[Reader-list] The 2007 Sarai-CSDS Independent Fellowship Programme : 3-7 December 2007
Vivek Narayanan
vivek at sarai.net
Thu Nov 29 20:12:06 IST 2007
Absolutely! Please note these events are open to all.
Aashish Gupta wrote:
> Hi Vivek
> Can people who are not part of CSDS or not related to it attend the
> events?
>
> Aashish Gupta
> 2nd Year Student
> Integrated MA (Five Year) in Development Studies
> IIT Madras
>
> On Nov 29, 2007 7:53 PM, Vivek Narayanan <vivek at sarai.net
> <mailto:vivek at sarai.net>> wrote:
>
> PROGRAMME
>
> Working Questions: the 2007 Sarai-CSDS Independent Fellowship Workshop
> 3-7 December 2007
>
>
> Each year Sarai-CSDS's unique fellowship programme gives grants
> for all
> kinds of practitioners—artists, performers, writers, filmmakers,
> working
> professionals and academics too—to pursue their own (sometimes
> serious,
> sometimes quirky) research projects. The results of this research
> can be
> applied in any direction and, in recent years, has eventually led
> to all
> kinds of things, from comic to public actions to films to books. This
> year, Sarai's yearly Independent Fellowship workshop will be a special
> gala event, in the centre of town, looking back over the five
> years of
> the fellowship. It will feature presentations from this year's
> Independent Fellows, who will be coming in from various corners of the
> country, as well as some previous recipients of the Fellowship. Expect
> an unconventional convention. Expect talks (both academic and
> non-academic), musical and theatrical performances, books, videos,
> listening booths, slide shows, arguments, dialogues, merriment and
> controversy. A special curated multimedia exhibition accompanies the
> events.
>
>
> Monday 3 December
> Venue: Sarai-CSDS, 29 Rajpur Road, CSDS
>
> 6.00 – 8.00 pm
> Launch of Working Questions (the Sarai-CSDS Independent Fellowship
> Book)
>
> Opening Remarks
> by Professor Rajeev Bhargava
> Director, CSDS
>
> Reflecting on Five Years of the Sarai-CSDS Fellowship Programme
> Shuddabrata Sengupta
> Vivek Narayanan
> Debjani Sengupta
> Mahmood Farooqui
>
>
>
> Tuesday 4 December
> Venue: LTG Auditorium, Mandi House
>
> 10.30 – 12.00
> History Versus Reminiscence
> Chair: Debjani Sengupta
>
> Anuja Ghosalkar
> Papa Ajoba: My Grandfather, the Film Make Up Artist
>
> Renee C. Lulam and Julius L. Basaiawmoit
> Changing Faces of Democratic Spaces in Urban Cosmopolitan Shillong
>
> Sugata Nandi
> Eventful Adolescence, Memorable Youth: The Politics of Personal
> Reminiscence in Calcutta, 1947-1967
>
>
> 12.15 – 1.15
> Proving Residence
> Chair: Shveta Sarda
>
> Ajit K. Dwivedi
> Sealing ke Nazar Mein: Sealing Banam Pusta ka Visthapan (Media Study:
> Comparative Reporting on Land Ceilings and Displacement from
> Jamuna Pushta)
>
> Bipul K. Pandey
> The Residence Proof
>
>
> 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
> Sub-metropolitan Dreams
> Chair: Iram Ghufran
>
> Nalin Narain Mathur
> B-Grade Engineering College Culture
>
> Syed Zaigham Imam
> Sapno ke Rail (The Train of Dreams: Narratives from the
> Allahabad-Jaunpur Passenger Train): a short documentary film
>
>
> 2.45 – 4.15
> Hearing Spaces, Seeing Spaces
> Chair: Aarti Sethi
>
> Shahnawaz Khan
> Entertainment Ghosts in Srinagar: A Tale of Cinema Halls in the City
>
> Zubin Pastakia
> A Photographic Study of Bombay's Cinema Halls
>
> Sayandeb Mukherjee
> Corridors: An Exploration of Sound and Space
>
>
> 4.30—6.30 pm
> Special Panel: The Past of Research and the Present of Practice
>
> Featuring: TP Sabitha, Yousuf Saeed, Mahmood Farooqui and Rahaab
> Allana
> Discussant: Shuddhabrata Sengupta
>
> 7.00—7.30
> (In Upstairs Gallery Space)
> Performance Art: "This Evening Too: From Lal Ded to Abdul Ahad Zargar"
> by Inder Salim: Space limited to 25 persons only—first come, first
> serve.
