CTF 2014: New Directions in the Anthropological Study of Tamil Nadu, India

May 29-31, 2014

The 2014 workshop of the Chicago Tamil Forum brought together a small group of anthropologists working in Tamil Nadu, India as part of the opening up of new directions of study and collaboration in the anthropology of the region.

Thursday, May 29th, 2014
Keynote

Bernard Bate (Yale-NUS) “Elocutionary Incandescence: Charisma, Oratory, and Revolution in Provincial South India, 1908.” (Foster Hall 103, 4:30pm)

Friday, May 30, 2014
Workshop papers

Barney Bate “Elocutionary Incandescence: Charisma, Oratory, and Revolution in Provincial South India, 1908.”

Francis Cody “Populist Publics: Print Capitalism and Crowd Violence Beyond Liberal Frameworks.” (Published in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 35(1): 50-65)

E. Annamalai “நல்ல தமிழ் (Nalla Tami l ): What Makes Tamil Good?” (Working Papers of the Chicago Tamil Forum)

Sara Dickey ““All Are Welcome, Bring No Gifts”: Class and the Public Wedding Feast.” (Published as chapter 8, Living Class in Urban India, Rutgers University Press, 2016)

Saturday, May 31, 2014, Haskell Hall 101
Workshop papers

Amanda Weidman “Female Voices in the Public Sphere: Playback Singing and Performance in South India.”

Constantine V. Nakassis “Item Numbers, Performativity, and the Ontology of the Image in Tamil Film.”

Ravi Sriramachandiram “Claims of Belonging.”

Roundtable discussion on emergent themes and future meetings