Working with the Unstable Archives project over the summer taught me an immense amount about scholarship and importance of representation within collective memory. The goal of the Unstable Archives project as a whole is primarily to act as an educational tool.  In the retellings of South Asian colonial history, figures such as Elizabeth Sharaf un-Nisa are often left out, deliberately or otherwise. Yet stories like these are crucial to gaining a full picture of British involvement in India, and of South Asian history itself.  The image of South Asian history shown in the West is often a very narrow one, with little acknowledgment of those occupying the liminal space of empire, such as Ducarel and Sharaf un-Nisa's biracial children. However these stories must be told, uncomfortable as they might be to discuss, as ignoring them flattens the complex connections formed between the British and the subcontinent they colonized. 

I would be remiss if I did not end this series of blog posts with a massive thank you to Professor Robb and everyone part of the Unstable team at UPenn, both for allowing me to be part of such an amazing project and for all of your help and support. 

For those interested in the project, here is the parent project website link: https://unstablearchives512400559.wordpress.com/