Curator and researcher Pramod Kumar KG talks about the life of confiscated artefacts and intangible practices, the process of restitution and repatriation and its impact on the history of ownership and nationhood.
Pramod Kumar KG is the co-founder of Eka Archiving, India’s first museum advisory firm that provides its services to a range of institutions, collectors and collections. He has worked with a vast range of artefacts that vary greatly in their materiality besides helping with nuanced aspects of cultural and heritage management. Pramod is the founder director of the Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing at Jaipur and instituted the Jaipur Literature Festival and is currently the co-director of Mountain Echoes, the Bhutan Literature Festival. He has curated shows and lectured extensively across India and internationally. He is a published author and has made contributions to several edited volumes besides journals, magazines and other publications.