indigenous communities

Notes on Southasian photography beyond borders

Rahaab Allana’s 'Unframed' explores how lens-based practices confront the divided realities of Southasia, yet also point to the region’s overlaps and entanglements.

| Sep 01, 2023

Whose Himalaya is it?

John Keay, Erika Fatland and Ed Douglas’ books on the Himalaya exhibit ways of seeing, or failing to see, the mountains and their people

| Mar 01, 2023

Shaking the melting pot

The role of contact languages in multilingual milieux.

| Aug 24, 2021

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