[Reader-list] [Announcements] Sarai, CSDS Student Stipendship Workshop: 6-7 Oct, 2006
Sadan
sadan at sarai.net
Tue Oct 3 19:40:06 IST 2006
Dear All,
Please find below the programme schedule for the third and final
workshop of Sarai,CSDS Student Stipendship programme for research on the
city. A brief note about research scholars associated with this
programme, their topic of research as well as abstracts are also given
below.
You all are invited in the workshop.
Wishes,
sadan.
Sarai-CSDS Student Stipendship for Research on the City, 2005-2006
Student Stipendship Programme at Sarai
Sarai is committed towards building a network of young researchers, with
an interest in the urban condition. The Student Stipendship Programme is
a crucial intervention in this regard. Students are provided financial
support and academic resources to carry out research, present their work
and interact with the wider academic community.
Covering a wide frame of geo-cultural regions from Thiruvananthapuram to
Varanasi and Pune to Darbhanga and Kolkata, these stipendiaries focus on
a broad range of disciplines including literature, history, gender
studies, urban planning and communication studies. In the course of nine
months of stipendship, researchers were invited to participate in three
workshops to discuss their ideas and problems and engage with scholars
of urban studies.
This is third and final workshop intended for researchers to present
their research addressing a wide variety of themes. This year's subjects
include engagements with dynamics of new urbanism in Pune, historical
trajectories of matrimonial classifieds, Popular music and issues of
regional and gendered identities urban memories and question of
representations, narratives and desires, geographies of capital and
labour in Trivandrum, historical construction of goondas in context of
Great Calcutta Killings of 1946 and many worlds of beauty and the beauty
industry.
Sarai, CSDS Student Stipendship For Research on City Life 2006
Third Workshop 6-7 October 2006
Sarai,CSDS Seminar Room
Day One
October 6, 2006.
10.00-10.15 Opening Remarks: Awadhendra Sharan
10.15-12.00 Development, Planning and Emerging Urbanism
Chair: Sugata Nandi
Ateya: Development/Displacement: Understanding the Tools of Urbanisation
Discussant: Ramya Swayamprakash
Apurva:The Cultural Economy of New Urbanism: Pune’s Magarpatta City, A
Case Study.
Surbhi Tiwari
Mythri Prasad: Geographies of Capital and Labour in Trivandrum City, Kerala.
Sutapa Majumdar
Open Discussion
12.00- 1.15 Performative Traditions
Chair: Sukanya Sen
Amruta sadanand More :Development of Marathi Experimental Theatre in
Pune in the Post-‘90s
Discussant: Girija Duggal
Shirish Khare: Little Bele Troupe aur Chhau Nritya Parampara (Little
Bele Troupe and the Chhau Dance Tradition),
Discussant: Rajeev Ranjan Giri
Open Discussion
1.15-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.15 Popular Music and Issues of Identity
Chair: Ateya Khorakiwala
Deepak Kumar: Popular Music and the Configuration of Jat Identity in Haryana
Discussant: Pawas Bisht
Swati Das:Exploring the Impact of Audio-Video Recording of Women's Songs
in Bihar,
Discussant: Mythri
Open Discussion
3.15-3.30 Tea Break
3.30-5.15 Institutions, Narratives and Images of/from Small Towns
Chair: Apurva
Pawas Bisht and Sukanya Sen:Situating Small-Town Desire: Space and
Memory in Bunty aur Babli
Discussant: Deepak Kumar
Manoj Kumar Jha: Vikshipton par Padti Nigahon ki Dastan, (A Story of
Gazing Madness and Mad People)
Discussant: Surbhi Tiwari
Rajeev Ranjan Giri: Pushtakalaya aur Shahar ke Baudhik Vikas ka
Antarsambandh (Library and the Intellectual Life of a City)
Discussant: Swati Das
Open Discussion
5.15-5.45 Feedback 01: Prasad Shetty and Prabhu Mohapatra.
