Speakers: Sadanand Menon, Meera Nanda and Sundar Sarrukai 

The aim of the panel discussion is to bring the focus upon the “material” body, examine the body-dismissive idealisms that are culturally abound and which in turn not only influence our embodied practices of yoga and dance but also the making of our body-unfriendly cities 

 

(Collaboration: Studio Abhyas)

 

 

Tibet: Theocracy to Democracy

Edited by Dagmar Bernstorff (New Delhi: Har-Anand, 2016)

 

 

Chair: Prof. Partha S. Ghosh, ICSSR National Fellow and formerly Professor of South Asian Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Presented by The Centre for Community Knowledge (CCK), Ambedkar University, Delhi

 

An exhibition of photographs from the personal holdings and amateur photographers of Delhi. Called the Narain Prasad Collection in memory of the late Narain Prasad (1924 – 2016) resident of Haveli Haider Quli, Chandni Chowk, Delhi whose photo donation started off this journey. A unique collection that presents a centred view of the metropolis in its growing years and draws attention to how city spaces – public and semi – private, were used and remembered by those who live there. The themes that these photographs explore make them evocative, textural and emotional, and takes viewers back to moments in their own lives

 

Inauguration on Tuesday, 20 December 2016 at 17:00

 

As part of this exhibition there will be a talk on 23 December 2016 at 18:30 in the Art Gallery

Building the Camera Dilli – Ka Archive

Illustrated lecture by Surajit Sarkar, Parul Malik and Ranjani Prasad

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University, Delhi)

 

 

 

On the Raza Path

Ashok Vajpeyi in conversation with Saba Hasan

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)

 

 

 

Technology, Management and Institution-Building

Speaker: Shri G. Vijaya Raghavan, CEO of Technopark. Thiruvananthapuram, the first software technology hub in India

 

Chair: Dr. Kiran Karnik

 

(Collaboration: Lila Foundation for Translocal Studies)

 

Slash & Burn Dialogues (30 min; dvd; English)

Director: Partha Sarkar

 

Slash and burn cultivation, the dominant agriculture practice in North East India is deeply tied up with the culture and traditions of the region. However, it is increasingly posing a threat to the rich biodiversity there. The film explores the fault lines between traditions, the environment and the rural community

 

The Last Refuge – Golden Langur (30 min; dvd; English)

Director: Gautam Bora

 

A heart rendering highlight of the plight of the golden langur which is on the brink of extinction. The Chakrasilla Wildlife Sanctuary which falls in the districts of Dhubri and Kokrajhar in Assam is famous for its golden langur habitation, but the  is under severe threat from forest destruction and species extinction

 

Films courtesy: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

 

(Collaboration: World Wide Fund for Nature-India)

 

 

 

Workshop conducted by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Irawati Harshe Mayadev

 

Programme – Day II

10:00 to 11:15 – Images Tell Stories Part II

 

11:30 to 12:30 – Save Our Cinema 

This module will take participants through a brief overview of the history of Indian cinema and the urgent need to preserve our cinematic heritage

 

 

An educational programme developed by Film Heritage Foundation that is designed to encourage participants to explore various facets of cinema from film history to technique to an appreciation of the unique grammar of this art form. Aimed at immersing children in the evolution of the magical world of cinema, transforming the experience from mere passive viewing to actively engaging with this art form and teaching them the language of the moving image. Organised in collaboration with Film Heritage Foundation and INTACH – Heritage and Communication Service

Workshop conducted by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, award-winning documentary filmmaker; and Irawati Harshe Mayadev, award-winning actor who has worked in several critically acclaimed films

 

For children and young adults of 8 years and above

 

For participation, kindly please register with the IIC Programme Office or mail at programmeiic@gmail.com

 

Programme – Day I

10:00 to 11:15 – Magic Lantern to Chaplin

Participants will embark on a visual journey chronicling the birth of cinema from the magic lantern to Muybridge to the masters of the silent era like Edison, Melies, Dadasaheb Phalke and Chaplin

 

11:30 to 13:00 – Images Tell Stories Part I

Participants will be taught that visual images can be “read” like other texts introducing them to the difference between seeing and watching a moving image; evaluate the process of capturing reality in time and space continuum; an understanding of narrative structure and the role of sound, etc.

 

 

A discussion around the recently published book by Dr. Pankaj Vohra, Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Max Hospital

 

 

Poetic Image/Visual Forms: Reading Miniature Paintings of the Gita from Mewar (1680-1694)

Speaker: Prof. Alok Bhalla

 

Chair:  Prof. Harish Trivedi

 

(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)