The Next Monsoon

Anticipating the Next Monsoon

In this final episode of Season Two, we’re sharing collective views from our guests on their hopes after the Next Monsoon conference in October 2023. The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/ [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/], has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios. Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow [https://themourningparty.com/about-us] Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SAPCornell] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SAPCornell] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sapcornell/] or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell [https://bit.ly/SAPCornell]

Representations of Nature, with Nayanika Mathur & Lalitha Gopalan

In this episode, we’re talking to Nayanika Mathur [https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-nayanika-mathur], Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Oxford, and sharing a portion of a presentation by Lalitha Gopalan [https://moody.utexas.edu/faculty/lalitha-gopalan], Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin, “Reckonings and Speculations in Moving Image Practices [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/?page_id=760&preview=true]” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023. The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/ [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/], has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios. Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow [https://themourningparty.com/about-us] Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SAPCornell] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SAPCornell] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sapcornell/] or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell [https://bit.ly/SAPCornell]

Movement and the Monsoon, with Nida Rehman & Debashree Mukherjee

In this episode, we’re talking to Nida Rehman [https://www.architecture.cmu.edu/profiles/nida-rehman], Assistant Professor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University and sharing a portion of a presentation by Debashree Mukherjee [https://mesaas.columbia.edu/faculty-directory/debashree-mukherjee/], Associate Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University, “Migrant Messages: The Monsoon and Dreams of Being Heard [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/?page_id=753&preview=true]” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023. The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/ [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/], has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios. Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow [https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow] Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SAPCornell] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SAPCornell] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sapcornell/] or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell [https://bit.ly/SAPCornell]

Indigeneity and Infrastructure, with Camelia Dewan & Mabel Gergen

In this episode, we’re talking to Camelia Dewan [https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N23-2123], Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Uppsala University, Sweden and sharing a portion of a presentation by Mabel Gergen [https://as.vanderbilt.edu/asian-studies/bio/mabel-gergan/], Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University, “An Indigenous Geopoetics for the Indian Himalya [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/?page_id=550&preview=true],” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023. The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/ [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/], has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios. Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow [https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow] Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SAPCornell] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SAPCornell] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sapcornell/] or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell [https://bit.ly/SAPCornell]

The Power of Water, with Emily Yeh & Parismita Singh

In this episode, we’re talking to Emily Yeh [https://www.colorado.edu/geography/emily-yeh-0], Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder, and Rohit Majumdar [https://sea.edu.in/Rohit-Mujumdar], an urban planner and architect who teaches at the School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai, and sharing a portion of a presentation by Parismita Singh, writer, graphic novelist and educationist based in Guwahati, “If you Want Water, Be Prepared for the Pipe Bursts [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/?page_id=555&preview=true],” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023. The Next Monsoon website, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/ [https://blogs.cornell.edu/nextmonsoon/], has more information about the Next Monsoon conference, including abstracts and videos of presentations, and links to speakers’ bios. Edited by Shavin Seneviratne. Production supervision on this episode by Gloria Lemus-Chavez. Music by Gloria Lemus-Chavez and Bandon Kane. Find out more about their music at https://themourningparty.bandcamp.com/album/seasons-in-sorrow [https://themourningparty.com/about-us] Stay connected with us @SAPCornell on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SAPCornell] | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SAPCornell] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sapcornell/] or by visiting the South Asia Program website: https://bit.ly/SAPCornell [https://bit.ly/SAPCornell]