Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods

Author: Cambridge University

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As a preamble to the first international conference on Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods, Cambridge, UK, 15-16 March 2013, the Centre of South Asian Studies is organising a seminar series that will introduce the theme of the conference. Several historians and anthropologists will discuss a selection of ethnographic / anthropological films of South Asia in relation to current historiographical methodologies. The series is organised in collaboration with the Royal Anthropological Institute and CRASSH.

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History, memory and stigma: Filming India's 'criminal'/denotified tribes in western India

2013-05-2144:35

Dr William Gould (University of Leeds) and Mr. Dakxinkumar Bajrange – ‘History, memory and stigma: Filming India's 'criminal'/denotified tribes in western India’

Dr Mark Elliott: Eyes of the Ancestor

2013-05-2141:58

Dr Mark Elliott (MAA, University of Cambridge) – Eyes of the Ancestor: ‘returning’ photographs to an Indian village

Akanksha Mehta: Visual Narratives of `Fierce`Goddesses and `Brave` Women

2013-05-2156:38

Akanksha Mehta (SOAS): Visual Narratives of `Fierce`Goddesses and `Brave` Women

Dr Kriti Kapila: Gods, Moneylenders and Anthropologists

2013-05-2019:081

Dr Kriti Kapila (King’s College London) – Gods, Moneylenders and Anthropologists: Three Raj Gond Worlds in the Twentieth Century

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Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods