"Nation's two bodies: Rethinking the idea of 'new' India and its other" talk by Dr. Ravinder Kaur at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 21st March 2012
Time : 3:00 pm
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Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to The Seminar on 'Nation's two bodies: Rethinking the idea of 'new' India and its other' by Dr. Ravinder Kaur, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen.
Abstract : The idea of a post 1990s reformed India is shaped by an imaginary of a fractured body of the nation – a ‘new’ nation in tune with the neoliberal desires of a structurally adjusted world and the ‘old’ nation constitutive of superfluous matter in excess of that seductive world. This imaginary is not only etched in the popular discourses but also in the policy making apparatus engaged in the task of creating a global identity for India. Taking Brand India initiative – promoted by the Indian state to produce positive images of the nation for global publicity – as a case study, this article argues that in this shift from nation building to nation branding, the very idea of development has now become first and foremost a matter of image. In this world of images, one can also witness how a competitive strategy to seek more corporate investments through concerted brand campaigns has redefined the relationship between the nation and corporation. While earlier it was the corporations which sought endorsement and patronage of the sovereign, now it is the sovereign nations seeking to become the most ‘favored investment destinations’ that purvey the global capital.
Speaker : Dr. Ravinder Kaur is Associate Professor and Director of Centre for Global South Asian Studies, Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. Her work includes Since 1947: Partition Narratives among Punjabi Migrants of Delhi, 2007; Religion, Violence and Political Mobilisation in Contemporary South Asia, ed. Delhi, 2005 besides a number of articles and book chapters. She is currently responsible for a research programme funded by the Danish Social Sciences Research Council on the ongoing socio-political transformations in post reform India.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi
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Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to The Seminar on 'Nation's two bodies: Rethinking the idea of 'new' India and its other' by Dr. Ravinder Kaur, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen.
Abstract : The idea of a post 1990s reformed India is shaped by an imaginary of a fractured body of the nation – a ‘new’ nation in tune with the neoliberal desires of a structurally adjusted world and the ‘old’ nation constitutive of superfluous matter in excess of that seductive world. This imaginary is not only etched in the popular discourses but also in the policy making apparatus engaged in the task of creating a global identity for India. Taking Brand India initiative – promoted by the Indian state to produce positive images of the nation for global publicity – as a case study, this article argues that in this shift from nation building to nation branding, the very idea of development has now become first and foremost a matter of image. In this world of images, one can also witness how a competitive strategy to seek more corporate investments through concerted brand campaigns has redefined the relationship between the nation and corporation. While earlier it was the corporations which sought endorsement and patronage of the sovereign, now it is the sovereign nations seeking to become the most ‘favored investment destinations’ that purvey the global capital.
Speaker : Dr. Ravinder Kaur is Associate Professor and Director of Centre for Global South Asian Studies, Department of Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. Her work includes Since 1947: Partition Narratives among Punjabi Migrants of Delhi, 2007; Religion, Violence and Political Mobilisation in Contemporary South Asia, ed. Delhi, 2005 besides a number of articles and book chapters. She is currently responsible for a research programme funded by the Danish Social Sciences Research Council on the ongoing socio-political transformations in post reform India.
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"Nation's two bodies: Rethinking the idea of 'new' India and its other" talk by Dr. Ravinder Kaur at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 21st March 2012
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