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Award Winning Archive - Apna Heritage Archive - Punjabi Migration to Wolverhampton 1960 to 1989 - Director @anand4560 Instagram.com/apnaheritage
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Nice to be working with National Portrait Gallery and the new citizen researcher community in W-ton today looking to uncover untold stories of Punjabi migration to Wolverhampton. Thanks to Wolverhampton City Archives for hosting today where we started with the ApnaHeritageArchive research material.


New event! One-day seminar looking at representation, diversity, inclusion in, and access to photo collections and archives! Speakers include: ApnaHeritageArchive Museum of Youth Culture UoB HPC NottsBlackArchive Online on 24 Nov 11am - 4pm Book for free here: photocollections.org.uk/events/represe…


Project Admin role in Derby to work with bcva.info (Sebah Chaudhry) and Derby Museums on a South Asian archive project for the next two years The National Lottery Heritage Fund Midlands & East Link here and look forward to reviewing applications! Closing date for 9th Jan 2023. derbymuseums.org/about/jobs/pro…




Happening today! It’s not too late to book onto our FREE event: Representation, Diversity, Inclusion in, and Access to (photo) Collections and Archives with: ApnaHeritageArchive Museum of Youth Culture Nottingham Black Archive & UoB HPC 1pm - 4pm, online More info: photocollections.org.uk/events/represe…


Very early start off on a road trip to find out how other cities have used photography to connect with diverse communities. 1st stop ApnaHeritageArchive archive to meet Anand Chhabra 2nd stop Handsworth Library to meet Vanley Burke. Massive thanks to Bradford 2025 🚌📷💥


Feeling sooo inspired after a wonderful session with Anand Chhabra who told us about his journey into the development of the incredible ApnaHeritageArchive Big thanks to Bradford 2025


Here are some of the people from the ApnaHeritageArchive collection enjoying a variety of #ArchiveFoodAndDrink as part of celebrations and get-togethers. #Archive30


Last few days to interact with the Wolverhampton Punjabi Migration Experiences #CitizenUK project I worked with the National Portrait Gallery & a team of brilliant local researchers until 9thJuly @. Amazing historically important oral histories to hear and portraits to see!


Director Anand Chhabra has been invited to speak at the Community Archives and Heritage Group annual conference@CArchives on the legacy of this project since winning Best New Archive Group in 2017. Bookings and info here :- 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 communityarchives.org.uk/content/confer…

For today's #ExploreYourArchive theme of #EYASmall, we are sharing this series of small passport-sized photographs showing Hari Parkash and Savitri Chhabra dating from 1970, part of the ApnaHeritageArchive archive. Explore Your Archive ArchivesWestMidlands Wolves Council


Super excited to part of Journeys past the Five Rivers with Nikita Azad and Roo Kaur Dhissou part of Wolverhampton Literature Festival do come and join us! It’s going to be super special ✨ Ticket link — …vesliteraturefestival.ticketsolve.com/share/11736381… …vesliteraturefestival.ticketsolve.com/share/11736381…


Supnaa: Dreams of our Fathers Exhibition on as part of FORMAT Festival #FORMAT24 extended until the 14th April. Details on dates visit tinyurl.com/3usx3ddw Address Arboretum Park Orangery, Derby In partnership with Derby Museums Arts Council England



Watch the winner of University of Brighton's Three Minute Thesis competition! Kamal Badhey is researching the ApnaHeritageArchive photo archive assembled by Anand Chhabra She shares stories gathered in fieldwork: youtu.be/RucUvAmexKs?fe… Also tagging lead supervisor Dr Megha Rajguru The Centre for Design History

This is amazing and adds stories to our archive in such an amazing way. Congratulations Kamal Badhey! Another award for you about ApnaHeritageArchive (Go sis!) Founded by bcva.info 🥳👌🏼🙌🏼🎆🙏🏼

Citizen UK Wolverhampton is a community outreach project that aims to highlight the diversity and activism in this area, which questions wider conversations about belonging. 📸All portraits by Anand Chhabra, 2023

