The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Key Information
Organization Name: The Citizens Archive of Pakistan
Head Office: Karachi
Contact Person: Anoosha Zahid, Manager Communciations
Working Since: 2007
Areas of Operations: Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore
Trainings/ Workshops
No. of trainings/workshops delivered to date: N/A
Themes: N/A
Cities these were delivered in: N/A
Conferences/Seminars
No. of conferences/seminars organized to date: N/A
Themes: N/A
Cities these were held in: N/A
Campaigns
No. of campaigns launched to date: N/A
Themes: N/A
Cities these were held in: N/A
Arts & Culture Events
No. of arts & culture events held to date: 50
Themes:Oral History, History, Partition, Memories of Pre-Partition, Peace Building, Photography, Culture, Literature and Historical Documentation
Cities these were held in: Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and London.
Publications
(as of March 2015)
No. | Name | Date Published | PDF File/Web link |
---|---|---|---|
1 | CAP Monthly Newsletter | Monthly |
Major Projects
(as of March 2015)
No. | Name | Nature of Project |
---|---|---|
1 | The Oral History Project (ongoing) | Oral History recording, memory preservation |
2 | Exchange for Change | Peace building, Removing cultural misconceptions |
3 | CAP Outreach Tours | Education |
4 | Google Cultural Institute | Promotion of Pakistani Heritage |
5 | Lollywood Project | Preservation of films, images, articles and advertisements of films |
6 | Shanaakht Festival | Peace Building, Festival of art, photography, music, theater, story-telling and history. |
7 | Birth of Pakistan | Outreach project on significant events of Pakistan’s early history |
8 | Dialogue With Pakistan | Counter Extremism |
9 | State of Being so Divided | An interactive exhibit to take visitors through an interactive timeline from 1947 to 1971 |
10 | Dekho Pakistan | An interactive exhibition designed to commemorate the reopening of one of Pakistan’s heritage sites – Frere Hall, as part of the Hamara Karachi Festival 2011 |
No. | Name | Nature of Project |
1 | The Oral History Project | Oral History Recording and Memory preservation |
2 | CAP Outreach Tours | Education |
3 | Exchange for Change | Peace building and Removing cultural misconceptions |
4 | Humans of Karachi | Photography, recording stories of regular Karachiites |
5 | CAP Sheep Mobile Library | Literacy, Mobile Library for Underprivileged School Students |
Awards Received
Additional Information
Web: www.citizensarchive.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/citizensarchivepk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/citizensarchive
Instagram: www.instagram.com/citizensarchive
Youtube: www.youtube.com/CitizensArchive
CAP Film: https://vimeo.com/129070447