Media portrayal

“[W]e live in a world of rapid development in the media [and] everyone has different influences from where they live and change in different directions.” – Santali poet, scholar and translator Ivy Imogene Hansdak interviewed by Norwegian writer and filmmaker Audun Nedrelid (The Johar Journal, Vol. II, January-June 2021)
https://joharjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Volume-II-January-June-2021.pdf
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Romanticising ‘indigenous peoples’ in the West just as in urban India

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The impulse to romanticise ‘indigenous peoples’ is still a powerful force in scholarship and public debate, and not only in the West but also in urban India, where ‘tribal’ (adivasi or ‘first-inhabitant’) textiles are fashionable, tribal dances grace government parades, and publishing on tribal cultures is big business. Most large-format photographic books of tribal life in India (Baldizonne 1999), for example, only perpetuate images of tribal people as guardians of static culture by conflating historical and contemporary contexts. Read more >>

Source: Tribal Transitions at SOAS – Research Description
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Facilitating self-expression of cultural heritage among Santal pupils through computer and video training – West Bengal

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The Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram (RSV) school in Ghosaldanga is offering computer and video training to its staff and students. Building on 25 years of experience with literacy programmes, community service and health care, these workshops are part of a larger effort: fostering an awareness of Santal cultural heritage in the modern age. During the workshops held in … Read more

The American Indian Heritage Foundation – USA

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The American Indian Heritage Foundation was establised in 1973 to provide relief services to Indian people nationwide and to build bridges of understanding and friendship between Indian and non-Indian people. Through informative materials, special events, cultural sharing opportunities and this website, we have reached multiplied millions with positive and proper representations of contemporary Indian culture … Read more

Video | Mallika Sarabhai on the power of art – storytelling for a cause

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A TED-talk on the power of storytelling for a social cause: promoting social justice and counteracting misconceptions on vulnerable groups and communities. Her presentation also demonstrates how to reach “elite” audiences otherwise disinclined to face serious issues – the fact that women are sexually  harassed with impunity, India’s Adivasi communities affected by political violence, just as indigenous populations and coloured … Read more

Bee festival and media workshop hosted by Accord – Gudalur (Tamil Nadu)

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The Jennu Habba – Honey Festival and exhibition drew about 400 visitors. The Vidyodaya schoolchildren enjoyed intensive sessions with the elders of Kattunayakan tribe: It is the honey season and bee hives in the forest are bursting with sweetness. Over generations our people, the Kattunayakans have mastered the skills required to take honey from the … Read more