"Cri de Femme:The Becoming of a Sexual Feminine, Searching Desire and Pleasure" panel discussions & poetry reading at Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate > 10am-6pm on 17th March 2015

Time : 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Add to Calendar 17-03-2015 10:00:00 17-03-2015 18:00:00 68 "Cri de Femme:The Becoming of a Sexual Feminine, Searching Desire and Pleasure" panel discussions & poetry reading Event Page : http://goo.gl/eDVvxA M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : M.L. Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Francaise De Delhi, 72, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi - 110003
Landmark : Next to Annexe building of India International Centre
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events

Event Description : The Clay Taurus Collective in association with Alliance Francaise de Delhi presents "Cri de Femme:The Becoming of a Sexual Feminine, Searching Desire and Pleasure"

A one-day Indo-French conference unraveling, unwrapping and undoing existing discourses on sex, sexuality, pleasure and desire through a lens of protest, law, art and internet. Keynote lecture by StéphanieMelyon-Reinette, the French ambassador of the Cri de Femme International Poetry and 
Arts Festival and a feminist sociologist from Paris.

We invite you to be a part of the panel discussions and the poetry reading.

Schedule : 

10:00 am: 10:30 am

INTRODUCTION
Aditi Angiras
(Aditi Angiras is a poet and an activist based in New Delhi. She is the founder of Bring Back The Poets and The Clay Taurus Collective.)

10:30 am-11:30:
PANEL I:
DESIRING PROTEST
Facilitator- DevanganaKalita(Activist, Student-Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Spontaneous protests: Deepti Sharma (Activist, Guest Professor- Delhi University)
Kiss Of Love, Delhi Chapter: PankuriZaheer(Activist, Student-Jawaharlal Nehru University, Odissi Dancer)
Cyberbullying and Online Shaming: Pranaadhika Sinha Devburman(Social Activist and film maker)

11:30 am- 11:45
TEA

11:45 am- 1:00 pm
PANEL II: 
THE LAW PENETRATES THE LAW
Facilitator – Jasmine George (Lawyer, Independent Researcher)
Sexual Harassment and Moral Policing: Nikita Agarwal (Activist, Independent Legal Researcher)
The Lesbian and the Law: Shambhavi Sharma (Student- Lady Shri Ram College)
Sex at sites of Law: PyoliSwatija(Activist, Advocate- Supreme Court of India)
Sex, Art and Law: LatikaVashisht(Assistant Professor-Indian Law Institute)

1:00pm -2:15 pm
LUNCH

2:15 pm- 3:15 pm
PANEL III: 
SIGHTING SITES OF DESIRE: CYBERSPACE AND PLEASURE
Facilitator: Dr. Anja Kovacs (Director- Internet Democracy Project)
Breaking the Internet: The Dissemination of Desire in the Cyberspace: OindrilaDuttagupta(Artist, Student- Ambedkar University)
Love, Sex Toys and Kanoon:Jasmine George (Activist, Lawyer)
Female gamer and Her pleasure in 'looking': PallaviKar(Student- Ambedkar University)

3:15 pm- 3:30 pm
TEA

3:30 pm- :4:30 pm
PANEL IV: 
WOMEN AND/IN PERFORMANCE
Facilitator: Aditi Angiras(Poet, Activist)
Women and Hip-Hop: Manmeet Kaur (Rapper, JAPA)
Cri de Femme, Paris: StéphanieMelyon-Reinette(Alias Nèfta Poetry, French Ambassador of International Women Poets Movement)

4:30 pm- 5:00 pm
Keynote:
StéphanieMelyon-Reinette: Stéphanie is the ambassador for the Cri de Femme international poetry and arts festival for France. She is a body and word lyricist, and a sociologist by profession.
The Clay Taurus Collective members: Aditi Angiras, Amrita Bhasin, Nikita Agarwal, Deepti Sharma, OindrilaDuttagupta, ShrutiAngiras and KetakiNagaraju.

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