The Community Archivist
A 17-week foundational fellowship training the next generation of Ghanaian heritage stewards — through ethical practice, community fieldwork, and hands-on archiving. Five fellows. In-person. Accra.
Fellowship I provides foundational training for emerging practitioners seeking to engage in ethical, community-centered heritage work. Fellows develop practical skills to document, digitise, and care for at-risk cultural materials while learning how to work collaboratively and respectfully with communities.
The fellowship emphasises listening before collecting, consent over access, and stewardship over ownership.
Fellows complete as trained Community Archivists, producing a community-rooted micro-archive that becomes a permanent part of the Si Hene Living Archives.
“Care over speed. Community consent over access. Listening over extraction. Process over product. Stewardship over ownership.”
17 weeks of training
Fellowship I Cohort — 2026
From the fellowship
Capstone archives built during the fellowship are catalogued directly into the Archive Lab, using its metadata standards and access rules from day one.
Who it's for
Open to early-career Ghanaian researchers, librarians and cultural workers with an interest in community-based archiving. No prior archival training required; a demonstrated connection to a tradition, region or community is preferred.