Duncan, 2007. Reference: 823.92For further information on any of these titles see the Manchester Libraries catalogue at: https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/OPAC/HOME?HOMEPRMS=GENPARAMS
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Language:
EnglishEnglish, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi
Record number:
8933617
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