Students profile two of Chennai's landmarks
The students worked alongside curators, archivists, conservation scientists and preservationists in the fieldwork. They documented centuries-old manuscripts, assessed exhibits, structured and carried out oral history interviews with the help of the experts, a press note from the University said.
The fieldwork project, which is a feature of the National Educational Policy (NEP) curriculum, positions the university as one of the first examples for field-based research in Museology, History and Archaeology in India, the University stated.
While hailing the exercise that bridged academia and public engagement, the faculty members of the University's History Department, Ruman Banerjee and Arthi Baskaran, emphasised the importance of such exposures in future.
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