Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 53 minutes ago
Speaking Urdu, Nazir-ul-Haq, final leader of the Birmingham ILT (Industrial Languages Training) team of the mid-1980s, offers memories and reflections - judiciously supplemented with poetic quotations - on the work of the local unit, as well as the national service, during that time. Part of the "Multilingual Memories: Birmingham 1984" project.
00:09 Introduction
02:04 ILT 1980s role
06:16 Memory and reminiscence
09:53 Personal journey
14:57 Equal Opportunities: appreciation of colleagues and contributions
19:35 Summary critique of ILT approach to racism awareness and anti-racism
Full project details here: guthan.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/multilingual-memories-birmingham-1984
English translation:
The text of the English translation is too long for the video description. So it has been made available as an online PDF on the Island Voices website here: guthan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nazir-youtube-english-translation.pdf This text includes live links to the separate sections of Nazir's talk.
Speaking Urdu, Nazir-ul-Haq, final leader of the Birmingham ILT (Industrial Languages Training) team of the mid-1980s, offers memories and reflections - judiciously supplemented with poetic quotations - on the work of the local unit, as well as the national service, during that time. Part of the "Multilingual Memories: Birmingham 1984" project.
00:09 Introduction
02:04 ILT 1980s role
06:16 Memory and reminiscence
09:53 Personal journey
14:57 Equal Opportunities: appreciation of colleagues and contributions
19:35 Summary critique of ILT approach to racism awareness and anti-racism
Full project details here: guthan.wordpress.com/2025/03/25/multilingual-memories-birmingham-1984
English translation:
The text of the English translation is too long for the video description. So it has been made available as an online PDF on the Island Voices website here: guthan.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/nazir-youtube-english-translation.pdf This text includes live links to the separate sections of Nazir's talk.
