[Sarai Newsletter] February 2008
The Sarai Programme
dak at sarai.net
Thu Jan 31 23:38:23 IST 2008
*Newsletter- February 2008*
*[[CONTENTS]]*
*A reading/discussion session by
Priya Sarrukai Chabria on her new book Generation14
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'Why not Comics?'- The Comic Book Event
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Thinking with Images:
A Workshop with Harun Farocki, Filmmaker and Artist
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/Blog Sangat/: Bloggers Meet
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Film @Sarai
India Untouched
Directed by: Stalin K, Curated by: Chandra Nigam
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Announcement:
Call for applications for posts of Fellow and Associate Fellows (CSDS)
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Dear Readers,
February is the month where you should to be with us as the events that
we bring you are as unique as they can be. We have a reading on a sci-fi
novel, a celebration of the comic book culture in Delhi, a workshop with
one of the renowned filmmakers of our times, a thought provoking
documentary feature, a bloggers meet and an announcement.
Hope you will make yourselves available for the events and access the
particulars announced.
Best,
Mitoo Das
Programme Coordinator
Sarai, CSDS
Email me at: mitoo at sarai.net
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*A reading/discussion session by
Priya Sarrukai Chabria on her new book Generation14.
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*Introduced by Vivek Narayanan
Venue: Seminar Room
Sarai, CSDS
Date: 4th February 2008
Time: 3:30 pm *
*About Generation 14: *
In a world where memory is forbidden and sexuality taboo, Clone 14/54/G
is unique. Haunted by her past lives and caught in a struggle between
the forces of oppression and those of liberty, language and love, she
keeps a secret journal. Intense, poetic and erotic, Generation 14 is a
dazzlingly imaginative and bizarre political satire. Set in the 24th
century the novel journeys through highpoints of India's history to
explore ideas of its plural identity and what it means to be human in
today's polarized world. This extraordinary novel is unlike any other
coming from the subcontinent, and heralds a new generation of fantasy
writing from India. It is a serious and vivid reflection on repression
and the fragility of freedoms.
Priya Sarukkai Chabria is a poet and novelist. Her publications include
the novel The Other Garden (Rupa&Co, 1995) and Dialogue and Other Poems
(Indian Academy of Literature Golden Jubilee Imprint, 2005, reprint
2006) and as editor, the anthologies All Poetry is Protest (2006)and
Open Spaces: 50 Poets 50Poems.(2007). She edits the website Talking
Poetry India at www.openspaceindia.org.
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*'Why not Comics?'- The Comic Book Event *
*Date: 5th of February
Time: 5:30- 7:00
Venue: World Book Fair
Pragati Maidan
Conference Hall No.6, Room No.1
(Entry by Gate no.2)*
Comics in India has a history that extends a little more than 40 years,
but it is only now that we are witnessing a rise in public interest
towards them, with publishing houses taking the form in its modern
renditions more seriously, and more readers turning into creators. In
this scenario, it is imperative for a platform to exist through which a
new understanding about comics might emerge.
Sarai-CSDS, The French Embassy and the FIRC (French Information Resource
Center) invite you to an evening celebrating the comic book culture in
New Delhi, as well as the culmination of a nine-day workshop on comic
books and graphic novels. Jointly produced by the YP foundation (The
Youth Parliament), the event will include a first-of-its-kind dialogue
between comic book artists and publishers. Join us in trying to
understand the economics and the art of comics in India and be witness
to a dialogue that will give you a sense of what the future holds!
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*Thinking with Images: A Workshop with Harun Farocki, Filmmaker and Artist
Introduced and Moderated by Raqs Media Collective
Sarai-CSDS in Collaboration with the Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi
8th and 9th of February, 2:00 PM - 8:30 PM
(8th February - at MMB, Kasturba Gandi Marg, New Delhi)
(9th February - at Sarai CSDS, 29 Rajpur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054)*
Harun Farocki's work provokes us to re-think our relationships to
history and the politics of representation. His body of work, spanning
documentary & essay films, installations and writing, is an invitation
to consider the task of image-making as a philosophical undertaking.
This workshop invites filmmakers, artists, writers, philosophers,
political theorists, historians and activists to engage with this body
of work? Through two days of intense film viewing and conversation with
Harun Farocki himself. The workshop will be introduced and moderated by
Raqs Media Collective.
There will be two public screenings at Max Mueller Bhavan and Sarai
respectively each day after the workshop.
