6 Thu 10.15 AM
The Folly, Amethyst
Whites Road
Next to
Corporation Bank
Royapettah, Chennai 600 014
Saris: Nationhood, and Consumption
in Urban India
Our speaker, Dr Kaamya Sharma is a Post doctoral Fellow at the Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras.
She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Global Studies
at the School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University.Her doctoral
work was an ethnographic investigation of revival movements and
identity projects centered on the sari in urban south India.
Saris are a part
of the fabric of everyday life in India, with a ubiquitous and naturalized
presence. Yet, we know little about the history and evolution of
this garment. Dr Kaamya will take us through a selective history of the
sari, highlighting moments of sartorial conflict and change from
colonization to independence and after. She will focus on the handloom
sari, discuss policy and private efforts to frame craft as a nation-building
activity in order to save artisanal livelihoods.
Dr Kaamya will
also throw light on how saris figure in craft-based,cinematic,
kitsch and fashionable imaginations.
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