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ELDP

LAVAFLOW: Legacy Audio Video Archival in Fourteen Languages of the World

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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The Pehuenche Summerlands: Documenting Chedungun in a Semi-nomadic Journey.

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Documenting Sasi (huc)

The Endangered Language Documentation Programme (ELDP) provides grants worldwide for the documentation of endangered languages and knowledge. Grantees create audiovisual colle…

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Welcome to the Culture in Crisis Portal

This free digital resource is a demonstration of the V&A’s ongoing commitment to protecting the world’s cultural heritage and supporting communities that suffer cultural loss, whether through Conflict, Criminal Acts or the impacts of the Climate Crisis. The Culture in Crisis Programme brings together those with a shared interest in protecting cultural heritage, providing a forum for sharing information, inspiring and supporting action and raising public awareness.

With your support the Culture in Crisis Portal will become the world’s largest and most accessible database of cultural heritage preservation projects. It enables its users to quickly and easily register their preservation projects, as well as searching for those already in existence.

Together we can learn from each other, share experiences and work to protect the world’s cultural heritage.

To do this, we need your help.

Online content

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Uzbekistan: Community, Culture, and Contemporary Craft

In this event, staged at the V&A South Kensington in September 2025, we explore the interconnectivity between Uzbek craft, culture and the community working to revive a connec…

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Lessons from Petra: Protecting the Past, Shaping the Future

Exploring how local heritage preservation inspires global action, in conversation with HRH Princess Dana Firas of Jordan. This in-person event at the V&A South Kensington, sta…

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Heritage Preservation through Sound, Song and Storytelling

This event, staged at the V&A South Kensington in June 2025, explored the use of sound, song and storytelling as a means to create, preserve or recover important layers of und…

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News & events

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Event Announcement: Trade, Trafficking and Translation: Exploring Yemen’s Cultural Heritage with Alia Ali

"The farther back we go into our history, the farther forward we can imagine.” Join us for an event exploring the ancient legacies and (re)imagined futures of Yemeni heritage.

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Event Announcement: Uzbekistan: Community, Culture, and Contemporary Craft

Join us for our upcoming event exploring the interconnectivity between Uzbek craft, culture and the community working to revive a connection between the two.

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Conference Report Released: Heritage and Recovery: A Decade of Learning from the Gorkha Earthquake

The Culture in Crisis Programme, in partnership with the University of Stirling and Social Science Baha are pleased to announce the release of an illustrated report, detailing…

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