BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:559@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20240126T130000Z DTEND:20240126T143000Z DTSTAMP:20240105T095937Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/india-me-engage-reflect-act/ SUMMARY:india & me engage. reflect. act. DESCRIPTION:Friday 26 January 2024\, 13:00-14:30 GMT\nA participatory\, cro ss-disciplinary\, and innovative decolonial educational programme on inter sectional justice in India.\nREGISTER HERE\nHybrid event! Face to face eve nt: Seminar Room 728 in the UCL Institute of Education. If joining online you will receive the Zoom link in your email once you register.\nIntroduct ion\nWe cordially invite you to attend the launch of our public pedagogy p rogramme - india &\; me:engage.reflect.act*. This innovative educationa l programme is cross-disciplinary and decolonial. It is designed for anyon e interested in learning about education's role in contributing to interse ctional justice in India\, including students\, researchers\, educators\, policymakers\, development practitioners\, and public members.\nPartly fun ded by UCL Global Engagement Funds to facilitate the university's internat ional collaborations in developing public-facing educational initiatives\, this programme is co-constructed by a female-led team of scholars from ac ross religion\, caste\, region\, and class backgrounds\, committed to addr essing intersectional injustices in India. The programme is an outcome of an extensive three-year collaboration between colleagues\, including schol ars\, civil society stakeholders\, activists\, artists\, students\, lawyer s\, and members of the public from across India and its diaspora. Content and pedagogy are based on interdisciplinary research\, grassroots insights \, and a robust trial run and peer-reviewing process and are supported by the "Do No Harm principle".\nFormat of the launch\nWe will use participato ry methods to launch the programme from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm London time. Af ter that\, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm\, we will have an informal social netwo rking session to explore opportunities for collaboration. Refreshments wil l be available for those attending in person.\nLocation\nThis is a hybrid event. When you register\, you will be asked if you will join the launch i n London or online.\nWhat is the Programme?\nindia &\; me is designed a s a digital “cafe” space to un-learn dominant ways of thinking\, resea rching and educating about the social\, political and cultural in India an d our role in the past\, present\, and future. We do this by collectively engaging in activities challenging our everyday comforts and discomforts a round gender\, caste\, religion\, and more.\nThis groundbreaking programme uses art to disrupt conventional ways of working with marginalised popula tions in India. The versatile\, interactive and participatory approach is grounded in intersectional feminist praxis. It facilitates a deconstructio n of concepts of caste and race\, class\, patriarchy\, gender and sexualit y\, religion\, nationalism and borders\, ableism\, colonialism\, language\ , and conflict intersectionally in a way that seeks to unpack privilege an d amplify egalitarian insights emerging from the struggles of historically marginalised populations in India\, offering new critical insights for en gaging with India. This pathbreaking approach disrupts conventional ways o f working by treating margins as a site of knowledge production.\nWhat is the purpose of launching on 26th January?\n26th January is a special day i n India because its Constitution came into force on this day in 1950. Whil e the British Raj ended in South Asia in August 1947\, it was only with th e coming of the Constitution that India became a republic. The Indian Cons titution embodied a new moral imagination\, harboured alternative futures and thereby presented a sharp political critique of the context in which i t was produced. The indelible imprint the Indian Constitution-makers left on the world was not an unintended consequence but one that was prefigured in the act of writing itself. Writing the Constitution was about empowerm ent\, self-reclamation\, defiance and self-assertion. It is in this spirit that we have chosen to introduce our public pedagogy programme - india &a mp\; me on India’s Republic Day. It addresses the dissonance that histor ically marginalised groups experience with the celebratory narrative of In dia as told from a masculine\, statist and savarna-centric perspective.\nC ollaborators and contributors:\nThe programme involved 70 contributors fro m 23 universities in India\, Australia\, the UK\, and the USA\, 6 civil so ciety and research institutions\, and members of the public. Additionally\ , there were 9 UCL alumni and students who were engaged in the development process. The collaboration was cross-disciplinary\, encompassing diverse fields such as film\, art\, gender\, history\, international development\, labour\, law\, literature\, management\, marketing\, mathematics\, media\ , music\, philosophy\, psychology\, and sociology.\nThe following individu als played a significant role in facilitating this process:\n\n Dr Laila K adiwal\, University College London\n Dr Swati Kamble\, an independent rese archer and a Dalit feminist\n Aparna Vaidik\, Ashoka University\n Dr Lotik a Singha\, writer\n Ketan Dandare\, University College London\n Dr Kavita Ramkrishnan\, University of East Anglia\n Dr Manisha Madapthy\, University of Hyderabad\n Usha Raman\, University of Hyderabad\n Arvind Rajagopal\, alumnus\, University College London\n Hera Shakil\, University of Chicago\ n Riya Kartha\, University of Oxford\n\nFurther information:\nTo learn mor e about india &\; me visit: www.indiaandme.com\n*The programme name "in dia &\; me: engage.reflect.act" is written all in lower case as a decol onising practice\, inspired by the critical Black feminist bell hooks.\nRe freshments for face-to-face meeting:\nWe have arranged refreshments and ki ndly request a three-day notice for cancellations. 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