[Reader-list] [Announcements] Workshop on Culture and Everyday Life, Mumbai, January 2005

[Shivam Vij]

Workshop on Culture and Everyday Life, Mumbai, January 2005

Culture has today become a central arena of contestation in the social
and political life of India. Forces of globalisation and communalism
have entered the sphere of culture as never before and seek to alter
it to suit their own ends. The communal forces in particular attempt
to transform every day to day cultural practice into a religious one
and further change it into a communal practice. This is also part of a
design to create a homogenous communal culture that would deny and
destroy pluralities as well as syncretic practices.

Vikas Adhyayan Kendra therefore plans to organise a workshop on
Culture and Everyday Life in January 2005 for young scholars and
activists active in the field of culture. The workshop will aim to
understand the contestations in the field of culture, the 'cultural
interventions' attempted by the reactionary forces, and develop
democratic and secular counters to these interventions.

The seven day workshop will deal with the topics of Concept of
Culture; Popular Culture; Cultural Processes; Culture, State and
Market; and Towards Resistance. The workshop will consist of lectures,
readings, discussions, writings, and discussions with activists.

Applications are invited from young scholars and activists actively
engaged in study and practice in the field of culture. Only thirty
(30) persons can participate in the workshop. The interested persons
should write to Vikas Adhyayan Kendra with their detailed bio-data,
detailing particularly their involvement in the field of culture, and
the reasons for their interest in the workshop.

Brochures about the workshop and formal application forms will be sent
to the short-listed participants.

The course fee is Rs. 500/-.

Accommodation and food as well as all course material will be provided
by the organisers. Travel grants may be considered for a few
exceptional deserving candidates.

The course will be coordinated by Prof. R. M. Bapat. Advisor to the
course is Prof. K. N. Panikkar.

Vikas Adhyayan Kendra is a secular non-governmental organisation with
its main office in Mumbai.

Write to:

Ajit Muricken,
Director,
Vikas Adhyayan Kendra,
D-1, Shivdham, 62, Link Road,
Malad (West), Mumbai 400 064, INDIA
Telephones: (022) 28822850/ 28898662
Fax No.: (022) 28898941
Website: http://www.vakindia.org
E-Mail: vak at bom3.vsnl.net.in
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