Category Archives: representational practices
Chanting on facebook
There is a chanting in my inner mind
I hear it
but what are those words
on the tip of my tongue
as I try to chant along
I know them
but I do
not
there is a chanting that I know very well
but
how could I
I never did learn them
I cannot say them
I cannot see them
through the blur
the haze
of my present knowledges
the merging [...]
different way of being (I’ve said most of this before in print and online)
From my post to Radha ki Betiyaan pvt blog:
Okay – even though everyone [on RkB] almost is on facebook and some are on twitter – and several of you may have individual blogs. And we have once again started mass emailing each other.
This is still a different way of being, communication in this “space” we [...]
This one needed to be not just a snapshot…
“Saraswati” from Radha Ki Betiyaan line…
Radha Ki Betiyaan Line of outfits designed by rad Zabibha…
http://cyberdivalivesl.blogspot.com/2008/09/latest-cyberdivalive-creation.html
Disclaimer – This has no connection to the Television series of that name – except that we named our private blog with the name of the Television serial of that name…
hmm
interesting how even this most recent article took me back to theorizing pvt and public through postcolonial feminist lenses – and I really wasnt looking to directly go there…
and of course the ubiquitous tension/dialectic of accountability to and oppression within community v individualization and illusions of liberation….
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rad meets MGandhi
Note: This is not meant to be a perfect “seamless” experience of being in secondlife – but rather it is meant to show the breaks and ruptures…This is one version – I will have more with more ruptures inserted…layered…
Call for Papers: Edited Collection on Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization
PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS ASAP (deadline is still tentative – so if you are working on something relevant email me anyway with a query). Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and GlobalizationEditor : Radhika Gajjala[ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ](Lexington Press is interested and I am discussing this collection with them) In the recent past, there has been much [...]
Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization
DEADLINE EXTENDED:
PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY DECEMBER 1, 2007.
Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization
Editor : Radhika Gajjala
[ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ]
In the recent past, there has been much talk of “web 2.0 “ and “web 3D” as new media. Educators and researchers all over the world are debating the pros and cons of such environments. [...]
in-progress
Day two (started this nearly a month ago – but this is day two of when I’ve been able to put any work into it).
in-progress…
Ganesh Chathurthi Greetings to all
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