Join Wajid Yaseen and Syma Ahmed as they shed light on how cassette tapes reveal hidden histories of migration in Scotland.
Discover how Scottish-Pakistanis recorded and sent messages to their loved ones via cassette tapes between 1960 and 1980 and listen to the stories they shared. The event will highlight the value of archiving and preserving migrant stories for present and future generations.
About Tape Letters
Tape Letters is a pioneering oral history project. The project explores how these tapes were used as a form of long-distance communication.
Tape Letters Scotland is the latest phase of the project, collecting and archiving stories from Scottish-Pakistanis. The recordings collected will be kept, preserved and made available within the National Library of Scotland's sound archive.
This project is culminating in exhibitions at Museum of Edinburgh, Tramway in Glasgow, and Dundee Central Library.
Tape Letters is produced by Modus Arts and is made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
About the speakers
Wajid Yaseen is the founder and director of the Tape Letters project. He is an interdisciplinary artist and Artistic Director of the sonic arts organisation Modus Arts.
Syma Ahmed is the Project Coordinator of Tape Letters Scotland. She is a Development Officer at Glasgow Women's Library and co-author of 'She Settles in the Shields: Untold stories of migrant women in Pollokshields'.
