"A New Global Icon: Gandhi in the 21st Century" a talk by Dr. Arundhati Virmani at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 21st September 2015

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 21/09/2015 18:30 21/09/2015 20:00 Asia/Kolkata "A New Global Icon: Gandhi in the 21st Century" a talk by Dr. Arundhati Virmani Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2015/09/a-new-global-icon-gandhi-in-21st.html Conference Room - I, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

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Venue : Conference Room - I, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : "A New Global Icon: Gandhi in the 21st Century" a talk by Dr. Arundhati Virmani, École des Hautes Étudesen Sciences Sociales, Marseilles

The globalization of the figure of Mahatma Gandhi received a formal endorsement with the United Nations General Assembly resolution in 2007 to observe October 2, his birth anniversary, as the International Day of Non-Violence. This talk explores the agents, mediums and processes of production, and implications of exporting a national heritage by looking at the installation of Gandhi statues across the world. It presents the features of specific statues and draws out comparisons between different representations

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