From dak at sarai.net Sun Jan 2 23:45:09 2011 From: dak at sarai.net (The Sarai Programme) Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 23:45:09 +0530 Subject: [Sarai Newsletter] As-If Modernity: Lawrence Cohen Talk Message-ID: The Sarai programme invites you to a presentation: AS-IF MODERNITY: On the logic of the surgical operation in the afterlife of decolonization. By Lawrence Cohen Location: CSDS Seminar Room Time: 4 pm Date: Thursday, January 6 Lawrence Cohen is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California Berkeley. His work has contributed to the critical study of medicine, health, and the body. His book 'No Aging in India: Alzheimer's, the Bad Family and Other Modern Thing,' (1998) got the Victor Turner Prize and the 1998 AES prize. Cohen is currently working on two projects. The first deals with homoerotic identification and representation in the context of political and market logics in urban north India. The Other Kidney- his second project looks at nature of immunosuppression and its accompanying global traffic in organs for transplant. From dak at sarai.net Mon Jan 3 17:00:13 2011 From: dak at sarai.net (The Sarai Programme) Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:00:13 +0530 Subject: [Sarai Newsletter] Canceled: Lawrence Cohen talk Message-ID: With regrets, Lawrence Cohen's seminar "As-if Modernity" on Thursday, January 6th has been been canceled. We are actively looking to reschedule the seminar for a later date. Sarai Programme From dak at sarai.net Tue Jan 4 18:38:10 2011 From: dak at sarai.net (The Sarai Programme) Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:38:10 +0530 Subject: [Sarai Newsletter] Heritage and the City Message-ID: <4D231BBA.6010506@sarai.net> _*The Delhi Urban Platform in collaboration with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture invites you to a panel-*_ _* Heritage and the City*_ *_Date_: * Saturday, 8th January, 2011 *_Time: _* *_2.30 pm_ *- Walk through the Humayun's Tomb Complex with conservationists of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) _ _ *_4.00 pm_ -*Panel on heritage *_Venue: _* Humayun's Tomb Complex The walk starts from the gateway of Isa Khan's Tomb. The panel discussion will be held near the South Gate of Humayun's Tomb All entry will be ticketed http://delhiurbanplatform.org/2010/12/heritage-and-the-city/ ....................................... In Delhi we are surrounded by /dar o divar shikasteh/, the broken walls and gates of ruins and monuments, remainders (and reminders) of the city's pre-modern past. A set of volumes that painstakingly documents these extant remains calls them the city's "built heritage" -- and a dominant understanding of these ruins sees them as Heritage. But the word itself seems to be little thought about in public discourse. Heritage cannot be understood without the concept of inheritance. If we think of these buildings as heritage then what exactly is inherited through these buildings? And who is it that inherits? Is inheritance (and hence, Heritage) universal; or is it about individuals, families, communities? These questions become crucial in a city where the traces of the past are often enmeshed in legal, political and commercial struggles. Struggles which are not ends in themselves, but which determine how we relate to the city's past, inhabit its present, and imagine its future. To think through the problematics of heritage and the city, we bring together a panel consisting of archaeologists, conservationists, historians, journalists and religious leaders; who will approach the issue of heritage through their own experiences and engagements with the city and its pasts. The discussion will take place near the Southern Gateway of the Humayun's Tomb Complex. Before the discussion, there will be a walk through the Humayun's Tomb Complex, conducted by conservationists of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, who have been working on the restoration of the site for several years. The walk will explain the ongoing work on conservation which is a part of the ASI-AKTC project. *_Panelists: _* /Ratish Nanda/,Project Director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture /AGK Menon/, Urban Planner and Conservation consultant /KK Mohammad/, Director, Delhi Circle, Archaeological Survey of India /Sunil Kumar/, Professor of History, Delhi University /Farid Nizami/, Naib Sajjadah, Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddin /Mayank Austen Soofi/, Blogger, Writer and Journalist The walk will begin from the gateway of Isa Khan's Tomb, which is immediately to your right when you enter from the main entrance to the complex. The panel will be held in the South Gateway to Humayun's Tomb. Access is through the conventional ticketed entry at the main gateway to the complex, and then walking into the Humayun's Tomb enclosure through the western gate. Once inside the charbagh of the main tomb, the southern gateway is diagonally to your right, across the lawns. As this is an ASI protected World Heritage Site, you will have to pay the entry fee to enter the site. While this is a nominal amount for South Asian citizens and Indian residents (10 rupees); it is a much higher charge for foreign nationals/visitors (250 rupees/5dollars). We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and urge you to make the most of your money by coming in time for the walk, and enjoying the January sunshine. Hoping to see you there! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: