Research, documentation, and community-based heritage work
CHRDI-Pakistan works at the intersection of cultural research, heritage documentation, community knowledge, traditional craftsmanship, and digital technologies. Our work is research-based, field-oriented, and community-centered.
We conduct research on historic places, cultural traditions, communities, crafts, architecture, languages, folk practices, and other forms of cultural heritage.
We document heritage through field surveys, photography, videography, interviews, oral histories, drawings, mapping, archival research, and written records.
We document traditional crafts and the knowledge of master artisans, including their techniques, tools, materials, training systems, and creative processes.
We record the memories, experiences, stories, and knowledge of communities, craftsmen, artists, elders, and tradition bearers.
We use digital technologies to organize, preserve, and present cultural information through digital archives, databases, maps, photographs, videos, and online exhibitions.
We believe that communities are the primary custodians of their living heritage. Our work therefore emphasizes participation, consultation, and recognition of local knowledge.
We encourage students, young researchers, artisans, cultural practitioners, and community members to develop skills in heritage research and documentation.
Our documentation process may include:
Researcher, student, artisan, or institution? Join us in documenting and preserving Pakistan’s cultural heritage.
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Islamabad, Pakistan
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info@chirdi.pk
+92 000 0000000
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Cultural Heritage Research and Documentation Initiative
