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

大干路是一条重要的历史高速公路，穿越印度北部，连接阿富汗和加尔各答。虽然这条路的确切路线已经改变，但它的轨迹和目的一直保持不变：知识、思想、宗教、传统和创新的传播。旁遮普位于这条道路上的一个重要十字路口，这里有耆那教徒、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。旁遮普的主干路地区见证了特别密集的文化接触，这在路线沿线的关键集群中尤为明显。该项目集中在大主干道沿线的一个重要地点，该地点对穆斯林和锡克教徒具有特殊意义。Aam Khas Bagh是旁遮普锡林德的莫卧儿花园和Serai，由Hafiz Sultan Muhammad Rakhna于1560年代建造，随后由Jahangir和Shah Jahan扩建。这些花园位于大主干道上的战略要地，大致相当于拉合尔和德里之间的距离，这使锡林德成为一个主要的定居点和知识和商业中心。从18世纪开始，第十任锡克教大师和穆斯林之间日益紧张的关系在锡克教大师的两个儿子在锡林德被处决时达到顶峰。该镇随后被锡克教徒洗劫，整个定居点遭到严重破坏。锡林德现在是与fathgarh Sahib的孪生城镇，是一个以锡克教徒为主的地区，其中很大一部分人口是巴基斯坦旁遮普锡克教徒，他们在分治后搬迁。尽管锡林省有中世纪时期的重要建筑和纪念碑，但保护它们的基础设施很少，保护也很有限，CRCI目前正在解决这个问题。特别的要点包括：在具有历史意义的纪念碑上缺乏任何可辨认的标志。缺乏与建筑相关的当地历史和文化叙事知识，这种现象在这里被称为文化失忆。人们对这些纪念碑缺乏历史或背景知识，主要是由于分治后当地人口发生了重大变化。Aam Khas Bagh作为Sirhind最大的开放空间，是过去和现在的重要交汇点，因为它仍然是一个经常参观和探索的地点。虽然该遗址是受印度考古调查局保护的纪念碑，但很少有措施保护它免受日常破坏和破坏。通过装置和与主要利益相关者的互动，研究花园历史的重新背景化方式，该项目旨在研究锡克教徒和穆斯林遗产在印度旁遮普分治后共存的方式。该小组的专业知识包括具有项目管理经验的PI，他出版了一本关于有争议的遗产遗址和文化消除形式的专著，具有丰富实地工作经验的视觉人类学家和一份关于Sirhind的视觉作品集，以及一名互动和沉浸式设计师，他围绕可持续性主题开发了一系列互动设备，以及在Aam Khas Bagh。

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.