[EXPLICITLY FOR CSH MEMBERS ONLY]

CSH Workshop

on

Folk music, Digital Spaces and the
Cultural Commons in India

Monday, 27 October 2025, from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm IST

at 

Centre de Sciences Humaines
IFI-CSH conference room (ground floor)
2 Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road, New Delhi – 110011

Abstract:

The conceptualization of the ‘Folk music, digital spaces and cultural commons in India’ project, as a collaborative research with folk artists, is a way to make sense of this rapidly changing rubric of cultural production, digitization models, legal mechanisms, and decision making power of folk artists.

Research and documentation visits to Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Assam and Karnataka, a knowledge sharing workshop organised in Madhya Pradesh, as well as online consultations with folk singers and folk instrument makers, legal and technical experts, community elders, scholars and poets, archivists, music directors from regional film industry, faculty of formal and informal educational institutions have informed the research.

Key themes emerging from the research have centred around the learning, practice and performance of folk music, livelihoods and emerging trends, caste, ethnicity and gender dynamics, cultural commons, the role of community, educational and cultural institutions, and navigating the impact of changes in technology and legal mechanisms on folk music practices.

Supervised by: Prof. Odile Henry

Principal Investigator: Ms. Sunayana Wadhawan

Research Associate: Dr. Nayanjyoti

Artist mentors:

1. Ms. Shilpa BT (Karnataka)
2. Dr. Mebanlamphang Lyngdoh (Meghalaya)
3. Mr. Rupjyoti Mahanta (Assam)
4. Padamshree Dr. Prahlad Singh Tipaniya (Madhya Pradesh)
5. Ms. Geeta Parag (Madhya Pradesh)
6. Mr. Ajay Tipanya (Madhya Pradesh)
7. Mr. Talb Khan (Rajasthan)
8. Mr. Kane Khan (Rajasthan)
9. Ms. Suvati Kalbeliya (Rajasthan)

The workshop will be held in a hybrid mode.

A Zoom link for online attendees will be shared prior to the event.

 For more info contact:

communication[at]csh-delhi[dot]com