TMYS Facebook LIVE with global thought-leaders under TMYS Review December 2023, in collaboration with CAPI, University of Victoria. The book under the project will be available HERE in December 2023.
(I) FICTION, NONFICTION AND POETRY BY TRIBAL WRITERS (Organised by Haimanti Bagchi )
1. Ecocentricism as a Concurrent Theme: Role of Nature in Tribal Life and Literature
Delegate Speakers: Walter Fernandes Aashish Xaxa Bhogtoram Mawroh
Date & Time: 31 May 6.30 pm IST.
2. Evidence of Tribal Spirituality and Religion: Institutionalization of the Belief System
Delegate Speakers: Subhadra Mitra Channa Ananya Dutta Gupta Geetika Ranjan
Date & Time: 6 August 7pm IST.
3. Indigenous Culinary Narratives: Traditional Recipes and Ingredients
Delegate Speakers: Mita Kapur Sayan Dey Rekha Sarin
Date & Time: 28 July 6pm IST.
4. Secrets of the Tribals: Totemism, Magic and Sorcery
Delegate Speakers: Anand Neelakantan Sawani Shetye Nitin Kushalappa
Date & Time: 14 July 6pm IST.
(II). Tribal Characters in the Literary Works of Other Communities (Organised by Shramana Biswas).
1. Stereotyping of Indigenous Community in Literature: Defamiliarising and Othering of Identities
Delegate Speakers: Juri Dutta Payel Dutta Chowdhury Ward Churchill
Date & Time: 3 June 8pm IST; 8:30 a.m MT.
2. Cultural Mis-appropriation of Tribal Rituals: Agency and Autonomy of People and Practices
Delegate Speakers: Tanka B. Subba Sanjukta Das Gupta A. B. Ota Pravir Krishna
Date & Time: 2 July 6pm IST; 2:30 p.m CET.
3. Tribal Representation in Indian Epics: Significance and Symbolizations
Delegate Speakers: Utkarsh Patel Neha Bansal
Date & Time: 30 July 7pm IST.
4. Tribal Representation in Theology & Myth: Characters in Religious and Quasi-Religious Texts
Delegate Speakers: Anway Mukhopadhyay Ivy Imogene Hansdak
Date & Time: 24 June 6pm IST; 2.30pm CEST.
(III.) Position, Circumstances & Battles of Tribal Women in Popular Fiction. (Organised by Joyashree DEY).
1. Objectification and Gendered Fantasy: Politics of Representation in Adivasi Narratives
Delegate Speakers: Suparna Banerjee N. Shantha Naik
Date & Time: 8 June 7.30pm IST.
Delegate Speakers: Sajal Nag Rosy Chamling Arunima Goswami Kalpana Bora
Date & Time: 22 June 7.30pm IST.
3. Indigenous Women in War Narratives: Stories of Feminine Courage and Violation of Human Rights.
Delegate Speakers: Margo Tamez Saroja Sowmya Ayyar Moupia Basu Rianka Sarkar
Date & Time: TBD
4. Suppressed or Neglected Voices: Tribal Women appearing as Marginalized and Peripheral Characters
Delegate Speakers: K. M. Metry Streamlet Dkhar
Date & Time: 5 June 8pm IST.
5. Oral literature of the Gaddi Tribe: Culture, Ethnography and Preservation of Undocumented texts
Delegate Speakers: Stephen Christopher Reeta Purhaan
Date & Time: 11 June 4pm IST; 12.30pm CEST.