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  PUKAR Winter Institute - 2005 
  Schedule  

  Theme:   Urban Knowledge, Language and the Research Process

  Date:      January 6-9, 2005

  Partners:  Department of Communications and Journalism, University of Mumbai and KATHA, Delhi.

  Venue:     Room 144, Department of Communications and Journalism
                University of Mumbai, Fort Campus, Mumbai - 400 001

  Dear Friends, 
   
  The PUKAR Winter Institute 2005 is envisioned as the second in a series of three such annual Institutes, designed as opportunities to bring together research scholars from various Mumbai based research centers (across disciplines and sectors) to engage in a dialogue with scholars, writers, translators and practitioners.   
   
  The Theme this year is 'Urban Knowledge, Language and the Research Process'

  The sessions are as follows:  

  Day 1
  Thursday 6 January 2005

  10 30  
  Introduction 
  by Rahul Srivastava - Co-Director, PUKAR and Vyjayanthi Rao - Co-Director PUKAR and Assistant Professor of Anthropology, New School University, New York.

  10 45  
  Language and Urban Knowledge; Notes from the PUKAR Project: 'Mumbai's Cosmopolitan Archive'
  by Project Director Abhay Sardesai - PUKAR Associate and Editor, Art India, Mumbai.  

  11 30 
  Tea 

  11 45 
  The KATHA-PUKAR collaboration: 'The Literary City'
  Discussion with acclaimed writers on their work set in Mumbai:
  Telugu - Mohammad Khadeer Babu (Hyderabad) 
  English - Ashok Srinivasan (Delhi)
  Malayalam - N S Madhavan (Patna)

  13 00  
  Lunch

  14 00 
  The KATHA-PUKAR collaboration: 'The Literary City', Session II: 
  Marathi - Dilip Chitre (Pune)
  Urdu - Sajid Rashid (Mumbai)

  15 15 
  Tea
   
  15 30
  Panel Discussion
  'Language, Cinema and the City'
  Participants: 
  Javed Akhtar - poet, lyricist and script writer
  Shabana Azmi - actress, activist 
  Rachel Dwyer - Chair of the Centre of South Asian Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 
   
  16 45
  Conclusion


  Day 2
  Friday 7 January 2005

  10 30  
  Review and Discussion on 'Language, Media and the Research Process'
  With students of the Post-Graduate Department of Communications and Journalism. 

  11 15  
  Tea

  11: 30  
  Talk
  'Masculinity and Linguistic Nationalism in Bangalore/Karnataka'
  by Tejaswani Niranjana - Senior Fellow, Centre for Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore
  Discussion moderated by Shilpa Phadke, PUKAR Associate and Doctoral Candidate at Tata Institute of Social  Sciences, Mumbai.

  12: 45 
  Lunch 

  14 00   
  Presentation
  'Typocity: On Signs and Urban Landscapes' 
  by Vishal Rawlley and Kurnal Rawat - A SARAI Fellowship Project

  15 00  
  Tea

  15 15 
  Presentation
  'Kannada Theatre in Mumbai: A Historical Perspective'
  by Suma Dwarkanath - Doctoral Candidate, University of Mumbai

  16 00 
  Two Presentations:
  'Konkani Print and the Ways of the City', 
  by Rochelle Pinto - Senior Fellow, KATHA Centre, SNDT University, Mumbai
  'The Female Body and Voice in Performance' 
  by Deepa Punjani - Senior Fellow, KATHA Centre, SNDT University, Mumbai   
  Discussison Moderated by Mitra Parekh, Head, Department of English, SNDT University,Mumbai

  17 15 Conclusion

   
  Day 3
  Saturday 8 January 2005

  10 30 
  Update from PUKAR's Documentation Project:
  'Gujarathi, Tamil and Sindhi in Mumbai' 
  by Aditya Pant, Project Co-ordinator PUKAR

  11 00
  Panel Discussion
  'The City Reported: Representations of Mumbai in Media'
  Facilitated by Sameera Khan, Journalist and PUKAR Associate 
  Panelists:
  Shishir Joshi - Bureau Chief, AAJ TAK
  Kumar Ketkar - Editor, LOK SATTA and PUKAR Advisor
  Sajid Rashid - Editor, HINDI MAHANAGAR   
  Kalpana Sharma - Deputy Editor and Bureau Chief,THE HINDU and PUKAR Advisor
    
  13 00 
  Lunch

  14 00  
  Panel Discussion:
  'The Death of Language?: Technology, Language and Globalisation Space'  
  Coordinated and moderated by Vyjayanthi Rao 
  Participants:
  Prathibha Maria - Executive in a BPO in Mumbai 
  Yashoda Singh and Lakhmi - SARAI Cybermohalla Project, Delhi

  1500 
  Presentation:
  'Antagonisms and Abstract machines'
  by Angad Singh Choudhry - PhD student, School of Oriental and African Studies, University  of London

  15 45
  Tea 

  16 00 
  Concluding Discussion 
  Language, Urban Knowledge and the Research Process
  by Rahul Srivastava

  16 30 Conclusion


  Day 4
  Sunday 9 January 2005

  Please Note Change of Venue: 
  PUKAR Office, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001

  10 00
  Participant Presentations

  11 00
  Tea

  11 15
  Presentations on PUKAR Projects

  13 00 
  Conclusion

  PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research)
  Mumbai

  Address:: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001
  Telephone:: +91 (022) 5574 8152 / +91 (0) 98204 04010
  Email:: pukar at pukar.org.in
  Website:: www.pukar.org.in
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