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JAGWAR-III
SANTAL LITERARY MEET: SANTAL ONOLIA HELMEL 2017
“Santali Literature & Society in the Changing World”
Johar HRD Centre, Dumka, Jharkhand, India
20 – 21 October, 2017
Source: Courtesy text and photos: Dr. Ivy Hansdak, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia University New Delhi (emails 9 October & 2 November 2017)
Concept Note
“The more things change, the more things remain the same.”
In the wake of globalization and heavy industrialization, the tribal people of India have been struggling with a growing sense of Angst at various levels. A direct result of migration and acculturation is seen in the rapid erosion faced by many tribal languages – erosion that could lead to loss of unique knowledge systems and oral traditions transmitted through these oral languages for generations. This Angst of the tribal people is reflected in the literary, linguistic, political and socio-economic fields, and need to be studied since they are reflections of seismic changes sweeping across the world.
This Seminar will deal with continuity and change within Santal society, in the context of modernity, globalization and digitalization. It was earlier thought that oral narratives like myths, folktales, folksongs, fables, riddles etc, died away under the impact of globalization. This view is no longer acceptable since it is found that many oral narratives live on in other forms of modern mass media. Popular heroes on television and cinema are often based on the roles played by traditional heroes in oral stories. Hence, mass media may have changed the boundaries of entertainment but it has not erased the contents. The important sub-themes of the Seminar will be:
- Santal history, memory and imagination
- Santal oral tradition and modernity
- Santal resistance narratives
- Santal art and aesthetics
- Multiple scripts of Santali
- Santal model of development
- Santal women’s empowerment
Program Schedule
DAY ONE (20-10-2017)
Registration begins: 9.00 AM
INAUGURAL SESSION: 9.30 AM – 11.00 AM
Chief Guest: Fr. Dr. Varghese Panangatt (Chancellor, Catholic Diocese, Bhagalpur)
Guest of Honour: Ms. Nirmala Putul (Award-winning Santali Poetess & Social Worker)
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Vandna Tete (Noted Poetess & Founder, Jharkhandi Bhasha Sahitya Sanskriti Akhra)
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TEA BREAK
SESSION 1: 11.30 AM – 1.00 PM: Panel Discussion
Topic: Tradition and Modernity in Santali Poetry, Fiction and Drama
Speakers: Prof. Promodini Hansdak, Mr. Sarada Pd. Kisku, Mr. Purnendu Saren, Mr. Shyam Besra, Mr. Shibu Saren
Moderator: Mr. Nirmal BK Soren
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION 2: 2.00 PM – 3.00 PM
Topic: A Way Out of Poverty: Indigenous Self-Reliance & Traditional Santal Leadership
Speakers: Mr. Innocent Soren & Mr. Francis Xavier Soren
SESSION 3: 3.00 PM – 4.00 PM
Screening of documentary film, INDIGENOUS, by Ms. Divya Hansda
TEA BREAK
SESSION 4: 4.30 PM – 5.30 PM
Introduction by our Friends & Well-Wishers
SESSION 5: 5.30 pm – 6.30 PM
SANTALI FASHION SHOW by Ms. Nikita Hansdak, Ms. Joyce Besra & Panchi Parhat Boutique, Dumka
SESSION 6: 6.30 PM – 7.30 PM
CULTURAL PROGRAM by BADOLI GROUP
DINNER
DAY TWO (21-10-2017)
SESSION 7: 9.30 AM – 10.45 AM: Panel Discussion
Topic: Readings from Santali Poetry and Fiction
Panelists: Mr. Pankaj Kisku, Mr. Shivlal Marandi, Mr. Mahendra Besra, Mr. Joseph Soren, Mr. John Jantu Soren
Moderator: Mr. Bijoy Tudu
Session 8: 10.45 AM – 12.15 PM: Panel Discussion
Topic: Women in Santali Literature & Society
Speakers: Dr. Mary Hansda, Ms. Teresa Tudu, Ms. Prity Priya Marandi, Ms. Jennifer Murmu, Ms. Martha Hansdak
Moderator: Ms. Vandna Tete
TEA BREAK
Session 9: 12.30 PM – 1.00 PM
Topic: Human Trafficking in Jharkhand
Speaker: Sister Gemma Toppo, Recipient of Jharkhand Samaan, 2015
Moderator: Dr. Ivy Imogene Hansdak
LUNCH BREAK
SESSION10: 2.00 PM – 3.30 PM: Panel Discussion
Topic: Role of Mass Media & Internet in Preserving Community History and Memory
Speakers: Mr. AK Pankaj, Mr. Saheb Ram Tudu, Mr. Sudipto Mukhopadhyay, Mr. Michael Marandi, Fr. Daniel Kisku TOR
Moderator: Mr. Sunder Manoj Hembrom
TEA BREAK
SESSION 11: 4.00 PM – 5.30 PM: Panel discussion
Topic: Future of Santali Literature in the Age of Globalization & Digitalization Panelists: Rev. Ramesh Ch. Kisku, Mr. Tonol Murmu, Mr. Gokul Hansda, Dr. Santosh Kr. Besra, Fr. Shyam Kishore Tudu SJ
Moderator: Mr. Innocent Soren
VALEDICTORY SESSION: 5.30 PM – 6.30 PM
Report by Co-Convener, Valedictory Speech by Chief Host and Vote of Thanks by Convener.
CONVENER: Dr. Ivy Imogene Hansdak
Ph. No: 8505895533; Email: ivyihansdak@gmail.com
CO-CONVENER: Mr. Innocent Soren
Ph. No: 9432261200; innocentsoren@hotmail.com
COORDINATOR: Mr. Sunder Manoj Hembrom
Ph. No: 9903695055; Email: smanoj0876@gmail.com
CHIEF HOST: Fr. David Solomon SJ
Ph. No: 8757690775; Email: solojohar@gmail.com
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