Shining light on the use of cassette tapes as an unorthodox mode of long-distance communication by British-Pakistanis and their families abroad between 1960-80.
Episode 14: Behind the Project: Imran Arif - In a Suitcase.
Arif is a Social Scientist and was a community engagement officer for the Tape Letters oral history project. He carried out multiple interviews for the archive with the elders of the community in multiple languages.
Episode 12: Behind the Project: Syma Tariq - A Particular Archive.
In this episode she describes the Tape Letters archive as a community resource, produced in collaboration with its subject.
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Episode 11: Behind the Project - Suna Afshan.
The poet Suna Afshan was commissioned by Modus Arts to produce a body of text in response to five cassettes selected from the Tape Letters archive held at the Bishopsgate Institute library.