Join us for a talk ‘𝗗𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗻𝗴𝗲; 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘆, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗲’ by 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮. The session is in the context of the ongoing exhibition, ‘𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗶’𝘀 𝗗𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴’

𝗗𝗘𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗦:
𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 𝟬𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 | 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝟲.𝟯𝟬 𝗽𝗺 𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀

How does one trouble the idea of the built as being coextensive with the idea of the permanent? By recognising the long history of movement as the norm, and the ‘continuance’ of the abode as an interruption to it. To ‘dwell on’ is to linger over; to delay; to, ultimately, from this delay or continuance, lay roots that grow into what situated societies recognise as dwellings. But as with most binaries (think ecological/developmental; rural/urban; to dwell/ to move) Gandhi is a queering figure who cannot – will not – be held in one place any more than he will be found in exclusively one position: It has been held by some, for example, that the marching phalanx of the Dandi March was a moving ashram. In this conversation, we will explore what we talk about when we talk about walking in Gandhi’s scheme of things, attendant to the built-in room for pause, continuance, for the possibility of ‘abodes’, even, offered to him by the fact of these movements.

𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 is an Associate Professor in the area of Culture and Communication at MICA. She focuses on modern Indian history, with an emphasis on decoding the Gujarat story. She is also a practicing musician.

𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗶’𝘀 𝗗𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 is an exhibition emerging from the book ‘Gandhi’s Places’ edited by Neelkanth Chhaya, Tridip Suhrud and Riyaz Tayyibji, published by the Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust and a result of the Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission architectural documentation project initiated by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Venue: Arthshila Ahmedabad
2-G, opposite Ahmedabad Management Association, Panjrapol, Ambawadi – 380015.