>
>
> Wed 5 December
> Venue: LTG Auditorium, Mandi House
>
> 10.00 am – 11.30
> Distant Communities
> Chair: Ravikant
>
> Surya Prakash Upadhyay
> Guru on the Air: Televised Hinduism in Contemporary India
>
> Neelima Chauhan
> Blogit Hindi Jati ka Linkit Man: Blogon mein Hindi Hypertext ka
> Adhayayan (The World of Hindi Blogs)
>
> Raman Jit Singh Chima
> The Regulation of the Internet by the Indian State
>
>
>
> 11.45 – 1.15
> In the Midst of Conflict I: Looking Back and Looking Ahead
> Chair: Ravi Sundaram
>
> Arvind Kumar
> Caste Violence in Urban Maharashtra: A study of the 1974 Worli
> Riots in
> Mumbai and the Dalit Panthers Movement
>
>
>
> P. Jenny and C. Christy
> Chitralekha's Burning Autorickshaw: Caste, Class and Gender in the
> Urban
> Space of Keralam
>
> Meena Menon
> Recovering Lost Histories: Riot Victims, the Communal Polarisation of
> Mumbai and Its Impact on People and Perceptions about Communities
>
>
> 11.00 – 11.30
> (In Upstairs Gallery Space)
> Short film on ragging—Listen, Little Man-- by Madhavi Tangella;
> [See also discussion with Shivam Vij on Friday's programme below.]
>
>
> 1.30 – 3.00
> In the Midst of Conflict II: Reading Between the Column Inches
> Chair: Sanjay Sharma
>
> Shiju Sam Varughese
> The Public Sphere as a Site of Knowledge Production: Science in the
> Malayalam Press
>
> Alok Puranik
> Bazaar Reporting in Hindi Newspapers
>
> Shubhra Nagalia
> The Representation of Communal Conflicts in Hindi Media: A Case
> study of
> the 2005 Mau Riots
>
>
> 3.15—4.45
> Other Traditions
> Chair: Priya Sen
>
> Priya Babu
> Traditions of the Aravani (Transgender) Community in Tamilnadu
>
> Mithun Narayan Bose
> Tracing Life from the Stroke: Documenting the Rickshaw-Painting of
> Kolkata Streets
>
> Deepak Kadyan
> Popular Musical Traditions and Configuration of Jat identity in
> Haryana,
> 1900-2000
>
>
>
>
> 5.30 – 6.00 pm
> (In Upstairs Gallery Space)
> Performance Art: "This Evening Too: From Lal Ded to Abdul Ahad
> Zargar"
> by Inder Salim: Space limited to 25 persons only—first come, first
> serve.
>
>
> 7.00 – 8.15
> (Back in main auditorium)
> "Creeper", a play written and directed by Ram Ganesh Kamatham,
> recasting
> the Vikram and Vetal myth in a contemporary urban setting. Featuring
> Mallika Prasad and Abhishek Majumdar.
>
>
> Thurs 6 December
> Venue: LTG Auditorium, Mandi House
>
> 10.00 am – 11.30
> Medicine and Modernity
> Chair: Awadhendra Sharan
>
> Gyaltsen Lama
> Shamans in Gangtok: A Graphic Novel
>
> M.S. Harilal
> Adopting Modernisation and Negotiating Modernisation: Placing
> Modern and
> Traditional Ayurvedic Sectors in the Context of Transformation
>
>
> Burton Cleetus
> Urbanisation, Western Medicine and Modernity: The Rockefeller
> Foundation
> in Travancore
>
>
> 11.00 – 11.30
> (In Upstairs Gallery Space)
> Short film on ragging—Listen, Little Man-- by Madhavi Tangella;
> see also
> discussion with Shivam Vij on Friday's programme below.