Day II
7 October 2006
10.00-11.15 Going Beyond: Beauty and Urban Spaces
Chair: Surbhi Tiwari
Sutapa Majumdar: Beyond the Beauty Myth: Exploring Invention, Invisible
Labour and Consumption in Beauty Services
Discussant: Ateya
Amit Ranjan: Memories and Narratives of Delhi
Discussant: Sukanya Sen
Open Discussion
11.15-11.30 Tea Break
11.30-1.15 Historical Trajectories of Representations
Chair: Pawas Bisht
Sugata Nandi : A Criminal Riot: The Calcutta Riot of August 1946 and the
Goondas,
Discussant: Sadan Jha
Girija and Sudeep Duggal: Deconstructing Holy Matrimony: The Politics of
the Matrimonial Classified in Delhi’s Leading Newspapers,
Discussant: Ateya Khorakiwala
Open Discussion
1.15-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.15 Kolkata: Domains of Legality and literature
Chair: Sutapa Majumdar
Surbhi Tiwari: The Corrupt Son of the Erupting City: Kolkata in Law and
Lovely Matters like Relationship,
Discussant: Vaibhav Parel
Jhelum Biswas: Calcutta in Modern Indian English Literature,
Discussant: Sugata Nandi
Open Discussion
3.15-3.30 Tea Break
3.30—5.15 Communities, Localities and Work Culture
Chair: Deepak Kumar
Rajesh Narayan Dwivedi:Varanasi ke Bunakaron ki Samkalin Chunautiyan: Ek
Sarvekshana (Contemporary Challenges of the Weavers of Varanai: A Survey)
Discussant: Amruta
Ramya Swayamprakash:Textile Dreams,
Discussant: Apurva
Vaibhav Parel: Brahmin Gali, Ehthnography of a Bylane
Discussant: Amit Ranjan
Open Discussion
5.15-5.45 Feedback 02: Ranjini Mazumdar and Debjani Sengupta.
5.15-- 6.00 Feedback 03: Researchers Remarks
Moderated by Sugata Nandi and Sutapa Majumdar.
6.00-7.00 Feedback 04 : Remarks by Senior Research Scholars
Moderated by Ravi Sundaram
Participants: Ranjini Mazumdar, Debjani Sengupta, Prabhu Mohapatra,
Awadhendra Sharan.
Selected Proposals:
1. Amit Ranjan Sharma, Memories and Narratives of Delhi, M.Phil.
English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. amit_ranjan10 at rediffmail.com
An experiment in creative writing, the project intends to rediscover old
language and the old city through the stories of families that have
stayed in Delhi. These are juxtaposed with contemporary
memoirs/accounts, such as those focusing on the 1984 riots. The project
will use a collage format to enhance creative expression.
2. Amruta Sadanand More, Development of Marathi Experimental Theatre in
Pune in the Post-‘90s, MA Communication Studies, University of Pune,
Pune. more.amruta at rediffmail.com
This project studies the transformations in content, themes, forms,
sensibilities and language of Marathi experimental theatre in Pune. It
examines the changing social structure and cultural presence/influence
of this group on communities in Pune during a particular historical moment.
3. Apurva, The Cultural Economy of New Urbanism: Pune’s Magarpatta City,
A Case Study, M.Phil. Sociology, University of Pune, Pune.
apurvakr at yahoo.com
This project focuses on the dynamics of new urbanism in Pune, examining
the new cultural economy that is (re)organising and creating new forms
of spatial segragation in the era of global capitalism. The project
assesses the relationship between the production of space, class,
culture and consumption through observing a gated community (Magarpatta)
in Pune.
4. Ateya Khorakiwala, Development/Displacement: Understanding the Tools
of Urbanisation, B.Arch. KRVIA, Mumbai. ateya.k at gmail.com
This project studies the demolition drives that have been equated with a
form of 'urban cleansing' in Mumbai, and attempts to correlate these
with plans to develop and upgrade the metropolis. It examines how
communities have been displaced by the development plan, raising the
question of whether the drive towards urbanisation is also
simultaneously a drive towards the depoliticisation of the city.
