The Archival and Research Project (ARPO) is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to preserve and promote our pluralistic cultural heritage. ARPO was started in 2021 as a collective with a shared belief that understanding our culture and heritage will help us create an inclusive, equitable and sustainable future
Explore Our Archives & Research
These are the ways in which you can explore our works
ARPO’s work includes documentary films recording endangered cultural traditions, as well as talks and public programmes centred on heritage. Explore them through the links below.
The Living Heritage Map shows ARPO’s work across Kerala on a single map, including digitisation projects, documentation, events and community interventions.
ARPO publishes all of its research in a digital library, alongside resources for cultural practitioners. You can read the library in several Indian languages.

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