Objects: Identities: Meanings

Insider Perspectives on Material Cultures from North East India

 

Exhibition based on a series of field research projects conducted by members of the North East Forum (NEF), Ambedkar University, Delhi between 2012-2014. The research objective used material artefacts to arrive at an insider perspective on how communities from North East India negotiate cultural transformation. Narratives collected describe the processes by which some elements of a culture survive, while others become insignificant. The materials in the exhibition are used by the following communities – Bodos (Assam), Khasi (Meghalaya), Mao Naga (Manipur), Meitei (Manipur), Rongmei Naga (Manipur) and Sumi (Nagaland)

 

Items on display for the exhibition include textile materials, clothing used for different occasions, pottery, photographs and video

 

Inauguration on Friday, 15th September 2017 at 18:30

 

On Monday 18 September 2017 at 18:30 – there will be a presentation by the researchers

 

(Collaboration: Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University)