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Videography as a primary form of information in India seems to have roughly coincided with the beginnings of sustained violence in the Kashmir Valley, some 18 years ago. We have developed an eclectic collection that not only foregrounds different representations of Kashmir at the time of video but also includes traces of local productions and collections from within Kashmir which offer enabling insights into discourses on conflict, broadcast and multiple (sometimes competing) domains of public culture.

Our collection includes a large number of still photographs of various realities of Kashmir in the '90s by independent photographers, rushes of Saeed Mirza's renowned television series A Tryst with the People of India (1997), rushes from Pankaj Rishi Kumar's Pather Chujaeri (2001), short films made for Doordarshan in the 90s, mainstream television news, mainstream and alternative films from both side of the borders, works on Kashmir by various artists and other assorted cultural expressions.
 
Related Links:

“Seeing the world with the Rambling Reporter”
A short film on Kashmir from the 1930’s on youtube. Link

 Indian Express’ photo gallery on Kashmir. Link

Journalist Muzamil Jaleel on growing up during this period of conflict. Link

 




 

Logistic of Perceptions:

Images from Conflict Zone: In February 2008 we organized an extensive residential workshop to initiate ways of re-reading conflict images based on Godaam collection. The week long workshop was attended by 35 eminent artists, filmmakers, scholars as well as some post graduate students.

Programme Schedule
Concept note

 

 

 

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