Conveners: Nikita Sud (ODID) and Nayanika Mathur (OSGA/Anthropology)
Speakers: Vidya Narayanan (OII); Amogh Sharma (ODID); Zaad Mahmood (ODID); Nandini Gooptu (ODID); Garima Jaju (ODID); Nakul Singh Sawhney (ChalChitra Abhiyaan, India); Nikita Sud (ODID); Indrajit Roy (York)
Full programme
9:30am Introduction by Nikita Sud and Nayanika Mathur, co-convenors
10:00am-11:00am GEARING UP: CAMPAIGNING, ELECTIONEERING, PROPAGANDA
'The Use of WhatsApp for Political Propaganda in Indian Elections' (Vidya Narayanan, OII)
'Election Campaigns in an era of 'Post-Truth Politics': Reflections from the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections (Amogh Sharma, ODID)
11:00-11:30am Coffee
11:30am-1:00pm POLITICS AT WORK
'From bargaining to ballot: industrial democracy and political participation in contemporary West Bengal' (Zaad Mahmood, ODID)
'Religion in everyday life and the cultural substratum ofHindu politics: Religious myths in the construction of a new 'Indian' corporate culture' (Nandini Gooptu, ODID)
'Politics and Politics as same-same: studying petty politics on the work floor' (Garima Jaju, ODID)
1:00-2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm-3:30pm PARTY POLITICS AND POLITICKING IN THE EVERYDAY
'Shooting the socio-political churnings of UP' (Nakul Singh Sawhney, ChalChitra Abhiyaan, India)
'Hindutva and development in a Gujarat village today' (Nikita Sud, ODID)
'Reflections on the possibilities of a 'Third Front'' (Indrajit Roy, York)
3:30pm-4:00pm General Discussion
4:00-4:30pm Coffee
4:30pm Screening of Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai
