Empowered Adornment: Gold Jewellery Stories with Anisha Parmar
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -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.
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Episodes
Jayant PureJewels & Shalini Red Dot Jewels- The Industry
September 12, 2021 08:38 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBIn the final episode, I speak to British Asian jewellery industry professionals; Jayant Raniga, CEO of Pure Jewels by Bhanji Gokaldas, who comes from over nine generations of jewellers. His Grandfather Bhanji Gokaldas and sons Ramnik, Dinesh and Harish established East London’s first British Asian jewellery showroom in 1975. In 1987 the family and store moved to Green Street where they have been located since. Their designs reflects the rich cultural heritage and brand journey, which trace...
Tanya, Usarae & Misha- Remembering our Mums
September 06, 2021 16:28 - 56 minutes - 19.8 MBIn Episode 9 , I speak to Tanya and sisters Usarae and Misha about the jewellery pieces they inherited from their late mothers. Jewellery carries a special sentiment especially of those who are no longer with us. Tanya feels closer to her mum wearing her pieces every day. Usarae and Misha bond over stories of their mum's jewellery pieces and remember her when they wear her them. Tanya talks about when her and and her sisters went through her mum's jewellery at the request of her dad. What'...
Mathushaa & Tahmina- Oral Histories & Gold
August 29, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 58.3 MBIn Episode 8, I speak to both Mathushaa and Tahmina about gold jewellery given to them, what it represents and the oral history linked to these beautiful pieces. In this episode both of them had very different stories about their gold pieces for Mathushaa, it's the gold chain and Tamil 'aum' pendant given to her when she was born, and we speak about the significance of it as an heirloom as her family had to flee Sri Lanka due to the civil war and came to the UK with no family heirlooms to h...
Raheem- Matriarchal Inspiration
August 22, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 42.6 MBIn Episode 7, I speak to Raheem about how the matriarchs in his family have inspired his work as a professional dancer and choreographer and the significance of the 3 distinct pieces of gold jewellery that he shares with his maternal grandmother. We talk about the resilience embedded in the way he navigates through life that has been instilled in him from his female ancestors which shone through in this conversation. There is so much that I learnt from Raheem, so many 'aha!' moments that y...
Sofia- Dowry to Heirloom
August 15, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBIn Episode 6, I speak to Sofia about "arranged marriage", dowry and how the loving sentiment of the pieces gifted to her from her parents and grandparents for her wedding still stands proud despite the marriage not working out. We talk about her mother's journey to the UK to meet her father who was part of the Merchant Navy, for the first time, and how he actually bought her mum, her wedding set that was especially designed and handcrafted for her as her family couldn't afford to buy her the...
Meera- The Wedding Set
August 08, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBIn Episode 5, I speak to Meera about how she was inspired by her mum's wedding outfit and paired her mum's bridal set with some costume jewellery to complete her bridal look for her big day 2 years ago. We also speak about her family's migrant journey from Gujarat, East Africa and then to the UK. The fond memories they have living in East Africa, how they've effortlessly weaved Swahili words in to Gujarati and the ripple effect Idi Amin kicking out the Asians from Uganda in 1972 had across K...
Aysha- Jewellery Chooses you
August 01, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MB"Jewellery Chooses you" something Aysha says in her podcast that really stayed with me throughout this project, that I also tell my participants in every conversation since this first interview with Aysha. I truly believe in this sentiment, that the jewellery pieces handed down to you or carefully chosen by you or for you, are meant for you. Wearings a piece of jewellery is such a personal ritual, as it sits on you skin, worn on intimate places on your body such as on your neck, ear or wrist...
Kiran & Krishna - Grandmothers
July 25, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBBaa, Nani, Dadi, Dadi Maa, Patti, Granny- We all have our significant names for what we called our grandmothers, I called mine London Baa (paternal grandmother) and Leicester Baa (maternal grandmother) based on where they lived and now these names remind me of a distinct memory of where I spent my weekends with my London Baa in Wembley and summer holidays with my Leicester Baa - The names transport me to their homes, the food they used to cook for me, chai time in the afternoon paired with r...
Misbah- Mother to Daughter
July 18, 2021 08:23 - 29 minutes - 54.6 MBWe’re kicking off the series with Episode 2 where you’ll hear me interview Misbah about the gold jewellery pieces given to her by her Mother and the pieces she bought for her eldest daughter when she got married a few years ago. I loved speaking to Misbah about Gold within the South Asian culture, because in this conversation it was so apparent how much its engrained in the culture and especially to hear what its like to buy gold for a daughter’s weddings from a mother’s point of view in mod...
Anisha - Migrant Journeys
June 20, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 54.4 MBI am super excited to announce the launch of the Empowered Adornment Podcast as part of the research I have been doing for the Developing your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England this year. I hope you've had a chance to listen to the trailer this week, I've had so much great feedback so far! In this first episode you'll hear Co-Producer Molly Crossley interview me (Anisha Parmar) about my Gold Jewellery Stories, the pieces I love and my family's story and migrant journey from I...
Anisha - migrant journeys
June 20, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 54.4 MBI am super excited to announce the launch of the Empowered Adornment Podcast as part of the research I have been doing for the Developing your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England this year. I hope you've had a chance to listen to the trailer this week, I've had so much great feedback so far! In this first episode you'll hear Co-Producer Molly Crossley interview me (Anisha Parmar) about my Gold Jewellery Stories, the pieces I love and my family's story and migrant journey from I...
Empowered Adornment Trailer
June 10, 2021 10:21 - 1 minute - 1.51 MBThe 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; gold as a woman’s security within the context of historical and contemporary diasporas; and adornment to express cultural heritage. I have spent the last 5 months opening a dialogue and documenting conversations with those who belong to the South Asian Diaspora, and who have collected or been ...