*8th February - 6:30 pm at MMB, Kasturba Gandi Marg - 'Videogram of a
Revolution'
9th February - 6:30 pm at Sarai CSDS, 29 Rajpur Road, Civil Lines -
'Prison Pictures' & 'Respite'
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For more enquiries, write to dak at sarai.net
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/*Blog Sangat:*/ *Bloggers Meet*
*Date: 13th February, 2008
Venue: Sarai, CSDS
Time: 2:00 pm*
/Blog Sangat/ is a continuation of the blog workshop we had in
December. Here we invite Hindi bloggers to share their experiences and
ideas on blog writing and the problems they face while blogging. This
meet can also work as a catalyst for blog enthusiasts who will get an
opportunity to interact with some of the initiators of Hindi blogging.
This programme is open to all.
You can write to dak at sarai.net to be a part of this event. This will
help us to organize the meet better.
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*Film at Sarai:
India Untouched
Director: Stalin K
Length: 110 mins
Language: Hindi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalm
with English sub-titles
Curated by: Chandra Nigam
Date: 15th February, 2008
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Seminar, CSDS*
*About the Film: *
India Untouched will make it impossible for anyone in India to deny that
untouchability is still practiced today. Director Stalin K and his spent
four years traveling the length and breadth of India to bear witness to
the continued exclusion and segregation of those considered as
'untouchables'.
Accepted wisdom in India holds that caste only exists in 'backward'
rural areas, but the film exposes caste discrimination across all
sections of societies-within the urban middle classes, poor and
prosperous villages, the communists in Kerala, other religious groups
such as Sikhs, Christians and Muslims and within some of India's most
revered academic and professional institutions. In an age where the
media projects only one image of 'rising' or 'poised' India, this film
reminds us how for the country is from being equal society.
Traveling through eight states and four religions, this film is perhaps
the deepest exploration of caste oppression ever undertaken on film.
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About Chandra Nigam:* Chandra is an advocate at the Tis Hazari Court and
a coordinator with the Legal Cell, SAFAR.
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*Call for applications for the posts of Fellow and Associate Fellows (CSDS)*
The Centre for the Study of Developing Societies invites applications
for the following regular and visiting faculty positions:
Fellow (12000-420-18300)
Associate Fellow (8000-275-13500)
There are two faculty positions and two positions for Visiting Fellows.
Visiting positions are for only one year and carry salary protection for
those in service.
Areas of Specialisation:
Faculty positions are meant for scholars who work under the following
rubrics that the Centre has focused on:
. Democratic politics and social change
. Development, alternatives and futures
. Culture, state and society
. Ethnicity, diversity and violence
. History of ideas and social practices
. Indian political thought and theory
Under these rubrics, the Centre would like to encourage the following
emerging themes:
. Globalisation and democracy
. Identity, culture and nationalism
. Media and popular culture
. Gender and society
. Law and society
. Urban experience
. Peace and security
. Environment and society
The Centre will also consider any outstanding scholar who proposes
research on a theme not mentioned above.
Qualifications:
The essential qualification for all positions is a demonstrated capacity
to undertake high quality, independent research. Evidence of published
work of high quality shall be considered more important than formal
academic record, degrees or experience.
In addition, the desirable qualifications for the various positions are:
Fellow: Doctoral degree or equivalent published work in the relevant
field AND research/teaching experience of 5years
Associate Fellow: Good academic record with doctoral degree or
equivalent published work.
Preference:
The Centre will give preference to women scholars, scholars from the
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, other Backward Classes and minority
communities. If you belong to any of these categories, please mention it
clearly in your CV.
Selection Procedure:
The candidates short-listed by the Centre will be asked to appear for an
interview with the Selection Committee. The Selection Committee is free
to consider scholars who may not have applied for a higher position, or
may not appear for the interview.
Application:
Applications on plain paper, specifying the position applied for, should
be sent to the Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies,
29 Rajpur Road, Delhi 110 054 in an envelop marked " Faculty Positions".
Please indicate if you would wish to be considered only for a visiting
position. The application must be accompanied by:
. Curriculum Vitae including academic record and a full list of
publications (copies of certificates not required at this stage)
. Two samples (chapters from the book or research articles) of
published work
. A short statement (of about 500 words) of current and proposed research
. Names and addresses of three referees
Last date of receipt of applications:
February 29, 2008: Emailed or faxed applications will not be entertained.
Enquiries: Ms. Jayasree Jayanathan,
Administrative Officer
Phone: 23942199, 23951190 Fax: 23943450
Email: csdsmain at csds.in; jaya at csds.in
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