Commitment: The Story Scholars Program can be treated as a full-time commitment over 3 months or as a part-time commitment over 6 months. The 6 Month Track commitment track is for individuals who have other commitments such as students or professionals who are unable to place their career on hold for a full-time commitment. The 3 Month Track requires a full-time commitment for the 3 months and is an ideal choice for summer holidays for college students.
About the Story Scholars Program: The 1947 Partition Archive provides a platform to record, preserve and share narratives of Partition created for and by people across the globe. We want to educate the world on Partition, especially through first-hand accounts and lived experiences. The Story Scholars Program is one of our initiatives for the collection of oral histories from Partition witnesses. The 1947 Partition Archive works to ignite research and discovery based on lived Partition experiences.
The Story Scholars Program entails a 3-6 month period of focused story collection in the Scholars’ selected geographical region. The Archive will provide training to the scholar. Equipment for borrowing from The Archive may be available to the Scholar. Scholars will reach out to individuals in their community who have witnessed Partition first hand (migrants and non-migrants), record their oral histories, and share them through The Archive’s web portal and media collaborations. Scholars will also be required to engage the public in developing storytelling skills through a publicly held Oral History Workshop. Scholars will remain in contact with the Program Coordinator on a bi-weekly basis. Scholars may collaborate with The Archive in publishing research based on stories in academic journals. The Archive may pair scholars with an academic mentor. Scholars will have opportunities to present their work in public and academic spaces, as well as community building and networking opportunities. Scholars will receive a modest stipend and a certificate upon successful completion of the program. Upon successful program completion, Scholars will be recognized as alumni into perpetuity and have access to further opportunities through The Archive, including the opportunity to apply for select staff positions, to represent the Archive publicly, and much more.
