Studying Oral Traditions in South Asia and North America

Why are stories important? How do oral narratives help with knowledge creation and curation? We're here to discuss these salient points from the body of oral culture. The session will focus on my field work in South Asia where I started the systematic study of oral literature and narratives that are a part of the local culture. The presentation will then speak to some of the methodologies in storytelling and collecting that I continue to work on, modulate and co-design with the elders in North America.

Presenter:

Durga Kale recently completed her PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Calgary. She currently teaches the course "Religion and Environment" focusing on Asian traditions. In 2018, she secured generous funding from the Calgary Institute for Humanities (CIH) and founded an interdisciplinary Working Group that focused on thinking critically about human and landscape relationships. An edited volume on the "Narrative Analysis of Storytelling on Landscapes in the Global South" is being put together as a culmination of three-year-long collaborative research by the working group. She has been hosting an open-source podcast on the Anthropology and Archaeology of South Asia since 2020. She hopes to make research more equitable and accessible, and her activities are archived at www.kalemighty.com and www.linkedin.com/in/durgakale/

Cost: Free

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This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
Contact Manisha Khetarpal by email  mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca or call toll free: 1 866 585 3925