Launching Inherited Memories at the University of Heidelberg
Project Launch
As the world is now gripped with the Syrian refugee crisis and debates rage on their acceptance in various countries in Europe, it may be the right time to look back into some of the biggest refugee crises and human migration in recent history. The debates centre mostly around the broader theme of what impact the refugees would have if they are allowed to settle in a particular society. So it will be pertinent to look at what legacies, previous massive conflicts and the mass movements arising out of it leave in the societies these refugees moved into.
In this context the ‘Inherited Memories: My Parent’s World’ project, initiated by the Goethe-Instituts in Kolkata and Dhaka becomes extremely relevant as it offers one the opportunity to understand how people uprooted by gruesome violence settled in an unknown land and then passed on their memories on to their next generations. This project deals with the memories of Partition of Bengal in 1947 when the British rulers left the Indian Subcontinent after creating two countries – India and Pakistan.
16 researchers from both Bengal and Bangladesh participated in this project under the mentorship of Nazes Afroz to collect 20 interviews of various people in the subcontinent narrating the memories of Bengal Partition in 1947 inherited from the parents and grandparents.
The project culminates in the launch of the website which will be an archive of growing resources on partition.
The programme will also include the premiere of the screening of the documentary film ‘My Grand Parents’ World’ by Supriyo Sen.
In this context the ‘Inherited Memories: My Parent’s World’ project, initiated by the Goethe-Instituts in Kolkata and Dhaka becomes extremely relevant as it offers one the opportunity to understand how people uprooted by gruesome violence settled in an unknown land and then passed on their memories on to their next generations. This project deals with the memories of Partition of Bengal in 1947 when the British rulers left the Indian Subcontinent after creating two countries – India and Pakistan.
16 researchers from both Bengal and Bangladesh participated in this project under the mentorship of Nazes Afroz to collect 20 interviews of various people in the subcontinent narrating the memories of Bengal Partition in 1947 inherited from the parents and grandparents.
The project culminates in the launch of the website which will be an archive of growing resources on partition.
The programme will also include the premiere of the screening of the documentary film ‘My Grand Parents’ World’ by Supriyo Sen.