Q+A: Visiting Artist Paribartana Mohanty
“I’m interested in this idea of the victim and crisis, and how it can be represented in art,” says Paribartana Mohanty, SAI’s Visiting Artist.
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Update from the field: Crafts in the Indian capital
As part of the Livelihood Creation Project, the SAI team recently visited organizations in Delhi, where the craft sector has been influenced by the different dynasties that have ruled the city.
SAI welcomes three new members to Arts Council
The members will support SAI’s Arts Program, which connects South Asia’s curators, museum administrators, artists, and art educators with Harvard faculty and students to advance understanding and appreciation of South Asian art.
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.
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.
Merchandizing and marketing handcrafted goods
In a webinar on Jan. 7, panelists from FabIndia, Jaypore.com, and Okhai shared lessons for marketing handcrafted goods, both through traditional and online channels.
Highlights from the Harvard India Conference
The conference brought together business leaders, entertainment professionals, government officials, philanthropists, and many other leaders to engage in a conversation about India’s path to global leadership.