Roots and Routes: A Living Archive
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Roots and Routes Adda: Food, Creolization and Memories - Ananya Jahanara Kabir
In this adda-styled conversation, Ananya Jahanara Kabir from King' College, London engages with Sayan Dey, Arnab Panda, Sreejata Paul and Nukhbah Taj Langah on creole food cultures across India and the world and how they invite us to rethink our personal, political, social, cultural, and emotional relations with varied individuals, communities, objects, and memories. The conversation also widely connect to the aspects of postcolonial ideologies, colonial mapmaking, counter-atlas, and others.
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The Siddis of Jambur-Gir: A Glimpse1:29The Siddis of Jambur-Gir: A Glimpse
The Siddis of Jambur-Gir: A Glimpse
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This brief documentary reflects on the habitual existential conditions of the Siddi community in Jambur-Gir. The locality is widely known as 'Little Africa' and the Siddis have been stereotyped by news media, social media, and researchers as smiling, dancing, playing, and singing. However, behind these stereotypes their habitual struggles and crises remain untold. This documentary interrogates ...
Baithaaki Dhamaal at Mai Misra Shrine in Bedhi: Sabbir Siddi, Farooq Siddi, Akhtar Siddi, and others5:48Baithaaki Dhamaal at Mai Misra Shrine in Bedhi: Sabbir Siddi, Farooq Siddi, Akhtar Siddi, and others
Baithaaki Dhamaal at Mai Misra Shrine in Bedhi: Sabbir Siddi, Farooq Siddi, Akhtar Siddi, and others
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The dhamaal (zikrs that are performed with traditional musical instruments like Musindo, Damama, and others) performances of the Siddis have many facets. They are not just about remembering their spiritual ancestors, but also about acknowledging their intimate and symbiotic connection with the natural environment like sky, forests, deserts, seas, and oceans. This is why in almost every zikr of ...
Siddi Zikr at Bava Gor Shrine in Ratanpur: Altaf Siddi3:30Siddi Zikr at Bava Gor Shrine in Ratanpur: Altaf Siddi
Siddi Zikr at Bava Gor Shrine in Ratanpur: Altaf Siddi
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This is a documentation of Siddi zikrs that are sung in order to remember and re-member their spiritual ancestors like Bava Gor, Mai Misra, Bava Habash, Nubi Khan, and others. It is believed that the spiritual ancestors of the Siddis have arrived from different parts of eastern Africa like Zanzibar, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, and other parts. In this video, Altaf Siddi, a zikr singer/performer f...
Siddi Marriage Episode 2: Bari Singing0:42Siddi Marriage Episode 2: Bari Singing
Siddi Marriage Episode 2: Bari Singing
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This is a marriage ritual very specific to the Siddi community. As a part of this ritual, women (exclusively) carry gifts in the form of rice, sweets, money, and cooking oil on their arms and head and sing songs of celebration like: "No matter if the groom is fair or dark you have to meet him" The gifts are carried to the bride. The bride's family receives the 'Bri' singers with mouthfreshners,...
Siddi Marriage Episode 1: Food1:22Siddi Marriage Episode 1: Food
Siddi Marriage Episode 1: Food
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This short video documents the traditional ways in which food is prepared during Siddi (Afro-Indian community) marriages in Gujarat. With respect to the Sufi tradition, usually vegetarian foods are served. Here we can see that the food is being prepared in large vessels on firewood and they are preparing polau, fruit custard, and curry. The documentation work has been assisted by Farooq Murima ...
Bon Bibi’s Panchali in Sundarbans - A Glimpse of cultural stories2:16Bon Bibi’s Panchali in Sundarbans - A Glimpse of cultural stories
Bon Bibi’s Panchali in Sundarbans - A Glimpse of cultural stories
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This short documentary is centered on 'Bon Bibi's Pala' or 'Poetic prayers sung to Bon Bibi.' According to the folklore of Bon Bibi, a female deity is regarded as the guardian of the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans. She is believed to protect the honey collectors, crab hunters, fishermen, and women against the attack of tigers (known as 'Dokkhin Rai' according to the folklore). So, before goi...
The Rhizomatic Turn: In-With-Around Nature2:00The Rhizomatic Turn: In-With-Around Nature
The Rhizomatic Turn: In-With-Around Nature
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This short video titled "The Rhizomatic Turn" unfolds the natural poetry and musicality of the natural environment. Nature always exists in an interwoven, cobwebbed, entwined and rhizomatic manner, with roots, routes, water bodies, leaves, branches, stones, floras, faunas, animals, birds, and many other living entities entangled with each other. By default, nature is symbiotic, porous, fluid, n...
