Technologies and Traditions| April 17-18, 2015
Call for Papers Technology in South Asia has been a site of contestation and a vehicle for claim making, it has recast tradition and been reworked by it. However, the scholarship on technology and tradition in South Asia has hinged on a forced binary of modernity and authenticity. The ‘alienness’ of technology has been pitted against the ‘nativeness’ of tradition. Their relationship is viewed as antagonistic, representing divergent trajectories of development. Polarized along the axes of pre-colonial tradition and European modernity on the one hand, and Gandhian technophobia and Nehruvian technocracy on the other, the question of technology deserves further exploration. The fourth annual Princeton South Asia Conference invites papers that query the career of technology in South Asia and its relationship with tradition. We welcome submissions from early career scholars (graduate students and junior faculty) in all disciplines that engage with South Asia. Papers may address, but need not be limited to the following themes: ◾Communities and everyday practices ◾Technocracies and statehood ◾Media and consumption ◾Labor and livelihoods ◾Transnational flows Proposal Guidelines Proposals should include a title, 250-word abstract, institutional affiliation, and contact information. Please submit proposals to the following link by January 10, 2015: http://goo.gl/WDZQfi The event will be held on April 17-18, 2015 in Princeton, NJ. Princeton University will provide accommodation for two nights and will contribute up to $300 toward transportation expenses. Questions can be directed to: princeton.sas2...@gmail.com. The organizing committee of the 2015 South Asia Conference would like to acknowledge the generous support of Dr. Sudhir Patwardhan for the image used above for this year’s workshop. Detail from Street Corner, 1985, 60 x 72 inches. Oil on canvas. All images © Dr. Sudhir Patwardhan -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
