[Reader-list] [Announcements] (Repeat-1) CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Conference on Sexualities, Masculinities, and Cultures in South Asia

[The Dharani Trust]

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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/

 

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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