NIP_Centre for Public History
- 1. Namma Kathe Bangalore Story Maps
- 2. Centre for Public History Established in 2011, the Centre for Public History at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology is the only centre of it’s kind in the country. We work on public history, community history and institutional history through our pedagogy which includes the oral history within communities and the creation of archives for institutions, communities and urban landscapes.
- 3. Malleshwaram Stories: Audioscapes with excerpts from interviews with Malleshwaram residents were played inside a painted BMTC bus as part of the Malleswaram Moves festival – an attempt to rethink urban design in Malleshwaram. CPH and Bangalore Our public history projects bring the shared past of a community alive through oral history-based audioscapes, films and shadow puppetry. In this way, we engage with and initiate dialogue with the residents of the city.
- 4. The Tiger comes to Town In collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India in 2012, this Public History initiative was a site-specific intervention in story telling at the Bangalore Fort.
- 5. CPH curated an audio tours along MG Road using excerpts from oral history interviews with residents and business owners from the area. Bangalore Storyscapes
- 6. Why tell these stories? • In a rapidly changing present, communities feel a sense of stability and connectedness through a tangible connection to their past. • Stories from the community that are about the neighbourhood create a greater sense of ownership and pride leading to greater civic involvement. • Communities get a sense of legacy as their stories become part of repositories that serve as a resource for the future. “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” - Jane Jacobs
- 7. Neighbourhood Museums Imagining the Possibilities That are • Collaborative • integrating stories from the neighbourhood within narratives of urban planning in partnership with communities • Versatile and mobile • Taking different forms and moving to different locations • Interactive • Displaying historical objects sourced locally, themed exhibits using films, audioscapes within neighbourhood kiosks using new technologies such as touch screens.
- 8. Halasuru MG Road Malleshwaram Through our ongoing engagement with the city CPH has built relationships within some communities where the idea of the neighbourhood museum could be tried out. The model could be replicated in other localities. Possible Localities
- 9. • Curated walks through the neighbourhood. • Oral History audioscapes at various locations. • Creation of places to ponder and interact - Arallikattes (sitting around the banyan tree). • Interactive kiosks that include neighbourhood stories. • A digital archive with maps, soundscape and photographs contributed by the community. Further Explorations
- 10. Thank You