Decolonizing Adivasi Studies: Indigenous Histories and Narratives from South Asia
Friday 21 October 14:00 until 18:30
University of Sussex Campus : Hybrid: Zoom and SIlverstone 302
Speaker: Jacinta Kerketta
The Centre for World Environmental History will host this event with main speaker Jacinta Kerketta - a poet, writer, freelance journalist, and activist from Eastern India.
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2:00 – 2:15 pm: Introduction- Dr Vinita Damodaran and Ms. Sandhya Kerketta
2:15 – 2:45pm: Questioning the Anthropology of Adivasi Culture- Dr Felix Padel
2:45 – 3:15pm: Wellbeing and Health among the Adivasi of Eastern India- Mr Manan Gangul
3:15 – 3:45: Adivasi's Traditional Healing Practices in Curing Diseases from the Central Belt of India - Dr Noli Nivedita Tirkey
3:45 – 4:00pm: Short Break
4:00 – 4:30pm: The Rise of "Chala Paccho" among the Adivasi: Narratives of Resurgence and Resistance from Eastern India- Dr Joy Prafful
4:30 – 5:00pm: Historicizing Kondhs and the Discourses of Development, Identity, and Everyday Resistance in Eastern India - Mr. Saumya Ranjan Nath
5:00 – 5:30pm: Ethnic Anxieties: Indigenous (re)assertion on Territoriality and Citizenship in Manipur, Northeast India - Mr. David Chinlallian Thangsing
5:30 – 5:40pm: Short Break
5:40 – 6:30 pm: Poetry and Commentary on Contemporary Jharkhand - Ms.Jacinta Kerketta.
The organisers request that those attending in person to arrive at the venue by 1:00pm.
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Last updated: Wednesday, 12 October 2022