21 January 2021
Announcing a Successful Launch Event for the EMKP-funded Angkuoch Project
We are always pleased to share ongoing successes by previous EMKP grantees, such as the Launch Event of the Angkuoch […]
The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme gives grants to support the documentation of material knowledge systems that are under threat and in danger of disappearing. It also provides free access by stewarding that knowledge in an open access digital repository dedicated to its preservation.
Knowledge holders, practitioners, and scholars can apply for funds to support work that explores knowledge systems associated with the making, use, repair and re-purposing of material objects, spaces, architecture, performances and environments. EMKP strongly advocates for a working approach that centres community epistemologies, close collaborative working and celebration of the diverse knowledge networks that affect the material world.
The Programme was established in 2018 with funding from Arcadia — a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin — and is hosted by the Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the British Museum.
21 January 2021
We are always pleased to share ongoing successes by previous EMKP grantees, such as the Launch Event of the Angkuoch […]
11 January 2021
EMKP encourages you to consider applying for the 2020/2021 cycle of grants before 31 January. Knowledge holders, practitioners and scholars […]
3 December 2020
The British Museum is seeking a Project Curator, EMKP to join the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) in the Department […]
11 November 2020
EMKP is happy to announce the recipients from its second round of grants. This year we have awarded 16 grants, […]
10 November 2020
The British Museum is pleased to announce it has been awarded a grant of £8.8 million from Arcadia to extend […]
15 October 2020
EMKP is pleased to announce that the 2020/2021 cycle of grants is now open for new applications. Knowledge holders, practitioners […]
28 November 2019
During November EMKP was active in participating in the National Programmes conference and the African Archaeology Research Day. Both conferences […]
8 November 2019
EMKP and ELDP are happy to announce a joint Call for Applications that combines both language and material knowledge documentation. […]
14 October 2019
EMKP is happy to announce that we have awarded our first fifteen grants to researchers from across the globe investigating […]
24 September 2019
The Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP) was happy to host its first round of grantees at the British Museum from […]
21 January 2021
We are always pleased to share ongoing successes by previous EMKP grantees, such as the Launch Event of the Angkuoch […]
15 January 2021
Cotton cultivation, textile production and dyeing have become completely industrialised and so cheap that traditional textile has become economically unviable. […]
29 October 2020
EMKP grantee Abidemi Babatunde Babalola and his colleagues provide an overview of some of their recent work for the Digitization […]
10 September 2020
“I am very happy that I get to share my knowledge about Angkuoch with other people. When I can demonstrate […]
10 September 2020
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15 July 2020
EMKP grantee Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran provides an overview of some of her recent work for the Paper people – […]
20 May 2020
Growing concern over the disappearance of bees and, as a result, biodiversity has led to a revival of beekeeping over […]
24 March 2020
Download a Khmer translation of this blog post here We are excited to report that research fieldwork for the Angkuoch […]
28 November 2019
During November EMKP was active in participating in the National Programmes conference and the African Archaeology Research Day. Both conferences […]
5 November 2019
EMKP has been featured on the Museum Ethnographer’s Group blog, which discusses our aims and what we do. Here is […]
10 November 2020
Venerable Phuntsok Tsering, is the Nabza’ Chenmo, or the Dalai Lama’s personal tailor. Since 1959, he has been responsible for […]
10 November 2020
This project will document the material processes and technical knowledge through which Guarani and Kaiowá ceremonial houses (Oga Pysy) are constructed, the local […]
10 November 2020
This project seeks to document the knowledge, skills and practices of traditional dry-stone masonry at Great Zimbabwe, southern Zimbabwe. Once […]
10 November 2020
The baobab tree is surrounded by a rich foodway culture among the Mijikenda of coastal Kenya. The leaves are a […]
10 November 2020
This project will document the production, uses and cultural significance of the Zande ‘gugu‘ (slit drum or gong) in South […]
10 November 2020
This regional scale project seeks to produce photographic, audio, video, and descriptive record of the material knowledge of the potters […]
10 November 2020
The Ende tribe of Western Province, Papua New Guinea possess and make use of a huge trove of knowledge about […]
10 November 2020
Until recent decades, daily life in Banda, Ghana was configured through earthen and organic technologies ranging from woven mats on […]
10 November 2020
This project aims to document textile production and use in Souss-Massa, southern Morocco, where women have long produced textiles for both […]
10 November 2020
In Vietnam, the production of pottery vessels has undergone many changes over the last thirty years, due to the economic […]