>
>
> 11.45 – 12.45
> Two Views of the Changing Industrial Landscape
> (short documentary films & discussion)
> Chair: Jeebesh Bagchi
>
> Ranu Ghosh
> The Story of a Laid-off Worker's Resistance to Eviction in Kolkata
>
> T. Venkat and Meghna Sukumar
> Building the Indian Dream: Living and Working Conditions of Migrant
> Workers on Chennai's IT Corridor
>
>
> 1pm – 2pm
> Tracking Literatures
> Chair: Ravikant
>
> Rajiv Ranjan Giri
> Saraswati ki Sarvajanik Duniya, 1900-1920 (The Popular World of the
> Journal Saraswati, 1900-1920)
>
> Gopal Ji Pradhan
> Hindi mein Uttar Purv (The North-east in Hindi Literature)
>
>
> 2.15 –4.15
> Special Panel: Where Does Research Go?
> Featuring: Zainab Bawa, Parismita Singh, Madhavi Tangella and Prasad
> Shetty.
> Discussant: Vivek Narayanan.
>
>
> 4.30 – 5.45 Work In "Progress": Feature-length video by 2007
> Sarai-CSDS
> Associate Fellow Debkamal Ganguly
>
>
> 6.15 – 6.45
> (In Upstairs Gallery Space)
> Performance Art: "This Evening Too: From Lal Ded to Abdul Ahad Zargar"
> by Inder Salim: Space limited to 25 persons only—first come, first
> serve.
>
>
> 7.15pm – 8pm
> Solo Performance: Pritham K Chakravarty
> The Life of an Actor in Chennai's Sabha Drama
>
>
> Fri Dec 7
> Venue: LTG Auditorium, Mandi House
>
> 10.00 – 11.00
> Proofreading: Identity and Publishing
> Chair: Mahmood Farooqui
>
> Vijay Kumar Pandey
> Meerut ka Prakasan Udyog (The Publishing Industry in Meerut)
>
> Yoginder Sikand & Naseemur Rahman
> Islamic Publishing Houses in Delhi
>
>
> 11.00 – 12.15
> (In Upstairs Gallery Space)
> Side Effects: Collaborations and Conversations Between Independent
> Fellows.
> Short film on ragging—Listen, Little Man-- by Madhavi Tangella;
> discussion and commentary by Shivam Vij, who studied ragging for his
> Sarai-CSDS Fellowship. Introduced and moderated by Iram Ghufran
>
> 11.15 – 12.15
> Maps for Lost Cities
> Chair: Shuddhabrata Sengupta
>
> Surojit Sen
> The Displacement of Prostitutes: A Tale of Two Cities in Two
> Centuries
>
> Mohit K. Ray & Soma Ghosh
> Heritage Ponds of Kolkata: A Contemporary History
> Dates available: 5,6,7
>
>
> 12.30 – 1.30
> Rethinking the Social
> Chair: Vivek Narayanan
>
> Santana Issar and Aditi Saraf
> Rethinking Animal Activism in an Urban Context
>
> Arnab Chatterjee
> Beyond Private and Public: New Perspectives on the Personal and
> Personalist in Social Work
>
>
>
> 1.45 pm – 3.45 pm
> Special Presentation: The SARAI-CSDS Associate Fellowships
>
> Nancy Adajania: A New Journal for the Arts: Prototype Issue, 2007
>
> Debkamal Ganguly: An Imaginative Text Based on Contemporary Travel
> Through the "Forests" Described in Bibhuthibhushan's Memoirs (see
> complete video by Debkamal Ganguly on previous day.)
>
> Chair: Monica Narula
>
> 4.00 – 5.30 pm
> Towards a Future for Independent Research: Interactive Open Discussion
>
>
> 7.00 – 8.30 Punches Ponytails Ringtones: Women Boxers in India
> A film by Pankaj Rishi Kumar (82 mins)
> Introduced by Shuddhabrata Sengupta
>
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