Anthropology

Anthropology
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ISSN: 2332-0915

Subodh Kunwer

School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Biography

Subodh Kunwer is a PhD Scholar at School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has four years of research experience, including fieldwork in Jharkhand India. He has been Awarded ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship. His areas of expertise are: Cultural Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, Arts and Aesthetics, Cultural Politics, Cultural Anthripology, Cultural aspects of Tribal/Indigenous People of Central India, Media studies.

Publications

  • Research   
    Performing Adivasiyat through Sarhul Festival in Jharkhand
    Author(s): Subodh Kunwer*

    This article arises from my academic research, ‘Moving the Centre: Performing Sarhul and Becoming Adivasi in Contemporary Jharkhand’ completed at Jawaharlal Nehru University in July 2015. The paper examines Sarhul festival celebration as a cultural performance in the contemporary Adivasi (indigenous) discourse in Jharkhand, India. The article discusses the mobilization of memory, rights and discourse through ritual performances. It explains how enactment of a ritual brings back the history, memory and imagination of indigenous struggles in the context of Jharkhand region. The Sarhul performance shows that the issue of indigeneity is a current issue demanding certain cultural and political claims... View More»
    DOI: 10.35248/2332-0915.20.8.215

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