Bhaumik Kiranbhai Suthar

MONUMENTS, MEMORY AND RUINS

The word ‘museum’ originates from the Greek root ‘men-’ which means ‘to think’ that later forms the series of words that all align around the core meaning of ‘to remember’ and then the word ‘monument’ emerges out of it. This strong connection of how humans started relating the idea of Monuments, Museums, and Memory roots itself in the use of language. Literature or content creation plays a vital role in shaping the perspective of people and the spaces built by them. Ahmedabad is one of the cities where a significant amount of literature has been produced from time to time. A lot of this literature is in the native language of the region i.e., Gujarati. But as we came ahead in time, means of consuming literature and language are changing. Kids from present-day Ahmedabad cannot read, write, and sometimes even speak and understand as the preferred language to get an education is English. Due to this demand for ‘print’ ‘Gujarati’ media is slowly decreasing. This city museum tries to showcase this ample amount of literature produced in the heritage city through the audio-video medium.