Gandhi Salt March 90th Anniversary
Exhibition & Event Branding
Digital Design & Promotions
Content Curation, Editing and Production
Animation & Video Production
The 90th Anniversary Exhibition of Gandhi's Salt March was a multi-national collaboration led by Professor Miles Taylor (currently Professor of British History and Society at Humboldt University of Berlin) and The University of York, which chronicled the events, global impact and ongoing legacy of Gandhi's ground shaking movement 90 years on.
Exhibition Contributors:
Gujarat Vidyapith
Global Challenges Research Fund
Gandhi Heritage Memorial Portal
British Library
Gandhi Serve
Gandhi Research Foundation
King Institute, Stanford University
Library of Congress
National Gandhi Museum
National Portrait Gallery
René & Peter van der Krogt
Sabarmati Ashram Museum
University of York
Wellcome Collection
Stories of the Salt March
The online exhibition was structured into 8 narrative sections in addition to an interactive exhibition map and exhibition archive featuring an index of shared resources and featured content. The project involved exhibition branding, content production & curation alongside content from international contributors, museums, galleries and institutes.
Exhibition Content
Introduction
What made this event so historically significant and impactful? The exhibition opened with an introduction to the story of the Salt March and its key players.
Gandhi & the satyagrahis
Who was Gandhi and who were his supporters (satyagrahis meaning non-violent resisters in pursuit of truth)? The exhibition explained the role of students behind the movement.
Why was Gandhi so bothered by the taxing of salt? What did it symbolise? Exhibition content included media clippings, historical documents, campaigns flyers and propaganda around the movement.
Civil Disobedience in India
Men, women and children flocked to the beaches to pick up salt…thousands were arrested, eventually Gandhi too. The exhibition catalogued the development and outcome of all those involved.
World Reactions
How did Gandhi incite world sympathy in the ‘battle of right against might’ to leave a powerful and enduring legacy for years to come?
Stories of the Salt March
The exhibition ended with an exploration of the ongoing global legacy of the Salt March 90 years on…
Tracking the SALT march
interactive exhibition map
'Gandhi and his army of volunteers spent weeks carefully surveying the route. What were the events behind some of the places en route?'
We produced a timeline of key dates linking to the milestone events of the march. Each milestone was an access point to the related archival content digitally produced for the exhibition.
Additional content:
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