[Reader-list] [announcements] Reminder: Talk on 3rd June

[PUKAR]

The PUKAR Gender and Space Project

 

presents a talk

 

by Nandita Godbole

 

on

 

The making of an immigrant home

Representation and improvisation of inherited cultural landscapes in immigrant homes

 

date:                 Friday, 03 June 2005

time:                 3 p.m.

place:               PUKAR Office, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Opp Stand Book Stall, Sir. P M Road, Fort, Mumbai 400001. 

    Tel: 5574-8152

 

 

Abstract

Overlays of political borders, contested lands and cultural landscapes often complicate and blur definitions of home.  In culturally diverse, cosmopolitan cities, immigrant families continually reinterpret the fundamental question, "What is home?"  As these families define their physical and cultural 'selves' in their adopted country, we witness the transformation of ordinary, mundane places into socio-culturally complex neighborhoods and cities.

This on-going study examines how immigrants use visual elements to reflect their intrinsic values and philosophies and reinforce the idea of 'home'.  It also explores how 'inherited' cultural landscapes influence, shape and define homemaking sensitivities of immigrant families.

 

Nandita Godbole has a Masters degree in Botany (University of Mumbai) and Landscape Architecture (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). She is currently an independent researcher and her areas of interest include public space usage and sacred landscapes. 

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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