The Next Monsoon

In this episode, we’re talking to Nayanika Mathur, Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Oxford, and sharing a portion of a presentation by Lalitha Gopalan, Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin, “Reckonings and Speculations in Moving Image Practices” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.

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In this episode, we’re talking to Nida Rehman, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon University and sharing a portion of a presentation by Debashree Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University, “Migrant Messages: The Monsoon and Dreams of Being Heard” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.

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In this episode, we’re talking to Camelia Dewan, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Uppsala University, Sweden and sharing a portion of a presentation by Mabel Gergen, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University, “An Indigenous Geopoetics for the Indian Himalya,” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.

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In this episode, we’re talking to Emily Yeh, Professor of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder, and Rohit Majumdar, 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,” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Corne...

In this episode, we’re talking to Farhan Karim, Associate Professor, The Design School, Arizona State University, and sharing a portion of a presentation by Rohit Majumdar, an urban planner and architect who teaches at the School of Environment and Architecture, Mumbai, “Architecture of Exfoliation: (Un)making Urban Lives and Ecologies,” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.

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In this episode, we’re talking to Llerena Searle, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Rochester and sharing a portion of a presentation by Kajri Jain, Professor of Art History, University of Toronto, “Apres Moi le Deluge: Nature and/as Statecraft at the Sardar Savorar Dam” from the Next Monsoon Conference at Cornell University in October 2023.

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We’re navigating matters of research ethics and activism in Pakistan’s Indus River Basin. Ahsan Kamal, a lecturer at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies at the Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, discusses riverine communities and balancing academic and activism in practice.

You can learn more about Ahsan Kamal’s research and publications at: https://qau.academia.edu/AhsanKamal

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We’re headed to the frontier, examining borders, development, and climate change in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh. Anthropologist Jason Cons, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses climate frontiers, sensitive spaces, chokepoints, and the imaginary futures of Bangladesh’s deltas.

You can learn more about Jason Con’s research and publications at: http://www.jasoncons.net/ 

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The intersection of art and architecture nurtures creative possibilities, specifically ones that reimagine our relationship with the environment. Architect and urbanist, Rupali Gupte, co-founder and professor at the School of Environment and Architecture (SEA), Mumbai, and partner at Bard Studio shares her experience of having her foot in both creative pools, from creating pieces for art summits to making architectural inventions.

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We examine how artworks and the work of art facilitate collaboration in response to social and climate crises, especially among agrarian communities. Art historian Sonal Khullar, the W. Norman Brown Associate Professor of the South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, shares stories about unconventional performances, historiography of art, and feminist theory in advocating for marginalized voices.

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We’re looking at the tea plantation industry and how climate change perpetuates a cycle of exploitation. Cultural anthropologist Sarah Besky, an Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Labor Relations at Cornell University, discusses pressing issues of labor inequality, changing consumer patterns, misleading advertising, settlement laws, and what it means to orient one’s life ...

In our first episode, we address the importance of art in South Asia and how it can be a tool to project new understanding on climate change and its crisis. Artist and art historian, Iftikhar Dadi, John H. Burris Professor of History of Art and Director of the South Asia Program at Cornell University, discusses how art intersects social, political, and environmental matters.