The
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) is a major new programme that
will help preserve the knowledge of traditional material practices and
knowledge systems that are in danger of disappearing by providing grants for
documentation work. It focuses on the ‘made world’ and how people create,
build, repair and use the natural resources and objects to shape their
societies, spaces, and bodies. The scope of this work will be potentially huge
– material practices can range from special events to the production and use of
everyday household items like cooking implements, agricultural tools or
clothes, as well the houses and buildings that people occupy.
The
programme’s objective is to preserve the knowledge in perpetuity through an
open access, digital repository. Scholars from across the world are invited to
apply for funding to spend time with communities and recording practices using
a range of digital formats. Scholars can apply for a small grant, which is
awarded for up to one year and with a maximum of £15,000, or a large grant,
awarded for up to two years with a maximum budget of £70,000.
Call for applications opens on the 15th
October 2019.
Call closes on the 15th January
2020.
Applications can be submitted here (not active until the 15th
October 2019):
EMKP is
supported by Arcadia,
a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin and hosted by the
Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum will
deliver this three-year programme of grants (2018-2021).
For inquiries
please get in touch at emkp@britishmuseum.org
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