Feminist Preconference:Being in Motion
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, October 22, 2015 | 8:30AM - 7:00PM | External Event, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place M5S 3K7 |
Series
Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin
Description
Final Schedule
8:30-8:45 Welcome
8:45-10:30 Trafficking Gestures
8:45: Katherine Zubko, U North Carolina, Asheville
Not Just Lovesick Anymore: Gestures of
9:00: Harris Solomon, Duke University
Small Movements: Gesture, Traffic and Trauma in Mumbai
9:15-9:30 Discussion
9:30 Lauren Dean, U of Illinois, Chicago
Keeping Women in Their Place: Public and Private Spaces on the Mumbai Local Train
9:45 Rashmi Sadana, George Mason University
In the Ladies Coach of the Delhi Metro
10:00 Discussion
10:15-10:30 Coffee/Tea break
10:30-12:00 Neoliberal Bodies and Identities
10:30 Holly Donahue Singh, U Michigan
Bodies and Bonds in Motion: Reproductive Migrations in Contemporary India
10:45 Rupa Pillai, U Oregon
Nurturing Feminisms through Bodies: Indo-Guyanese Practices of Yoga in NYC
11:00 Suparna Chatterjee, Xavier College
‘It’s not Newtonian Science, It’s just Survival:’ Recasting Women at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Some Contexts and Considerations
11:15-11:45 Discussion
11:45-12:30 Experiencing Moments Through Visual Media Arts
11:45 Nirmal Raja
Memory, Movement, Location
12-12:30 Discussion and morning wrap-up
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 From Wives to Lovers
1:30 Saumya Saxena, University of Cambridge
Cultural Identities and Social Justice: The Story of Satiin Contemporary India
1:45 Rumya Putcha, Texas A&M
Performing the Modern Wife: Taste, Class and Caste in Global South India
2:00 Discussion
2:15 Kareem Khubchandani, U Texas, Austin
Dancing Against the Law: Critical Moves in Bangalore’s Queer Nightlife
2:30 Sneha Annavarapu, U Chicago
“Behave Yourself”: A Tale of Public Displays of Affection in India
2:45 Discussion
3:00-3:30 The Body in Dance: Performance & Discussion
3:00 Aparna Sindhoor
Courtesans’ Conversation
3:15-3:30 Discussion
3:30-3:45 Coffee
3:45-5:30 Nirbhaya
3:45 Harleen Singh, Brandeis
December 16, 2012, Rape in India: From Street to Stage to Screen
4:00 Krupa Shandilya, Amherst
Victim or Agent?: The Politics of Movement in Yael Farber’s Nirbhaya
4:15 Sharvari Sastry, U Chicago
The Eponymous Public: Identification and Anonymity in the Nirbhaya Movement
4:30-5:30 Discussion and afternoon wrap-up
5:30-7:00 Feminist Preconference Reception
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