Centre for Cultural Ecologies in Art, Design and Architecture

This AHRC funded project seeks to innovate in the field of 3D laser scanning with the aim of navigating the histories, cultures and futures of post offices in the UK and India and to do this in the contexts of architectural heritage, education, cultural development and cultural heritage tourism. Our understanding of the cultural heritage of post offices in India and the UK will expand through our collaborative interdisciplinary working. The creative use of scanning technologies in this project will help us to document/archive and conserve the past as well as imagine the future use of post office buildings in the present.

We will work with communities in Kirklees and India to generate new knowledges through co-creative processes of skills sharing, storytelling, citizen scanning, culture, education and learning exchanges. The project will take place in India and the UK and the final outcomes realised in a touring exhibition.

Our project partners include: INTACH (India), Postal Museum, London, Bagshaw Museum, Kirklees and Sangam Radio.

Project start date: October 2024.

Duration: 30-month project

AHRC Grant Ref: AH/Z507064/1

Project Team: Dr Rowan Bailey, Professor Nic Clear, Professor Shaleen Sharma, Professor Sanjay Gupta, Dr Xiaolu Wang, Rajat Verma and Arzoo Kadian.

University of Huddersfield and University of Sonipat

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