University of Sussex, an initiative exploring heritage through the lenses of gender, intersectionality and transnational migration.
The GRID Heritage project brings together researchers and practitioners interested in how heritage practices can better recognise and support communities whose histories are shaped by multiple intersecting experiences. These include factors such as gender, caste, class, race and ethnicity, sexuality and disability, which can influence how people engage with and are represented within cultural and heritage institutions.
As part of the event, BCVA director Anand Chhabra presented visual material and stories emerging from the Apna Heritage Archive, highlighting migration experiences within Punjabi communities in the UK. The presentation explored how archive research and community storytelling can reveal the complex realities of migration, identity and belonging across generations.
Through photography, oral histories and archival material gathered through BCVA’s work, the keynote illustrated how community-led archives can contribute to broader academic and cultural conversations about heritage, representation and social history.
BCVA is grateful to the University of Sussex and the organisers of the GRID Heritage project for the opportunity to contribute to this important discussion.
Bookings for the event and further information can be found here:- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grid-heritage-launch-of-online-exhibition-and-roundtable-tickets-311282703947
