A Punjabi Palimpsest: Cultural Memory and Amnesia at the Aam Khas Bagh

旁遮普重写本：阿姆卡斯巴格的文化记忆和失忆症

基本信息

批准号：
AH/L503587/1
负责人：
Churnjeet Mahn
金额：
$ 2.04万
依托单位：
University of Surrey
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FL503587%2F1
关键词：
Punjabi Palimpsest Cultural Memory Amnesia

项目摘要

The Grand Trunk Road is a significant and historical highway which runs across the north of India, connecting Afghanistan to Calcutta. Although the exact route of the road has changed, its trajectory and purpose have remained constant: the transmission of knowledge, ideas, religion, tradition and innovation. Punjab is located at a crucial intersection on the road and has seen significant settlements from a range of communities including Jains, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Sufis and Sikhs. The area of The Grand Trunk Road in Punjab has been witness to a particularly dense contact of cultures which is especially evident in key clusters along the route. This project focusses on one important site along the Grand Trunk Road in a location of particular significance for Muslims and Sikhs. The Aam Khas Bagh is a Mughal Garden and Serai in Sirhind, Punjab which was constructed in the 1560s by Hafiz Sultan Muhammad Rakhna and was subsequently augmented by Jahangir and Shah Jahan. The gardens are located at a strategic point on The Grand Trunk Road, roughly equidistant between Lahore and Delhi which positioned Sirhind as a major settlement and hub for knowledge and commerce. The growing tension between the Tenth Sikh Guru and Muslims from the 1700s culminated in the execution of two of the Guru's sons in Sirhind. The town was subsequently sacked by the Sikhs with significant destruction across the settlement. Sirhind is now a twin town with Fatehgarh Sahib and is a predominantly Sikh area, with a significant proportion of the population being Pakistani Punjabi Sikhs who relocated after Partition. Despite the significant buildings and monuments ranging from the medieval period across Sirhind, there is minimum infrastructure for their protection and limited conservation, which is currently being addressed by CRCI. Particular points include: The lack of any legible signage at monuments of historical significance. A lack of local knowledge about historical and cultural narratives associated with the buildings, a phenomenon being described here as cultural amnesia.The lack of historical or contextual knowledge surrounding the monuments is largely attributable to the significant population change in the local area after Partition. The Aam Khas Bagh as the largest open space in Sirhind is a significant meeting point between the past and present as it remains a site that is frequently visited and explored. Although the site is a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India, there are very few measures to protect it from routine destruction and vandalism.By investigating ways of recontextualising the history of the gardens through installations and interactions with key stakeholders, this project aims to research the ways in which Sikh and Muslim heritage co-exists in post-Partition Punjab in India. The expertise of the group includes the PI with experience of project management who has published a monograph on sites of contested heritage and forms of cultural erasure, avisual anthropologist with extensive experience of fieldwork and a visual portfolio on Sirhind and an interactive and immersive designer who has developed a range of interactive devices around the themes of sustainability, as well as in the Aam Khas Bagh.

大干道是一条重要且历史悠久的高速公路，横跨印度北部，连接阿富汗和加尔各答。尽管道路的具体路线发生了变化，但其轨迹和目的保持不变：传播知识、思想、宗教、传统和创新。旁遮普邦位于道路的一个重要十字路口，这里是耆那教徒、印度教徒、佛教徒、穆斯林、苏菲派和锡克教徒等一系列社区的重要定居点。旁遮普大主干路地区见证了特别密集的文化接触，这在沿线的关键集群中尤其明显。该项目重点关注大主干路沿线的一个重要地点，该地点对穆斯林和锡克教徒具有特别重要的意义。 Aam Khas Bagh 是位于旁遮普省西欣德的莫卧儿花园和瑟莱，由哈菲兹苏丹穆罕默德·拉赫纳于 1560 年代建造，随后由贾汉吉尔和沙贾汗扩建。这些花园位于大干道上的战略要地，拉合尔和德里之间的距离大致相等，这使得西尔欣德成为主要的定居点以及知识和商业中心。自 1700 年代以来，第十任锡克教古鲁与穆斯林之间的紧张关系最终导致古鲁的两个儿子在西尔欣德被处决。该镇随后被锡克教徒洗劫，整个定居点遭到严重破坏。西尔欣德 (Sirhind) 现在与法塔赫加尔萨希布 (Fatehgarh Sahib) 是孪生城镇，是一个以锡克教徒为主的地区，其中很大一部分人口是印巴分治后搬迁的巴基斯坦旁遮普锡克教徒。尽管西尔欣德各地都有中世纪时期的重要建筑物和纪念碑，但保护它们的基础设施最少，保护也很有限，CRCI 目前正在解决这个问题。具体要点包括：具有历史意义的纪念碑缺乏任何清晰的标志。当地缺乏对与建筑物相关的历史和文化叙述的了解，这种现象在这里被描述为文化失忆症。缺乏围绕古迹的历史或背景知识很大程度上归因于分治后当地人口的显着变化。 Aam Khas Bagh 作为西尔欣德 (Sirhind) 最大的开放空间，是过去和现在之间的重要交汇点，因为它仍然是一个经常被参观和探索的地方。尽管该遗址是印度考古调查局的受保护古迹，但几乎没有采取任何措施来保护它免受日常破坏和破坏。通过研究如何通过装置和与主要利益相关者的互动来重新诠释花园的历史，该项目旨在研究锡克教和穆斯林遗产在印度分治后旁遮普邦共存的方式。该团队的专业知识包括具有项目管理经验的 PI（曾出版过有关有争议的遗产地和文化抹杀形式的专着）、一位具有丰富实地考察经验和 Sirhind 视觉作品集经验的视觉人类学家，以及一位互动和沉浸式设计师，他围绕可持续发展主题以及在 Aam Khas Bagh 开发了一系列互动设备。