Update from the field: Lucknow: The Land of Many Cultures
For a field visit as part of the Livelihood Creation project, the SAI team visited Lucknow, known for its Chikankari embroidery work.
Year : 2016
Lost & Found: Toward a Living Heritage
“Historic preservation in India must evolve from its emphasis on the heritage monument as a static object to one more inclusively integrating local communities,” writes GSD students Jane Philbrick and Maria Letizia Garzoli, who explored Agra in the GSD studio ‘Extreme Urbanism III: Planning for Conservation.’
India’s Next Generation
Tarun Khanna, Director, SAI; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School, appeared on NPR’s On Point on March 7 to discuss challenges facing India’s youth. Listen: [View the story “India’s Next Generation” on...
Student voices: Disaster relief lessons from Nepal
Austin and Patrick spent part of their winter session in Nepal, conducting research on their project ‘Nepal Earthquake Relief Effort Data Usage Narrative.’
Social networks and polio prevention
In a new paper published with the World Health Organization, JP Onnela, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and his colleagues took a close look at Malegaon, India to examine patterns that emerge in social networks and...
Spring Visiting Artists
SAI will welcome two artists to Harvard during the spring semester.
Webinar: Best Practices for Documentation of Handicrafts in the Field
In a webinar as part of the Livelihood Creation Project on Feb. 19, Dr. Vandana Bhandari, National Institute of Fashion Technology, discussed how India can preserve its rich crafts heritage for future generations.
International Photo Contest winners
Congratulations to Harvard College students Javier Aranzales and Tamara Fernando, whose photos, taken in Mumbai, India, and Jaffna, Sri Lanka, were chosen by SAI for the Office of International Education’s Annual International Photo Contest.
A truly immersive experience
Art history professor Eugene Wang, studies Buddhist art but had never been to India until Jinah Kim, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, organized an excursion for students in January to the Ajanta and Ellora Caves.
Working paper: Trade and Terrorism
In a recently completed paper, Javed Younas, former SAI Aman Fellow, examines the consequences of domestic and transnational terrorism on trade.
Q+A: The state of architecture in India
How has architecture in India evolved since independence? What is the state of the profession? Does architecture really matter? These are a few of the questions explored by Rahul Mehrotra, GSD, in his exhibit, ‘The State of Architecture,’ currently on display in Mumbai.
Devdutt Pattanaik: The Cross-Dressing God
In this interview, the author discusses his exhibit of drawings “The Cross-Dressing God,” as well as his work uncovering queer themes in mythology and what that means for modern India.