5. Deepa Palaniappan, Invisible in New Delhi: Spatial Narratives of the
Disabled in City 'Public' Spaces, M.Phil. Political Science, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, Delhi. deepa.palaniappan at gmail.com
This project attempts to document various imaginaries and signifiers
that constitute city space for disabled populations, by studying the
mobility patterns of their daily life in New Delhi. The study asks
whether the disabled are able to participate in/contribute to the
normative public terrain that culturally defines a city.
6. Deepak Kumar, Popular Music and the Configuration of Jat Identity in
Haryana, M.Phil. History, Delhi University, Delhi. hie_Deepak at yahoo.com.
This project studies the emergence of the cassette industry in Haryana,
and the forces by which oral tradition has been tapped in a manner that
not only legitimises this tradition, but also enables the forging of a
Jat identity. The research explores networks of reception and
dissemination, linkages with film music, and with other regional
cassette industries.
7. Girija Duggal and Sudeep Duggal, Deconstructing Holy Matrimony: The
Politics of the Matrimonial Classified in Delhi’s Leading Newspapers, MA
English, Delhi University, Delhi; B.Tech (Computers), IILM, UP Technical
University, Noida. girijaduggal at gmail.com, duggalsudeep at gmail.com
This project studies the content of matrimonial classifieds in the
city’s leading newspapers, and maps their dominant trends. It compares
these findings with the patterns of previous decades; it also attempts
to analyse related changes, if any, to socio-cultural, political,
economic and technological factors. This documentation of a media space
will analyse changing value systems, particularly in the urban middle
classes.
8. Jhelum Biswas, Calcutta in Modern Indian English Literature, M.Phil.
English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. jhelumb at rediffmail.com
The project focuses on the concept of the urban novel, exploring what
has fascinated generations of writers about the city of Calcutta, a
complex space that is viewed as semi-decadent, and well as on the verge
of resurrection. The researcher will draw upon contemporary writers such
as Amitav Ghosh, Indrajit Hazra, Raj Kamal Jha and others whose work
features Calcutta as the prominent fulcrum of the narrative.
9. Manoj Kumar Jha, Vikshipton par Padti Nigahon ki Dastan, (A Story of
Gazing Madness and Mad People) MA Political Science, Annamalai
University, Darbhanga. jhamanoj01 at rediffmail.com
This project explores urban responses to madness in the small town of
Darbhanga in Bihar. It focuses on issues such as linkages and tensions
between the ‘mad’ people of today and the ‘mad’ saints of the past; it
also examines the presence of madness in social memory and the changing
nature of social responses to madness The study will incorporate oral
culture, folk and literary sources that relate to the theme.
10. Mythri Prasad, Geographies of Capital and Labour in Trivandrum City,
Kerala, M.Phil. Applied Economics, CDS, Thiruvananthapuram.
mythriprasad at rediffmail.com
Focusing on road construction sites in the city of Trivandrum, this
project analyses the political economy of urban infrastructure in the
context of a regime of privatisation. It explores the patterns and
trajectories of the relocations of ethnic communities of Bengal and
Jharkhand in these new spaces of global capital. Methodology includes
archival research as well as in-depth field interviews.
11. Pawas Bisht and Sukanya Sen, Situating Small-Town Desire: Space and
Memory in Bunty aur Babli, MA Mass Communication, AJKMCRC, Jamia Milia
Islamia, Delhi. pawasbisht at rediffmail.com, sensukanya at gmail.com
Through a semiotic and an ideological analysis of the Hindi blockbuster
Bunty aur Babli (2005), the study aims to track the process and the
politics of the transference of urban space and collective memory onto
the cinematic text. It is also a reception study, exploring the
relationship between the audience and the cinematic city as a site of
the collective memory.
12. Rajeev Ranjan Giri, Pushtakalaya aur Shahar ke Baudhik Vikas ka
Antarsambandh (Library and the Intellectual Life of a City), Ph.D,
CIL/SLL &CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
rajeevgirijnu at rediffmail.com
This project attempts to understand the changing dynamics of a
particular space and its relationship with its urban location. Focusing
on a library with a long history, the Sharda Sadan Pushtakalaya in the
small town of Lalgunj (Bihar), the research documents the varying trends
of readership as well as the history of this library.