Phenomenology, Fanon and Critical Thinking - Prof. Lewis R. Gordon - Part 117:42Phenomenology, Fanon and Critical Thinking - Prof. Lewis R. Gordon - Part 1
Phenomenology, Fanon and Critical Thinking - Prof. Lewis R. Gordon - Part 1
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In this two-part conversation, Prof. Lewis R. Gordon from the University of Connecticut delves deep into the aspects of phenomenology, racism, violence, non-violence, shared problems, critical thinking, Gandhian philosophies, Ambedkar's ideologies, rightwing toxicities, Israel-Palestine war and many other intersectional aspects that concern us in the 21st century. Due to an internet glitch a sm...
Phenomenology, Fanon and Critical Thinking - Prof. Lewis R. Gordon - Part 21:08:12Phenomenology, Fanon and Critical Thinking - Prof. Lewis R. Gordon - Part 2
Phenomenology, Fanon and Critical Thinking - Prof. Lewis R. Gordon - Part 2
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In this two-part conversation, Prof. Lewis R. Gordon from the University of Connecticut delves deep into the aspects of phenomenology, racism, violence, non-violence, shared problems, critical thinking, Gandhian philosophies, Ambedkar's ideologies, rightwing toxicities, Israel-Palestine war and many other intersectional aspects that concern us in the 21st century. Due to an internet glitch a sm...
Roots and Routes: Adda Series - Partitions and Emotions - Iffat Nawaz58:56Roots and Routes: Adda Series - Partitions and Emotions - Iffat Nawaz
Roots and Routes: Adda Series - Partitions and Emotions - Iffat Nawaz
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This 'adda' engages with Iffat Nawaz's understanding of notions like partition, homelessness, migration, and refugee crisis with respect to her novel 'Surjo's Clan.' The conversation involves reflections on objects, transitions, stuckedness, and the politics of liberation and patriotism. The conversation also engages with the necessity of invoking, remembering, and re-membering the spirit of st...
Roots and Routes Adda Series: Anthropocentrism and Posthumanism - Dr. Francesca Ferrando1:09:32Roots and Routes Adda Series: Anthropocentrism and Posthumanism - Dr. Francesca Ferrando
Roots and Routes Adda Series: Anthropocentrism and Posthumanism - Dr. Francesca Ferrando
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This conversation with Dr. Francesca Ferrando, from the NYU-Liberal Arts focuses on the necessity and urgency of engaging theoretically, practically, and methodologically with the paradigms of posthumanism and anthropocentrism in contemporary times. In an era of hyper-capitalistic desires, climate catastrophes, reckless fetishism towards digital devices and machines, and visionless developmenta...
Decoloniality, Queerness and Critical Diversity Literacy1:04:16Decoloniality, Queerness and Critical Diversity Literacy
Decoloniality, Queerness and Critical Diversity Literacy
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The conversation with Dr. Kudzaiishe Vanyoro, Research Associate, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of Witwatersrand centered on how the different forms of social dynamics, power structures, geopolitical tensions, gender hierarchies, queerphobia, and racial convictions can be countered through the theoretical and methodological paradigms of queerness, critical diversity literacy and...
"Performing Decolonization" by Sayan Dey - Online Webinar - University of South Africa1:10:46"Performing Decolonization" by Sayan Dey - Online Webinar - University of South Africa
"Performing Decolonization" by Sayan Dey - Online Webinar - University of South Africa
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The webinar (30th August 2023) focused on the necessity and the possibility of decolonizing curriculums and pedagogies in higher educational institutions in South Africa through practically performing decolonization within the classrooms and outside by transforming the existing curriculums and pedagogies. The lecture intended to outline different praxis-based teaching-learning techniques that c...
To Decolonize: An Introduction - NYI Global Institute - Feedback from selective students6:35To Decolonize: An Introduction - NYI Global Institute - Feedback from selective students
To Decolonize: An Introduction - NYI Global Institute - Feedback from selective students
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This is a short video by a select group of students and is a critical reflection on the introductory course on decolonization that was conducted as a part of the Critical Cultural Studies program at NYI Global Institute of Cultural, Cognitive and Linguistic Studies, New York. The course was co-tutored by Dr. Danille Arendse, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Dr. Say...
