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Dear Friends, 


The PUKAR Winter Institute 2006 will be held from February 10th to 12th, 2006, in Mumbai. If you would like to attend, do get back to us with information about yourself by January 31st 2006. Those who have registeres earlier need not apply again.

Details:

MEDIASCAPES: SHIFTING BOUNDARIES, CONTESTED TERRAIN


10 -12 February, 2006 



@ Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai Campus

 

This national seminar, co-sponsored by PUKAR and Tata Institute of Social Sciences, will bring together leading scholars and practitioners from all across India to explore a broad set of cultural, political, and economic issues related to media production and consumption.  Through seminar discussions, lectures, and films, we will consider how changing modes of production and consumption are enabling the emergence of new media forms and altering the ways in which citizens engage with media. 

 

The seminar will examine both the potentially empowering effects of such transformations and the repressive consequences of increasingly corporatized mass media.  We welcome your participation as we explore how media spaces are constructed and emerge as terrains of contestation.

 

This seminar is part of an ongoing effort on behalf of PUKAR to engage with a diverse group of participants on the theoretical and practical implications of urban knowledge and action. The first seminar (Winter Institute) held January 2004, focused on various forms of urban knowledge and how knowledge is appropriated by individuals and institutions to elicit action.  Last year's Winter Institute examined language as a means by which knowledge is acquired and transmitted. It also explored the intersection of language, identity, and urban space, considering the cosmopolitan character of the city through its linguistic diversity. 

 

This year, we will continue the broader conversation on urban knowledge by placing "mediascapes" at the centre of the discussion. Mediascapes, a concept coined by Prof. Arjun Appadurai, describes the contentious spaces within which media representations are produced, circulated, and distributed. 

 

Sessions and Presenters: (The schedule and speakers' list is still being finalized, but the following presenters have confirmed participation.) 

 

1. CHANGING MODES OF PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION: THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL

- Dr. B. Manjula, TISS

- Dr. B. P. Sanjay, S. N. School, University of Hyderabad

- Dr. Vinod Pavarala, S. N. School, University of Hyderabad

 

2. OPEN FORUM ON MEDIA EDUCATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

- Dr. Shobha Ghosh, Head, Dept. of English, SIES College

- Dr. Saradha Ganapathyraman, K.C. College

- Dr. Sudhakar Solomon Raj, Wilson College 

- Dr. B. P. Sanjay, S. N. School, University of Hyderabad 

 

3. MORAL PANICS: NEGOTIATING GENDER

- Dr. Shohini Ghosh, Jamia Milia Islamia

- Ms. Shilpa Phadke, PUKAR Gender & Space

- Ms. Bishakha Datta, Point of View

 

4. RETHINKING THE CITY AND URBAN IDENTITY

- Mr. Venkatesh Chakravarthy, Film maker and researcher

- Mr. Abeer Gupta, Film maker and researcher

- Ms. Paromita Vohra, Film maker  

- Mr. Rahul Srivastava, Researcher

 

5. PANEL ON MEDIA CENSORSHIP

- Mr. Anand Patwardhan, Film maker

- Dr. Shohini Gosh, Jamia Milia Islamia

 

6. NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND OLD BOUNDARIES

- Mr. Shuddhabrata Sengupta, SARAI, New Delhi

- Dr. Vinod Pavarala, S. N. School, University of Hyderabad 

- Mr. Indranil Chakravarty, Comet Media Foundation

 

7. IMAGING RESISTANCE 

- Ms. Madhusree Dutta, Documentary Film maker, Majlis 

- Ms. Charu Gargi, Filmmaker/Researcher 

 

We will also be showing "She Write" and "Naata," two films produced by Drs. Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jaysankar; and "Cosmopolis: Two Tales of a City" by Paromita Vohra.

 

The keynote speaker will be Mr. Shekhar Gupta, Editor in Chief, Indian Express. The keynote address will be delivered on Friday, 10 February, at 6:30pm, at Jai Hind College Auditorium at Churchgate.

 

The final schedule and description of panel sessions will be distributed in advance of the seminar.

 

LOCATION:

The Seminar will be held at the Tata Institute of Social Science, Opp. Deonar Bus Depot, V.N. Purav Marg (Sion-Trombay Road), Deonar, Mumbai 400 088.

 

REGISTRATION:

Registration is required for the seminar. 

 

To register in advance, please send an email to: pukar at pukar.org.in with the following details by Tuesday, 31 January 2006.

-         Name

-         Institutional Affiliation

-         Email address

-         Postal Address

-         Telephone Number

 

REGISTRATION FEES:

Although registration for the seminar is free, a nominal fee of Rs. 150.00 will be charged to cover lunches and refreshments over 3 days. 

 

CONTACT DETAILS:



PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action and Research)

Address:: 1-4, 2nd Floor, Kamanwala Chambers, Sir P. M. Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 001
Telephone:: +91 (22) 5574 8152 
Fax:: +91 (22) 5664 0561
Email:: pukar at pukar.org.in
Website:: www.pukar.org.in
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