13. Rajesh Narayan Dwivedi, Varanasi ke Bunakaron ki Samkalin
Chunautiyan: Ek Sarvekshana (Contemporary Challenges of the Weavers of
Varanai: A Survey), Ph.D Hindi, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
narayan_vats at yahoo.co.in
This project documents the challenges and different livelihood
strategies of the weavers of specific Varanasi localities. The study
attempts to understand how the weaver community has devised ways to
negotiate economic pressures such as globalisation, within which
identity, work culture and craft traditions have been transformed. A
wide range of representational registers, e.g., literary texts,
documentary films, government records and newspaper reports, will also
be documented and analysed.
14. Ramya Swayamprakash, Textile Dreams, MA Political Science, SNDT
Women's University, Mumbai. ramya.swayamprakash at gmail.com.
This project takes the shape of a 'walk' through different periods of
the textile mills of Mumbai. An attempt at oral history, the study
explores migrants’ perspectives on the city during the past two decades.
It also examines the viability of ‘ghost trades’ and the relevance of
trade unionism in Mumbai.
15. Shirish Khare, Little Bele Troupe aur Chhau Nritya Parampara (Little
Bele Troupe and the Chhau Dance Tradition), MA Hindi, Jamia Millia
Islamia, Delhi. shirish_khare at rediffmail.com
This project documents 25 years of activity of the Little Bele theatre
troupe of Indore and Bhopal. This group has developed a unique style by
incorporating Chhau dance movements/rhythms into its repertoire. The
research will document visual materials and texts, newspaper reports,
folders and brochures, as well as record interviews with people
associated with the group.
16. Sugata Nandi, A Criminal Riot: The Calcutta Riot of August 1946 and
the Goondas, Ph.D History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
meetnandi at hotmail.com
This project analyses the mechanisms used to produce the discourses
through which the Calcutta riot of August 1946 has been represented as a
carnival of crime actualised by goondas, urban criminals of the city.
The research draws on government reports, media accounts and personal
memoirs. It explores how the concept of criminality was constituted in
the context of the ‘Great Calcutta Killing’, and then employed in a
contest over claims to the correct and definitive account of the riot.
17. Surbhi Tiwari, The Corrupt Son of the Erupting City: Kolkata in Law
and Lovely Matters like Relationship, MA Political Science, Calcutta
University, Kolkata. surbhi1010 at yahoo.co.in
This project explores how Kolkata becomes a site of reference for law,
through a close reading of a legal case – a child-parent dispute
initiated over the neglect of parents by their offspring. The research
reflects on the manner in which the city itself is articulated in legal
rhetoric, and also explores questions of agency and legitimacy.
18. Sutapa Majumdar, Beyond the Beauty Myth: Exploring Invention,
Invisible Labour and Consumption in Beauty Services, M.Phil. Sociology,
University of Pune, Pune. sutapa_majumdar at yahoo.com
This project studies the various worlds of beauty and the beauty
industry in the city of Pune. With an emphasis on different levels of
hierarchy and gradation that exist within this service industry, the
research attempts to understand 'beauty' as a process of consumption in
daily life, focusing on the services offered, labour structure, notions
of space and hygiene, and their interface with processes relating to the
medicalisation of beauty.
19. Swati Das, Exploring the Impact of Audio-Video Recording of Women's
Songs in Bihar, M.Phil. Sociology, University of Pune, Pune.
sweeti_das at yahoo.com
This project examines the interface of oral traditions and the cassette
industry in Bihar. The research documents the commercial videotaping of
social events involving music, such as marriages. Analytical parameters
focus on the reformulation of both the context and performance of folk
songs, including songs that celebrate female sexuality. The research
also scrutinises how cassettes are replacing the living voices of women
performers, and enabling the erasure of the images of folk artists.
20. Vaibhav Parel, Brahmin Gali, Ehthnography of a Bylane, MA English,
Delhi University, Delhi. viparel at yahoo.co.uk
This project is an ethnographic study of a Delhi bylane called Brahmin
Gali. It attempts to highlight the intersecting strategies of intense
brahmanical ritualism/spirituality, aggressive materialism, a rigid
caste hierarchy and patriarchal structures within this space, and their
relationship with the larger urban context.
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