[Reader-list] [Announcements] 2nd International Conference on Sexualities, Masculinities, and Cultures in South Asia (2004)

[Chandra Shekhar Balachandran]

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The Dharani Trust

Swabhava Trust
Bangalore (India)

  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:

2nd International Conference on Sexualities, Masculinities, and 
Cultures in South Asia

9 -- 12 June 2004, Bangalore.

developing discourses and discourses of development

  The South Asian context of debates around sexuality reveals 
wide-ranging concerns that have emerged through a whole range of 
complex movements in history. The patriarchal systems in the region 
are seen to add to the diverse constructions, narratives, and 
performances of sexualities, including masculinities and 
femininities. These are areas of significant interest not only to 
researchers but also to many engaged in the field of social change 
and human development work.

  More recently, questions of 'alternative' sexuality and development 
debates on trafficking, sex work, and HIV/AIDS have also brought 
sexuality discourses to the forefront of contestations. This 
conference follows the first conference held in Melbourne, Australia 
in 1999. The papers presented there have appeared in a special issue 
of South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume XXIV, 'Sexual 
Sites, Seminal Attitudes: Sexualities, Masculinities and Cultures in 
South Asia' (Ed.: Sanjay Srivastava).

  This 3-day conference will bring together an array of scholars, 
activists, artists, organisations, and approaches under a common 
aegis. It will provide space for non-traditional presentations and 
also presentations in Hindi and Kannada, in an effort to stimulate 
wider discussions and dialogue.

  For further details such as themes, formats, fees, and online 
registration, please visit http://www.dharanitrust.org/
Printable copies of forms for hardcopy submission will be posted on 
the site soon.
If you have any questions, please contact the organizers at: 
conf2004 at dharanitrust.org
We hope you will participate in this conference and contribute to 
furthering open and constructive dialogues on these topics in the 
South Asian context.

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Dr. Chandra Shekhar Balachandran
Vinay Chandran
Dr. Sanjay Srivastava
(Conference Co-Chairs)

Contact information:
2nd International Conference on Sexualities, Masculinities, and 
Cultures in South Asia (2004)
c/o The Dharani Trust
1, Shanthi Road
Shanthinagar
Bangalore 560027 (India)

www.dharanitrust.org
Tel:  [+91] 98862 72376  /  [+91 +80] 5124 5401
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