This workshop seeks to explore the interplay between storytelling, digital cultures, and representation of communities, identities and cultures within the dynamic context of Northeast India. In a time where digital platforms increasingly wield significant influence over narratives, there arises a need to deliberate the potentials and ramifications of digital platforms particularly with regard to visibilization and reclamation of voices, issues and stories of marginalized communities. The aim is to critically engage and delineate the various nuances of narratives surrounding communities, identities, marginalities, and representation as they are mediated within an evolving digital landscape and culture, in the context of Northeast India.
Guests
Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Professor and Dean, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication and Director, New Imaginations, O.P. Jindal Global University, India. (Online)
“Storytelling and Media Representation in Manipur’s Conflict”.
Dr. Natasa Thoudam, Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, India. (Online)
“Digital Storytelling in Meitei Comics/Graphic Narratives.”
Dr. Sagorika Singha, IRGAC-RLS Postdoctoral Fellow at CEDITRAA, Institute of Film and Media Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt. (In-person)
“Dispatches from Elsewhere: YouTubers, Local News and the June 2022 Floods in Silchar.”
Dr. Khetrimayum Monish, Research Fellow, Southeast Asia Research Centre for Digital Tech and Society, Monash University Malaysia. (In-person)
“Innovation in Tradition: Technology Adoption, Artisanal Labour and Social Entrepreneurship in Assam”