I love the fact that Malaysia creates spaces in the civil society to articulate thoughts and narratives which are alternative in character. This evening Imagined Malaysia, Malaysia Design Archive and Rumah Attap come together to host an archivist’s talk on a Friday evening in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
The archivist spoke about social history and private manuscript collections as a window into everyday life.
@im.imaginedmalaysia does public history amazing work, and is totally volunteer driven by historians who are trained in Cambridge and Yale.
Last year i had attended a fun talk by the history doyen Barbara Andaya organised by Imagined Malaysia on a Saturday morning and it was packed with researchers and historians.
Alternative spaces give life to researchers who work on micro histories and oral histories.
Wish there are similar places in Mumbai although Sarmaya does a great job.
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