Contact: saeed.yousuf@gmail.com
A Workshop on the Impact of the 1947 Partition on the Classical Music
of South Asia
22 and 23 August 2008, New Delhi
Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok, and Jamia Millia Islamia, New
Delhi, invite scholars, musicians, students and enthusiasts of
Hindustani classical music to participate in and contribute to an
interesting 2-day session of dialogue and music-making where we expect
to have eminent musicians and researchers from India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh. If you have been involved in a unique research or
documentation about the development of classical music in the
post-1947 South Asia, and would like to share your work or findings
with others, kindly send us the details. Or if you are simply
interested in this theme, you are welcome to join us in August in an
informal discussion.
The idea for this workshop evolved out of a larger research and
documentation work carried out by the Delhi-based filmmaker and
researcher, Yousuf Saeed, who spent a few months in Pakistan in 2005
for a fellowship on the music of South Asia. Yousuf's work culminated
in a research paper as well as a feature-length documentary film
Khayal Darpan that has been widely screened, initiating a dialogue
about concerns such as the survival of classical music and national
identity in South Asia. The August workshop is part of a series of
such dialogues which would be carried out in different parts of South
Asia. We hope to bring together scholars, musicians, historians, and
students of music and cultural studies in an informal setting to
reflect upon the various issues in the study of music emerging in the
context of modernity. Some of the following themes or panels would
form a part of this workshop:
1. Cultural identity and the making of nations
2. Partition and the music gharana narratives
3. Traditional knowledge-transmission affected by the border
4. Between popular and elite: Music adapting to the changing audience
More details about these panels and the expected scholars/musicians
can be seen at the following website. Further details would also be
posted on many mailing lists.
http://www.ektaramusic.com/workshop08.html
of South Asia
22 and 23 August 2008, New Delhi
Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok, and Jamia Millia Islamia, New
Delhi, invite scholars, musicians, students and enthusiasts of
Hindustani classical music to participate in and contribute to an
interesting 2-day session of dialogue and music-making where we expect
to have eminent musicians and researchers from India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh. If you have been involved in a unique research or
documentation about the development of classical music in the
post-1947 South Asia, and would like to share your work or findings
with others, kindly send us the details. Or if you are simply
interested in this theme, you are welcome to join us in August in an
informal discussion.
The idea for this workshop evolved out of a larger research and
documentation work carried out by the Delhi-based filmmaker and
researcher, Yousuf Saeed, who spent a few months in Pakistan in 2005
for a fellowship on the music of South Asia. Yousuf's work culminated
in a research paper as well as a feature-length documentary film
Khayal Darpan that has been widely screened, initiating a dialogue
about concerns such as the survival of classical music and national
identity in South Asia. The August workshop is part of a series of
such dialogues which would be carried out in different parts of South
Asia. We hope to bring together scholars, musicians, historians, and
students of music and cultural studies in an informal setting to
reflect upon the various issues in the study of music emerging in the
context of modernity. Some of the following themes or panels would
form a part of this workshop:
1. Cultural identity and the making of nations
2. Partition and the music gharana narratives
3. Traditional knowledge-transmission affected by the border
4. Between popular and elite: Music adapting to the changing audience
More details about these panels and the expected scholars/musicians
can be seen at the following website. Further details would also be
posted on many mailing lists.
http://www.ektaramusic.com/workshop08.html
There is no charge for attending or participating in the workshop.
However, you may like to inform us in advance about your attending as
the seats are limited.
Harsh ( on behalf of Yousuf Saeed)
2 comments:
People yusuf is a friend, and a friend of SPIC MACAY and a friend of hindustani classical music
some of his films have been truly moving - and it is interesting how he is taking his film effort forward - do google 'khayal darpan' - and that is his film on this very topic - Hindustani Classical Music and the impact of partition
Thank you Harsh, for spreading the word around. Hope you can attend the Delhi workshop. Let us think of doing similar events in other places, including Mumbai.
Yousuf
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