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Past Events - 2005



	December 2005

	Talk: ‘I am Gulf’: The Production of Cosmopolitanism in Calicut, Kerala Filippo Osella, Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sussex Open to public Talk: Pedagogy for Social Action Jeroo Mulla, Head, Social Communications Media Dept., Sophia Polytechnic Open to public Workshop on Gender Issues Youth Fellowship Programme Resource Person: Shilpa Phadke, PUKAR Associate Participants: Members of youth groups working on Gender-related issues Workshop on Research Methodology Youth Fellowship Programme Resource Person: Pushpa Bhave, Educationist and Activist Participants: Senior Fellows of 2005-2006 Workshop on Media and Violence Youth Fellowship Programme Resource Persons: Awdhoot Parelkar, Bureau Chief, Doordarshan Nishikant Kamat, Filmmaker Participants: Members of Youth Groups working on media-related issues Discussion: The institutionalizing of Dress Codes by Universities across the country initiated by an audio documentary Then They Came For My Jeans… Gender & Space Project Facilitators: Sameera Khan and Shilpa Phadke, PUKAR Associates Open to public


	November 2005

	Talk: Mill Lands and Magroves: The Environmental Concerns of the City Debi Goenka, Bombay Environmental Action Group Open to public Press Conference To announce the Public Launch of the Youth Fellowship Programme Public Launch of the Youth Fellowship Programme Panel Discussion: ‘Research: Can it be used for Intervention or Pedagogy?’ Panelists: Pushpa Bhave, Educationist and Activist Sulakshana Mahajan, Architect, Urban Planner and Author Respondent: Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Economist and author Open to public Participation in the ‘Celebrate Bandra’ event Gender & Space Project Posters made by students of J.J. School of Art as part of the Gender & Space project exhibited along the Carter Road promenade


	October 2005
	Talk: Mumbai’s Youth: Globalised or Tribalised? Sanjay Ranade, Head, Dept. of Communications & Journalism Open to public Orientation Workshop: Part II Youth Fellowship Programme Facilitators: George Jose, Vandana Khare and Aditya Pant Participants: Senior Fellows, 2005-2006


	September 2005
	Orientation Workshop: Part I Youth Fellowship Programme Facilitators: Anita Patil-Deshmukh, George Jose, Vandana Khare and Aditya Pant Participants: Senior Fellows, 2005-2006 Exhibition: City Limits – Engendering the Body in Public Space Gender & Space Project Exhibited at the International Women’s Health Meeting, New Delhi


	August 2005
	The Second Annual PUKAR Lecture Lecture: Mumbai Futures Speakers: Shirish Patel, Civil Engineer and Urban Planner, Mumbai Joel Towers, Director, Sustainable Design and Urban Ecology, Parsons The New School of Design, New York Michael Cohen, Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, New York Respondents: Arjun Appadurai, President, Board of Trustees, PUKAR Sheela Patel, Executive Director, SPARC, Mumbai Open to public Seminar: Mumbai Visions Speakers: Joel Towers, Director, Sustainable Design and Urban Ecology, Parsons The New School of Design, New York Vidyadhar Phatak, Former Chief, Town and Country Planning Division, MMRDA Vyjayanthi Rao, Assistant Professor, Anthropology/Graduate Program The New School. New York Pankaj Joshi, Conservation Architect, Urban Researcher, Mumbai Michael Cohen, Director, Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School, New York Sheela Patel, Executive Director, SPARC Convenors: D. M. Sukthankar, Retired IAS Office, Mumbai K. M. S. Ahluwalia, Founder, MARG, Mumbai Special Invitee: Darryl D’Monte, Journalist and Environmentalist, Mumbai By registration Public Hearing: Bar Dancers Speak Gender & Space Project In collaboration with Majlis and Point of View Open to public


	June 2005
	Talk: The making of an immigrant home: Representation and improvisation of inherited cultural landscapes in immigrant homes Gender & Space Project Nandita Godbole, Independent Researcher Open to public Talk: Panoptic Bodies: Black Eunuchs in the Topkapi Palace Gender & Space Project Jateen Lad, Architect and Design Critic Open to public


	May-June 2005
	PUKAR Monsoon The Mumbai Palimpsest: City as An Archive of Images and Words In collaboration with Majlis Cultural Centre Resource Persons: Rahul Srivastava, Hansa Thapliyal, Sampurna Chatterjee, Vidya Kamat, Niraj Voralia By registration


	May 2005
	Exhibition: City Limits – Engendering the Body in Public Space Exhibited at the conference organised by Indian Association of Women’s Studies at Goa


	April 2005
	Discussion: Beyond Conservation: Heritage Concerns and Urban Futures The Neighbourhood Project Rahul Srivastava, Pankaj Joshi Particpants: The residents of Khotachiwadi Talk: Cruising on the Vilayeti Bandwagon:Diasporic Representations and Reception of Popular Indian Movies Dr. Raminder Kaur, Lecturer in Anthropology and Cultural Studies Open to public


	March 2005
	Expanding Urban Frontiers: Village Internet Kiosks Nimmi Ranagaswamy Open to public Tarunaee Concluding programme for ‘Tarunaee’ Open to public City Limits: Engendering the Body in Public Space: A Photographic Exhibit Gender & Space Project In collaboration with Point of View Imagining Gendered Utopias: A Panel Discussion: Gender & Space Project In collaboration with Point of View Imagining Women: Film Series Gender & Space Project In collaboration with Point of View


	February 2005
	Workshop: Media Analysis Marathi Public Sphere Resource Person: Vandana Khare Participants: Students of Podar College Workshop: Relationship on Media and Sexuality Marathi Public Sphere Resource Person: Vandana Khare Participants: Students of Podar College Session on Urban Environment and Economy Marathi Public Sphere Resource Persons: Parth and Deepti Bapat Participants: Volunteers of Maharashtra Nature Park Workshop: Song Writing Marathi Public Sphere Resource Person: Katta Babu Participants: Construction workers at Patlipada, Thane Workshop: Photo Essays and News Reports Marathi Public Sphere Resource Person: Niloo Damle Participants: Volunteers of Maharashtra Nature Park


	January 2005
	PUKAR Winter Institute Urban Knowledge, Language and the Research Process Presentations & Discussions: Mumbai's Cosmopolitan Archive The Literary City Language, Cinema and the City Language, Media and the Research Process Masculinity and Linguistic Nationalism in Bangalore/Karnataka Typocity: On Signs and Urban Landscapes Kannada Theatre in Mumbai: A Historical Perspective Konkani Print and the Ways of the City The Female Body and Voice in Performance Gujarati and Sindhi in Mumbai The City Reported: Representations of Mumbai in Media The Death of Language?: Technology, Language and Globalisation Space Antagonisms and Abstract machines: Theoretical Questions from the Field Workshop: Script Writing for Audio Documentary Marathi Public Sphere Resource Person: Rajendra Patankar Participants: Students of St. Joseph’s College, Virar Workshop: Framing good questions for research Marathi Public Sphere Resource Person: Sulakshana Mahajan Participants: Volunteers of Maharashtra Nature Park