About Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha Parmar
The podcast encapsulates the research I have been doing around Gold jewellery collected through South Asian journeys of migration as artefacts with the capacity to be carriers of emotions and memories.
With support from the Arts Council, I have spoken to a range of people within the South Asian diaspora, about their gold jewellery, what it means to them, how these pieces have travelled through migrant journeys and they memories they holds. This is Empowered Adornment, Gold Jewellery stories with Anisha Parmar.
Co Produced and Edited by Molly Crossley.
Anisha Parmar reflects on the collaborative pop-up event, Adorned Narratives, celebrating identity and storytelling through adornment during South Asian Heritage Month 2024, highlighting the energy and connections made during the event.
12 Sept 2021
Jayant PureJewels & Shalini Red Dot Jewels- The Industry
Jayant Raniga and Shalini Gupta Patel discuss the British Asian jewelry industry, exploring the evolution of traditional gold jewelry and the rise of luxury costume jewelry, in an interview with Anisha Parmar.
6 Sept 2021
Tanya, Usarae & Misha- Remembering our Mums
Tanya, Usarae, and Misha share stories with Anisha Parmar about inherited jewelry from their mothers, revealing how these pieces evoke memories and strengthen familial bonds in this interview.
29 Aug 2021
Mathushaa & Tahmina- Oral Histories & Gold
Mathushaa and Tahmina share oral histories of their gold jewelry with host Anisha Parmar, revealing how heirlooms represent family, heritage, and resilience in new countries in this interview.
22 Aug 2021
Raheem- Matriarchal Inspiration
Dancer and choreographer Raheem discusses how the matriarchs in his family inspire his work and connect him to his maternal grandmother through significant gold jewelry pieces in this interview with Anisha Parmar.
15 Aug 2021
Sofia- Dowry to Heirloom
Sofia shares her experiences with arranged marriage and dowry jewelry, explaining how she now associates these pieces with happy memories of loved ones in a conversation with ANISHA PARMAR.
8 Aug 2021
Meera- The Wedding Set
Anisha Parmar interviews Meera, her mother, and grandmother about their family's migrant journey and the sentimental value of gold jewelry, particularly Meera's wedding set, revealing how heirlooms connect generations.
1 Aug 2021
Aysha- Jewellery Chooses you
Aysha shares a four-generation story of earrings passed down through the women in her family, highlighting resilience and the significance of jewelry in South Asian female history in this interview with Anisha Parmar.
25 Jul 2021
Kiran & Krishna - Grandmothers
Kiran and Krishna share stories with Anisha Parmar about inherited gold jewelry from their grandmothers, revealing the deep emotional connections and cherished memories associated with these pieces in this interview.
18 Jul 2021
Misbah- Mother to Daughter
Anisha Parmar interviews Misbah about the tradition of South Asian mothers gifting gold jewelry to daughters, exploring its cultural significance and emotional sentiment passed through generations.
20 Jun 2021
Anisha - Migrant Journeys
Jewellery designer Anisha Parmar discusses her family's migrant journey from India and East Africa to the UK and how it inspires her gold jewellery designs in an interview with Molly Crossley.
10 Jun 2021
Empowered Adornment Trailer
Anisha Parmar introduces her podcast, exploring South Asian gold jewelry as emotional artifacts and symbols of cultural heritage within diasporic experiences, focusing on women's security.
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Jayant Raniga
Shalini Gupta Patel
Tanya
Usarae
Misha
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