NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 14
With an aim to rediscover the culture and heritage potential of Indian cities, including Aapnu Amdavad, Sahapedia in partnership with the InterGlobe Foundation has launched the ‘My City, My Heritage’ project in 12 cities.
The project entails exploration, documentation and dissemination of varied heritage and cultural aspects of 12 locations in India, including through the publication of city booklets. As a part of the project, a number of heritage walks, museum tours, baithaks and engaging educational activities for school students and general audiences will be organised between 2020 and 2022. The locations covered in the first year are Ahmedabad, Indore, Prayagraj, Goa and Shillong.
Ahmedabad, colloquially referred to as Amdavad, was recently recognised as India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO. Despite its deep-rooted history, today Ahmedabad holds its own as a fast-growing metropolis. As a part of the My City, My Heritage project Sahapedia collaborated with writers, researchers and photographers from the city to document various aspects of Ahmedabad’s heritage and culture spanning themes such as built heritage, people and communities, institutions of cultural importance, and literature and the arts.
‘My City, My Heritage, My Ahmedabad’ chronicles treasure trove of Aapnu Amdavad
Moreover, heritage walks and activities for children from marginalised communities were conducted to renew old as well as create new relationships of participation, community and ownership within the city’s vibrant citizenry. The culmination of the project in Ahmedabad is the booklet, ‘My City, My Heritage, My Ahmedabad.’ Designed as a guide to navigate the city’s better kept secrets, it documents various well-known and offbeat treasures of Ahmedabad’s living heritage.
The My City, My Heritage project thus, caters to a wide user group, including but not limited to children with disabilities and from financially and socially marginalised backgrounds, culture enthusiasts, scholars, heritage professionals and tourists. The project aims at creating opportunities, building interest and capacity of young local scholars through collaborative research, documentation and mapping.
The My City, My Heritage launch event is a national week-long digital celebration of this eminent project. A series of events and robust social media campaigns have been designed to not only showcase and celebrate the work done in key locations so far, but also open conversations with cultural leaders, business people, academicians and citizenry therein. The launch includes activities such as digital walks, performances, quizzes, competitions and much more!
