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Intergenerational Memories of (1947) Partition

Intergenerational Memories of (1947) Partition: A Collective Remembering

Project Lead: Aditi Kumar, WICID Visiting Fellow

Funded by: WICID, Warwick Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL)

This event on 8 March 2023 brought together South Asians who had experienced the partition of British India in 1947, along with active participation from Warwick students, creating a unique co-creative project. The aim was to explore intergenerational memories in a time when colonial history is being reckoned with in the UK. The event was followed by an exhibition. The exhibition focused on the connection between memorialized and silenced aspects of the partition, examining how memories are preserved and recreated through cultural vehicles such as photographs, objects, and memorabilia. Through visual and material culture, the event explored the negotiations of the past in the contemporary moment, considering processes of narration, forgetting, and re-remembering.