"The Colonial Hunt: Metropole, colony & wildlife in India, 1850-1950" a talk by Dr. Swati Shresth at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 19th August 2014
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"The Colonial Hunt: Metropole, colony & wildlife in India, 1850-1950" a talk by Dr. Swati Shresth
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Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Venue : Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
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Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to the Weekly Seminar on "The Colonial Hunt: Metropole, colony and wildlife in India, 1850-1950" a talk by Dr. Swati Shresth, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru.
Abstract :
The self-ascription as sahib-shikaris (officer-hunter) in colonial India, was important to British identity and to claims of benevolent, paternalistic exercise of power. The memorialization of British hunting from the late nineteenth century invoked a particular sense of a moral aesthetic that was claimed uniquely British. By the early twentieth century, the sharp drop in game animals prompted calls for preservation and conservation in the Empire. It also heralded a new imperial identity of Britons as protectors and trustees of all animals in the Empire. A powerful network of clubs and associations in North America, Britain, Africa and India successfully advocated for wildlife conservation and setting up of National Parks and sanctuaries. This kind of global meeting of minds on colonial wildlife had a profound impact on the wildlife and native populations in the colonies. This paper will discuss how wildlife in the Indian subcontinent became implicated in the evolution of British imperial culture, colonial relations of power and technologies of rule in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I am interested in seeing what the practice of big game hunting can tell us about the nature of colonial encounter and the relationship between the colonies and the Victorian ‘home front.” While British interactions with Indian wildlife were generated primarily in the colonial encounter, this paper will show that these interactions were also in engagement with evolving attitudes towards wildlife in Modern Britain.
Speaker :
Dr. Swati Shresth works on colonial culture and wildlife management. She is a Fellow at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru and is currently finishing her monograph on colonial governance and hunting.
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Venue : Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Library Building, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi - 110011
Venue Info : Events | About | Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Race Course(Yellow Line)'
Event Description : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to the Weekly Seminar on "The Colonial Hunt: Metropole, colony and wildlife in India, 1850-1950" a talk by Dr. Swati Shresth, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru.
Abstract :
The self-ascription as sahib-shikaris (officer-hunter) in colonial India, was important to British identity and to claims of benevolent, paternalistic exercise of power. The memorialization of British hunting from the late nineteenth century invoked a particular sense of a moral aesthetic that was claimed uniquely British. By the early twentieth century, the sharp drop in game animals prompted calls for preservation and conservation in the Empire. It also heralded a new imperial identity of Britons as protectors and trustees of all animals in the Empire. A powerful network of clubs and associations in North America, Britain, Africa and India successfully advocated for wildlife conservation and setting up of National Parks and sanctuaries. This kind of global meeting of minds on colonial wildlife had a profound impact on the wildlife and native populations in the colonies. This paper will discuss how wildlife in the Indian subcontinent became implicated in the evolution of British imperial culture, colonial relations of power and technologies of rule in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I am interested in seeing what the practice of big game hunting can tell us about the nature of colonial encounter and the relationship between the colonies and the Victorian ‘home front.” While British interactions with Indian wildlife were generated primarily in the colonial encounter, this paper will show that these interactions were also in engagement with evolving attitudes towards wildlife in Modern Britain.
Speaker :
Dr. Swati Shresth works on colonial culture and wildlife management. She is a Fellow at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru and is currently finishing her monograph on colonial governance and hunting.
"The Colonial Hunt: Metropole, colony & wildlife in India, 1850-1950" a talk by Dr. Swati Shresth at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 3pm on 19th August 2014
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