If the World Could Speak!
VIEW EVENT DETAILSDerek Gregory's presentation addresses issues surrounding war and peace and utilizes Picasso's images of the Korean War to address wars still being waged by the global North in the global South. Gregory will examine issues of geography and spatial visualization as they relate to modern warfare. Following his presentation, the panel will discuss how our visualizations of war can affect the reality on the ground; and conversely, how visual artists and others can help to undermine accepted conventions of war and violence in pursuit of peace.
Derek Gregory is Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He is best known for his book The Colonial Present: Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq, published in 2004, in which he challenges the popular discourses in politics and the media that reactivate the assumptions and practices of Orientalism and colonialism in new and even more deadly forms.
Vishakha N. Desai is President of Asia Society where she leads the institution's activities in the areas of policy, business, arts, culture and education. She is a frequent lecturer at international gatherings and a commentator in the media addressing cultural, social, and political trends and their implications for the U.S.-Asia relationship and Asian regional ties. A scholar of classical Indian art, she is widely recognized for conceiving innovative exhibitions of contemporary and traditional Asian art, and cutting-edge Asian American programming. Desai serves on the boards of many New York organizations.
Aloke Thakore is a media consultant, teacher, and journalist. He received his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin. His dissertation examined the coverage of ethnic violence in Ahmedebad in 2002. He has worked with the Statesman and CNBC, and has written for the Telegraph, Sunday Mid-day, and Divya Bhaskar.
Sanjay Chaturvedi is currently the Coordinator, Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Department of Political Science and Honorary Director, Centre for the Study of Mid-West and Central Asia, at Panjab University, Chandigarh. His area of specialization is the theory and practice of Geopolitics, with special reference to the polar regions, Indian Ocean, and South Asia. He was awarded the Nehru Centenary British Fellowship, followed by a highly coveted Leverhulme Trust Research Grant, to pursue his post-doctoral research at University of Cambridge, England, from 1992 to 1995.
REGISTRATION
To book, please download and complete the attached PDF form and return to:
"Building a Culture of Peace"
Department of History
University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari Campus, Santacruz East
Mumbai 400098
or email to [email protected] or [email protected]
Derek Gregory is Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He is best known for his book The Colonial Present: Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq, published in 2004, in which he challenges the popular discourses in politics and the media that reactivate the assumptions and practices of Orientalism and colonialism in new and even more deadly forms.
Vishakha N. Desai is President of Asia Society where she leads the institution's activities in the areas of policy, business, arts, culture and education. She is a frequent lecturer at international gatherings and a commentator in the media addressing cultural, social, and political trends and their implications for the U.S.-Asia relationship and Asian regional ties. A scholar of classical Indian art, she is widely recognized for conceiving innovative exhibitions of contemporary and traditional Asian art, and cutting-edge Asian American programming. Desai serves on the boards of many New York organizations.
Aloke Thakore is a media consultant, teacher, and journalist. He received his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin. His dissertation examined the coverage of ethnic violence in Ahmedebad in 2002. He has worked with the Statesman and CNBC, and has written for the Telegraph, Sunday Mid-day, and Divya Bhaskar.
Sanjay Chaturvedi is currently the Coordinator, Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Department of Political Science and Honorary Director, Centre for the Study of Mid-West and Central Asia, at Panjab University, Chandigarh. His area of specialization is the theory and practice of Geopolitics, with special reference to the polar regions, Indian Ocean, and South Asia. He was awarded the Nehru Centenary British Fellowship, followed by a highly coveted Leverhulme Trust Research Grant, to pursue his post-doctoral research at University of Cambridge, England, from 1992 to 1995.
REGISTRATION
To book, please download and complete the attached PDF form and return to:
"Building a Culture of Peace"
Department of History
University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari Campus, Santacruz East
Mumbai 400098
or email to [email protected] or [email protected]
Event Details
Fri 08 Jan 2010
Convocation Hall, University of Mumbai, Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil Marg, Fort Mumbai
General: Rs 200; Students: Rs 100