Roots and Routes: Adda Series, Episode 2 - The Archive Inside You - Prof. Irma McClaurin1:02:33Roots and Routes: Adda Series, Episode 2 - The Archive Inside You - Prof. Irma McClaurin
Roots and Routes: Adda Series, Episode 2 - The Archive Inside You - Prof. Irma McClaurin
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Roots and Routes: Adda Series, Episode 2 - The Archive Inside You - Prof. Irma McClaurin
Roots and Routes: Adda Series, Episode 1 - Food and Digital Life - Rituparna Patgiri1:00:02Roots and Routes: Adda Series, Episode 1 - Food and Digital Life - Rituparna Patgiri
Roots and Routes: Adda Series, Episode 1 - Food and Digital Life - Rituparna Patgiri
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Roots and Routes: Adda Series, Episode 1 - Food and Digital Life - Rituparna Patgiri
Johannesburg China Town: A Fragment of China in South Africa0:54Johannesburg China Town: A Fragment of China in South Africa
Johannesburg China Town: A Fragment of China in South Africa
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Johannesburg China Town: A Fragment of China in South Africa
SarChi Chair in Critical Diversity Studies Distinguished Lecture Series by Prof. Diana J. Fox49:46SarChi Chair in Critical Diversity Studies Distinguished Lecture Series by Prof. Diana J. Fox
SarChi Chair in Critical Diversity Studies Distinguished Lecture Series by Prof. Diana J. Fox
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SarChi Chair in Critical Diversity Studies Distinguished Lecture Series by Prof. Diana J. Fox
Spicescapes: Stories of Transoceanic Roots and Routes in Fordsburg, South Africa7:17Spicescapes: Stories of Transoceanic Roots and Routes in Fordsburg, South Africa
Spicescapes: Stories of Transoceanic Roots and Routes in Fordsburg, South Africa
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Spicescapes: Stories of Transoceanic Roots and Routes in Fordsburg, South Africa
Dhamaal Dance by the Siddis in Ratanpur, Gujarat during 'Urs'2:51Dhamaal Dance by the Siddis in Ratanpur, Gujarat during 'Urs'
Dhamaal Dance by the Siddis in Ratanpur, Gujarat during 'Urs'
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Dhamaal Dance by the Siddis in Ratanpur, Gujarat during 'Urs'
Afro-Indian Creole Rhythms: Siddi Dhamaals of Gujarat14:46Afro-Indian Creole Rhythms: Siddi Dhamaals of Gujarat
Afro-Indian Creole Rhythms: Siddi Dhamaals of Gujarat
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Afro-Indian Creole Rhythms: Siddi Dhamaals of Gujarat
Ep. 2 - South Asian Culinaryscapes in Fordsburg: Bangladesh1:47Ep. 2 - South Asian Culinaryscapes in Fordsburg: Bangladesh
Ep. 2 - South Asian Culinaryscapes in Fordsburg: Bangladesh
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Ep. 2 - South Asian Culinaryscapes in Fordsburg: Bangladesh
Indentured Memories: The Old Tea Factory at Kearsney, Natal - Written and Narrated by Betty Govinden3:32Indentured Memories: The Old Tea Factory at Kearsney, Natal - Written and Narrated by Betty Govinden
Indentured Memories: The Old Tea Factory at Kearsney, Natal - Written and Narrated by Betty Govinden
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Indentured Memories: The Old Tea Factory at Kearsney, Natal - Written and Narrated by Betty Govinden
Ep. 1 - South Asian Culinaryscapes in Fordsburg: Pakistan1:53Ep. 1 - South Asian Culinaryscapes in Fordsburg: Pakistan
Ep. 1 - South Asian Culinaryscapes in Fordsburg: Pakistan
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Ep. 1 - South Asian Culinaryscapes in Fordsburg: Pakistan
Inside the Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe1:17Inside the Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe
Inside the Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe
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Inside the Zambezi National Park, Zimbabwe
Mosi-oa-Tunya: Victoria Falls2:00Mosi-oa-Tunya: Victoria Falls
Mosi-oa-Tunya: Victoria Falls
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Mosi-oa-Tunya: Victoria Falls
'Baithaaki Dhamaal' by the Siddi women of Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Video Credit: Farooq Murima Siddi)2:51'Baithaaki Dhamaal' by the Siddi women of Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Video Credit: Farooq Murima Siddi)
'Baithaaki Dhamaal' by the Siddi women of Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Video Credit: Farooq Murima Siddi)
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'Baithaaki Dhamaal' by the Siddi women of Ahmedabad, Gujarat (Video Credit: Farooq Murima Siddi)
Ek Thaapi ka 'Zikr' - A 'Zikr' song that is played in single beats by the Siddis (African Indians)4:23Ek Thaapi ka 'Zikr' - A 'Zikr' song that is played in single beats by the Siddis (African Indians)
Ek Thaapi ka 'Zikr' - A 'Zikr' song that is played in single beats by the Siddis (African Indians)
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Ek Thaapi ka 'Zikr' - A 'Zikr' song that is played in single beats by the Siddis (African Indians)
Transoceanic Dances and Indentured Memories - Nagara Dancing (Video Courtesy: Selvan Naidoo)1:31Transoceanic Dances and Indentured Memories - Nagara Dancing (Video Courtesy: Selvan Naidoo)
Transoceanic Dances and Indentured Memories - Nagara Dancing (Video Courtesy: Selvan Naidoo)
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Transoceanic Dances and Indentured Memories - Nagara Dancing (Video Courtesy: Selvan Naidoo)

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