Surajit Sarkar

Kerala Museum, India

Surajit Sarkar is Coordinator of the Centre for Community Knowledge and Associate Professor at Ambedkar University Delhi. He is currently Executive Member of the International Association of Agricultural Museums (AIMA), has been President of the Oral History Association of India (OHAI), and was on the Public Advisory Board of the Society for Cultural Anthropology (USA).
In 2004, he co-founded the video+arts initiative, Catapult Arts Caravan – a performance group of artists and community workers in Central and Northeast India. Combining oral narratives, public discussion, expressive art forms and digital technologies, the outdoor interactive performances have been sites of reflection and discussion on local concerns (www.jatantrust.org/caravan).

Presentation(s):

• Sustaining collections in the digital age/ Asian studies collections in the digital age I

  Monday, July 29, 2024
  09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)

• Sustaining collections in the digital age/ Asian studies collections in the digital age II

  Monday, July 29, 2024
  11:15 – 13:00 (GMT+7)

• Rethinking Community-engaged Approaches I: Principles, Methods, and Tools

  Monday, July 29, 2024
  14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

• Rethinking Community-engaged Approaches II: Principles, Methods, and Tools

  Monday, July 29, 2024
  16:15 – 18:00 (GMT+7)

• [Humanities Across Borders] HAB Educational Collaboration Strategic Meeting I

  Wednesday, July 31, 2024
  09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)

• [Humanities Across Borders] HAB Educational Collaboration Strategic Meeting II

  Wednesday, July 31, 2024
  11:15 – 13:00 (GMT+7)