Si Hene Custodians of Culture Fellowship
Opportunity type: Fellowship
For: Different Creatives
Deadline: 28/02/26
Rewards: Four-month fellowship with mentorship, hands-on community projects, and support for research resources
Location Eligibility: Ghana
About this opportunity
The Custodians of Culture Fellowship, launched by the Si Hene Foundation and supported by the Gwaertler Grant, trains emerging cultural practitioners in ethical archiving and community care. Inspired by the Vanishing Past: Community Archiving Workshop, the fellowship emphasises the preservation of memory held in homes, photographs, and stories, rather than just in institutions. Fellows engage directly with local communities to build research-based resources that support learning, inherited memory, and new methods of engaging cultural and traditional knowledge.
If you are a Ghanaian researcher, historian, artist, or cultural practitioner with a deep interest in Ghana’s heritage and a commitment to ethical, community-centred preservation, we invite you to apply.
Rewards
- Four-month, part-time fellowship (March 23 – July 23, 2026)
- Mentorship and training in ethical archiving and community engagement
- Hands-on experience working with Ghanaian communities to document, preserve, and reimagine cultural heritage
- Opportunity to create research resources that support learning and cultural memory
Eligibility
- Interested in ethical archiving, community care, and Ghanaian cultural heritage
- Open to researchers, historians, artists, and cultural practitioners
- Able to commit to a part-time, four-month fellowship
- Demonstrated interest in ethical, community-centred heritage
Entry Fee
Free
How to Apply
Apply using the link: Custodians of Culture Fellowship
All questions regarding this award should be sent to info@sihene.com
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