Contested Religion, Media and Culture in India: History and Theory
This presentation will specifically deal with the history and theorisation of contested religion, media & culture in India. It will begin with a brief account of some of the early structural functionalist studies that dealt with Indian (Hindu) culture that were couched mainly in ideational terms before dealing with studies that problematized the relationship between religion, media and culture within the non-Brahman movements in Maharashtra and Tamilnadu. In the context of this latter tradition one sees the beginnings of efforts by academics to capture the role played by both the ideational and the material. It will deal with the academic explorations of contested religion against the background of religious nationalism, the rise of the Hindutva movement and the upsurge in minority fundamentalisms.
Pradip Ninan Thomas is at the School of Communication & Arts, University of Queensland. He has written extensively on the media in India and on religion and media.
11.00am Friday 26 August 2016
Seminar Room, Level 4 Forgan Smith Tower,
University of Queensland, St Lucia
For further information, please contact iash@uq.edu.au or 07 334 69492
About Research Seminar and Workshop Series
The research seminar and workshop series' occur each semester, each with a different topic and guest speaker from UQ or otherwise.
The seminars occur on a Friday afternoon from 3-4 pm in the Digital Learning Space (Room 224) in the Joyce Ackroyd Building (#37).
Semester 1, 2018 Seminars & Workshops
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Friday, 2 March |
The bizarre paradox of boat people Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
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| Friday, 9 March 3-4pm |
Workshop: Metrics for Grant Writing and Promotion Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
Angela Hannan and Kathleen Smeaton |
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Friday, 16 March |
Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
Dr Ewa Lajer-Burcharth Presented by the Power Institute with support from the Keir Foundation and the UQ Translational Research in Creative Practice research group. |
| Friday, 23 March 3-4pm |
UQ Art Museum |
Eleanor Heartney |
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Friday, 20 April |
Rise of "Bright Noir": Redemption and Moral Optimism in American Contemporary TV-Noir Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
Prof. Alberto Garcia
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| Friday, 27 April 3-4pm |
Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
Prof. Murray Pomerance (Ryerson University) |
| Friday, 4 May 3-4pm |
Paul Lazarsfeld and Facebook: Re-Reading Personal Influence in an Age of Social Media Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
Prof Tom O'Regan |
| Wednesday, 9 May 3-4pm |
Rhythm as a Metaphor for Presence in Prose Fiction Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
Dr Eliza Robertson |
| Friday, 18 May 3-4pm |
TBA Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
Dr Skye Doherty |
| Friday, 1 June 3-4pm |
The Digital Face in Cinema: Science, Technology, Cultural Reception Digital Learning Space (Room 224, Level 2), |
Dr Lisa Bode |
