Museums and the Present: Issues of Community, Locality and Contextual Relevance
Speaker: Dr. Karen Exell, Lecturer in Museum Studies and Programme Director of the Masters Program in Museum and Gallery Practice, University College London, Qatar campus. Her recent publications include the co-edited volume, Heritage Debates in the Arabian Peninsula (Ashgate, 2014); and the forthcoming monograph, Museums in the Arabian Peninsula: Globalisation and the Politics of Representation (working title)
Museums were developed in many parts of the world during the colonial period to ‘visualise and objectify’ the colonised people and country for the coloniser, as Sheila Bhatti has argued in relation to the Lahore Museum. Following decolonisation the perception has remained amongst local communities that these ‘colonial’ museums are irrelevant to their contemporary concerns. Using models from a variety of countries this lecture argues that museums in post-colonial countries such as India have the opportunity to significantly enrich the lives of their local communities through creative interventions, and to realign these museums with contemporary socio-political concerns
Museums were developed in many parts of the world during the colonial period to ‘visualise and objectify’ the colonised people and country for the coloniser, as Sheila Bhatti has argued in relation to the Lahore Museum. Following decolonisation the perception has remained amongst local communities that these ‘colonial’ museums are irrelevant to their contemporary concerns. Using models from a variety of countries this lecture argues that museums in post-colonial countries such as India have the opportunity to significantly enrich the lives of their local communities through creative interventions, and to realign these museums with contemporary socio-political concerns
Storytelling with Frescoes and Dance
Illustrated lecture by M.V. Bhaskar, who is working on alternative forms of reconstruction and restoration of the mural paintings will recount tales of the lost art of mural painting
Followed by a
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Justin McCarthy with Kalamkari images to narrate stories of Mohini
Followed by a
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Justin McCarthy with Kalamkari images to narrate stories of Mohini
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Dr. Bharat Wariavwalla, Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Shri Shakti Sinha, Chairman, South Asia Institute for Strategic Affairs; and Shri Jayant Prasad, Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of India and former Indian Ambassador to Nepal will discuss World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History by Henry Kissinger (New Delhi: Allen Lane, Penguin 2014)
Chair: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon, former National Security Advisor
Chair: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon, former National Security Advisor
FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND THE OTHER DIMENSION
Series curated by Rajeev Mehrotra
Steve Jobs: One Last Thing (60 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Directors: Jonathan Challis, John Coffey, Susan Crook, Ian Lync
Few men have changed our everyday world of work, leisure and human communication in the way that Apple founder, Steve Jobs has done. Through interviews with those who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, this documentary looks not only at how his talent, his style, and his imagination has shaped all our lives; but also at the influences that shaped and moulded the man himself
Steve Jobs: One Last Thing (60 min; 2011; dvd; English)
Directors: Jonathan Challis, John Coffey, Susan Crook, Ian Lync
Few men have changed our everyday world of work, leisure and human communication in the way that Apple founder, Steve Jobs has done. Through interviews with those who worked closely with him or chronicled his life, this documentary looks not only at how his talent, his style, and his imagination has shaped all our lives; but also at the influences that shaped and moulded the man himself
SapnuŠalis – Dreamland
Two artistic stories from Lithuania and India
An exhibition of paintings by Gintautas Vyŝniauskas on India and Arijeet Chanda on Lithuania
Inauguration by Shri Paresh Rawal, MP on Tuesday, 4th August 2015 at 18:30
An exhibition of paintings by Gintautas Vyŝniauskas on India and Arijeet Chanda on Lithuania
Inauguration by Shri Paresh Rawal, MP on Tuesday, 4th August 2015 at 18:30
Health Awareness: The Fulcrum of Healing
Speaker: Dr. Shuvendu Sen, Director, Medical Education and Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine, Raritan Bay Medical Center, Rutgers University Affiliate, New Jersey
Chair: Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
Every disease has an early stage. The challenge of modern medicine and the key to long lasting health rests on our ability to recognise and treat those slender hints
Chair: Dr. Ranjit Roy Chaudhury
Every disease has an early stage. The challenge of modern medicine and the key to long lasting health rests on our ability to recognise and treat those slender hints
Tribute to Charles Correa (1930 – 2015)
Volume Zero: The Work of Charles Correa (58 min; 2008; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Arun Khopkar
Shri Ram Rahman, well-known photographer will introduce the film
One of the world’s most important architect, the film looks at Charles Correa’s early childhood, architectural training, formative years, and the paradigms underlying his large and complex architectural oeuvre over five decades, as well as his pivotal role in the Developing World. It uses first person narration by the filmmaker, combined with extended excerpts of interviews with Correa, live action, stills, drawings, animation and archival footage
Director: Arun Khopkar
Shri Ram Rahman, well-known photographer will introduce the film
One of the world’s most important architect, the film looks at Charles Correa’s early childhood, architectural training, formative years, and the paradigms underlying his large and complex architectural oeuvre over five decades, as well as his pivotal role in the Developing World. It uses first person narration by the filmmaker, combined with extended excerpts of interviews with Correa, live action, stills, drawings, animation and archival footage
Sawan Aya Re
Pran Nevile presents an illustrated introduction to the celebration of the Rainbow Season
Followed by a Concert
By Meelu Verma
Followed by a Concert
By Meelu Verma
Panel discussion
Nalanda Tradition – Science of Mind
Speaker: Geshe Dorjee Damdul
Interfaith Dialogue and Harmony
Speaker: Shri Lalit Mansingh
Leadership and Vision
Speaker: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon
Secular Ethics and Human Values
Speaker: Shri Arun Shourie
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran
Speaker: Geshe Dorjee Damdul
Interfaith Dialogue and Harmony
Speaker: Shri Lalit Mansingh
Leadership and Vision
Speaker: Shri Shiv Shankar Menon
Secular Ethics and Human Values
Speaker: Shri Arun Shourie
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran
ALTAI HIMALAYAS
Speakers: Daniel Mamyev, Director, Karakol Ethno-Cultural Park, Gorno Altai
Republic, Russia - Presentation of Film "Standing on the Sacred Land: Altai"
Dr. Irina Zhernosenko, Altai State Technical University, Barnaul, Russia -Talk/slide show "Altai-Himalayas-Two Magnets of Eurasian Civilisation"
Prof. K. Warikoo, Secretary General, Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation, New Delhi – Talk/slide show "Pilgrimage to Sumeru, Altai"
Alfred Pozniakov, Videographer,Traveller - Film "Indo-Altai Cultural Expedition,2014-15"
Guest of Honour: Shri T.N. Chaturvedi, Chairman, Indian Institute of Public Administration
Chair: Dr. Lokesh Chandra, President, Indian Council for Cultural Relations