Fw: [Aaj-ke-naam] RE: School workshops meeting

[sabeena gadihoke]

----- Original Message -----
From: Monteiro and Jayasankar <umc at bom3.vsnl.net.in>
To: sabeena gadihoke <sgadihok at del2.vsnl.net.in>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Aaj-ke-naam] RE: School workshops meeting


> Dear S,
> Here is the synopsis.
> Love to you and Shohini.
> A&J
>
> IDENTITY
> The Construction of Selfhood
> Prix Futura Berlin Asia Prize 1995, IV Fest Trivnadrum1995: Second Prize
> Directed by Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar
> U-matic (PAL), 21 Mins., 1994
>
> Questioning the notion of the self as a pre-given, primordial and
purposive
> entity, this video explores the gamut of modes in which identities are
> produced, circulated and consumed within the modern urban Indian culture.
> Identity is both difference and relationship; identity is enmeshed in
> relations of power, be they of gender, race or religion. Traversing a
> multi-cultural terrain inhabited by Paul Klee and the Indo-Anglian poet,
> A.K. Ramanujan, by popular television commercials and the writings of
> riot-affected children, by Michel Foucault and Sant Kabir, the medieval
Sufi
> poet, the video is an invitation to examine anew our praxis of identity as
a
> site of resistance and change.
>
> _________________________________________________________________________
> Anjali Monteiro, Ph.D., Professor and Head
> K.P. Jayasankar, Ph.D., Reader (Production)
> Unit for Media and Communications
> Tata Institute of Social Sciences,  Deonar, Bombay 400 088, India
> Phone: +91 22 556 3289 to 3296, Ext. 210 (Work),
> Fax:      +91 22 556 2912    e-mail: umctiss at vsnl.com
> URL: http://members.tripod.com/~kpjayasankar/Home.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sabeena gadihoke <sgadihok at del2.vsnl.net.in>
> To: Monteiro and Jayasankar <umctiss at vsnl.com>
> Date: 28 May 2002 10:08
> Subject: Re: [Aaj-ke-naam] RE: School workshops meeting
>
>
> >Dear A and J:
> >Can you send me a short synopsis and the length ?
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Monteiro and Jayasankar <umc at bom3.vsnl.net.in>
> >To: sabeena gadihoke <sgadihok at del2.vsnl.net.in>
> >Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 7:41 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Aaj-ke-naam] RE: School workshops meeting
> >
> >
> >> Dear Sabeena
> >> Our film Identity-The Construction of Selfhood may be of interest ; it
> was
> >> film made after the 1992 riots as part of our media education
> initiatives.
> >> It has been used by groups in Mumbai working on communal harmony.
> >> How are you all?
> >> Love
> >> A&J
> >>
_________________________________________________________________________
> >> Anjali Monteiro, Ph.D., Professor and Head
> >> K.P. Jayasankar, Ph.D., Reader (Production)
> >> Unit for Media and Communications
> >> Tata Institute of Social Sciences,  Deonar, Bombay 400 088, India
> >> Phone: +91 22 556 3289 to 3296, Ext. 210 (Work),
> >> Fax:      +91 22 556 2912    e-mail: umctiss at vsnl.com
> >> URL: http://members.tripod.com/~kpjayasankar/Home.htm
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: sabeena gadihoke <sgadihok at del2.vsnl.net.in>
> >> To: aaj-ke-naam at mail.sarai.net <aaj-ke-naam at mail.sarai.net>
> >> Date: 26 May 2002 22:25
> >> Subject: [Aaj-ke-naam] RE: School workshops meeting
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear friends:
> >> On wednesday we had another meeting of the school workshops group where
> >some
> >> of us talked about the Aaj ke Naam initiative and our follow up meeting
> >etc.
> >> While everyone there welcomed the fact that documentaries could be used
> >for
> >> schools and especially for school teachers,  the principals of many
> >schools
> >> have requested people to come and make presentations on the
> representation
> >> of communalism in popular culture (films, TV, advertisements etc). They
> >also
> >> would welcome A/V presentations. This is request for volunteers who
would
> >> like to do so with existing films/clips. Shohini, Sabina and me are
> >> coordinating this for the group. There is an immidiate request from
> >> Springdales for July. Springdales will also  help us coordinate
sessions
> >> with a number of other schools. These sessions would be an hour or so
in
> >> length. Do write back with suggestions for films/ideas/presentations.
> >> cheers, Sabeena
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